Questions Quiz 3

part 1

1 What movie cast included James Garner, Richard Attenbourough,

Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James

Coburn, Gordon Jackson, Angus McPhee among many others The Great Escape

2 If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong Nosebleed

3 In which book would you find the manservant Pas Partout Around the world in

80 days

4 What animals name translates as water horse Hippopotamus

5 In Greek mythology who killed the Gorgon Perseus

6 Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter Tin and Lead

7 In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first what Kodak 1 - hand held

roll film cam

8 What links - Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and Decartes Philosophers

9 In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what Barometer

10 Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16 - also 4 year blue Pablo Picasso

11 Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settle Pitcairn Islands

12 What is the longest river in Italy Po

13 What does a polyandric women have more than one of Husband

14 What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and Angola Colonies of Portugal

15 What is the American equivalent of the Irish Poteen Moonshine

16 Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles son Pyrrhus Priam

17 In 1911 the archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered what lost city Machu Picchu

18 Who won the Superbowl in 1989 San Francisco 49 ers

19 Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby Dick Herman Melville

20 Which highwayman rode the horse Black Bess Dick Turpin

21 Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic superhero The Flash

22 In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first time Mercedes

23 Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian state Queensland

24 In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battle Ragnarok

25 In 1890 the first electric what opened in London Underground railway

26 Who wrote the children's novel Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransom

27 Oil seed rape belongs to which plant family Mustard

28 Which Norwegian politicians name became a word for traitor Vidkun Quisling

29 What is the capitol of Morocco Rabat

30 What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons navy Square Thus Square

Meal

31 What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and Bhodi day Buddhist

32 Linus Torwalds invented and wrote what Linux computer

operating system

33 The bander macaque has which commoner name Rhesus Monkey

34 Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called what Rhodesia

35 What is the staple food of one third of the worlds population Rice

36 Paul Robeson the singer of old man river had what profession Lawyer

37 Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810 Stethoscope

38 Jagger, Richards, Wyman, Jones, Watts, Stewart - which band The Rolling Stones

39 What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals Zero

40 Who was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names) Erwin Rommel

41 What aid to archaeologists from 197 bc was found in Egypt 1799 Rosetta Stone

42 Which annual sporting event between 2 teams started in 1829 The University Boat

Race

43 Who was the jeweller to the Russian Court famous Easter eggs Faberge

44 What type of food is Taramasalata Cured /smoked cod

Roe

45 What links Samuel Delaney, Fredrick Pohl, Harlan Ellison Science Fiction

46 Randolph Crane became famous as which cowboy actor Randolph Scott

47 Ageusia is the loss of which sense Taste

48 Which Irish political parties name translates as we ourselves Sein Fein

49 Henry Ford used assembly line in 1908 but someone before 1901 Ransome Olds

50 Who performed the first heart transplant in South Africa Christian Barnard