General Knowledge
A "gaggle" is a group of which farmyard animals?
Geese
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932?
Amelia Earhart
In what direction does a compass needle point?
North
Combining which two primary colours would create purple?
Blue and red
A popular children's book by Dr Seuss involves eggs and ham in what strange colour?
Green
A full-sized Subway sandwich is how long?
A footlong
Which word describes a bombproof shelter and a sand hazard on a golf course?
A bunker
Which year was dubbed the Summer of Love?
a) 1914
b) 1962
c) 2000
d) 1967
d) 1967
What is the second largest country in the world by land mass?
Canada
A person known to doctors as a "universal donor" has which blood type?
O negative
A portrait that comically exaggerates one's features is called a WHAT?
A caricature
According to popular expression, WHAT each day keeps the doctor away?
An apple
Change the last letter of WHICH word to make: 'remedy'?
a) Chew
b) Curb
c) Club
d) Cosy
b) Curb
Where was the location of Napoleon's defeat (and also the name of a popular ABBA song)?
Waterloo
Tigers are native only to this continent.
Asia
Which word means the flat side of a gem?
a) Aspect
b) Carat
c) Facet
d) Slice
c) Facet
A famous Shakespeare sonnet begins with the question "Shall I compare thee to" what?
A summer's day
The children's show, Sesame Street, features a monster that consumes a lot of WHAT food?
Cookies
"Blue to the sky, orange to the thigh" is the instructional catchphrase for what allergic reaction treatment?
An EpiPen
What year did Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait, triggering the First Gulf War?
1990
Spain
Who of the following does NOT belong in the ranks of eminent scientists?
a) Gregor Mendel
b) Marie Curie
c) Marcel Proust
d) Albert Einstein
c) Marcel Proust
A classic 1969 work by poet Maya Angelou is titled "I Know Why The Caged Bird ___."
Sings
A traditional "Hawaiian" pizza is topped with an unusual combination of ham and what?
Pineapple
What does Popeye eat for strength?
Spinach
What event in 1447 was said by some to pave the way for the Reformation?
a) The birth of Martin Luther
b) The discovery of printing
c) Henry VIII's first divorce
b) The discovery of printing
Which of these countries has the highest population?
a) South Africa
b) Sudan
c) Kenya
d) Algeria
a) South Africa
WHICH plant produces a blue dye?
a) Daffodil
b) Woad
c) Water lily
d) Rose
b) Woad
A common palindrome begins "A man, a plan, a canal" and ends with what country's name?
Panama
From which country does the dish 'enchilada' originate?
a) Korea
b) Argentina
c) New Zealand
d) Mexico
d) Mexico
Which word describes salt-replacing sports drinks?
a) Isotonic
b) Teutonic
c) Laconic
d) Sardinic
a) Isotonic
Which is the oldest of the major world religions still operating today?
a) Christianity
b) Judaism
c) Hinduism
d) Buddhism
c) Hinduism
In which sea is the Isle of Man?
Irish Sea
'Tetrahydrocannabinol' is more commonly known as which drug?
a) Ecstasy
b) Benadryl
c) Valium
d) Marijuana
d) Marijuana
How would you communicate SOS in Morse code?
... --- ...
Which biscuit are you supposed to first twist, then lick and dunk in milk?
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Whose tomb lies under Paris's Arc de Triomphe?
a) France's unknown soldier
b) Marie Antoinette
c) Napoleon
d) Marie Curie
a) France's unknown soldier
Which is the World's largest country without permanent rivers?
a) Borneo
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Libya
d) Greenland
b) Saudi Arabia
A bushel is a standard unit originally used to measure the weight of what?
Grain
A haiku is a Japanese poem consisting of how many lines?
Three
Which vegetable brought back from South America became an Irish staple?
Potatoes
A breakthrough in fashion, "jeggings," are leggings designed to look like what?
Jeans
The assassination of which Austrian archduke is widely considered to be the most immediate cause of World War I?
Franz Ferdinand
Name all the countries that border Liechtenstein
Austria, Switzerland
How fast can a domestic cat run?
a) 50 kph
b) 120 kph
c) 16 kph
d) 80 kph
a) 50 kph
What is the only officially bilingual province in Canada?
New Brunswick
'Pete's Submarines' was the original name of WHICH franchise?
a) Donut King
b) McDonalds
c) Hungry Jacks
d) Subway
d) Subway
What is the name for a person who speaks several languages?
Polyglot
Which car manufacturer was founded in Japan in 1920?
Mazda
Which US state is popularly known as 'The Nutmeg State'?
Connecticut
Scientist Alexander Fleming is most famous for discovering WHAT in 1928?
Penicillin
A few notes of the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise," play at the start of which Beatles song?
All You Need Is Love
Which causes jam to set?
a) Aspirin
b) Muslin
c) Resin
d) Pectin
d) Pectin
Which Greek god twins represent the Sun and Moon?
Apollo and Artemis
Who was the first Emperor of Rome?
Augustus
Which country did the Romans call Hibernia?
Ireland
Which planet has orbited the Sun just once, in 2011, since its discovery in 1846?
Neptune
A piece in a gossip column that doesn't mention any names is often called a what?
Blind item
What type of seed is the main ingredient of tahini?
Sesame seeds