General Knowledge
In what year did Disneyland open?
a) 1962
b) 1955
c) 1971
d) 1959
1955
Which of the following is a narrow strip of land?
a) Isthmus
b) Erasmus
c) Ignoramus
d) Humus
a) Isthmus
Which musical does "You'll Never Walk Alone" come from?
a) Showboat
b) Cabaret
c) South Pacific
d) Carousel
d) Carousel
What year did Canada officially become a country?
1867
What is "nori"?
a) Eel
b) Fish roe
c) Edible seaweed
d) Squid
c) Edible seaweed
Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
a) The Nevada
b) The Mississippi
c) The Colorado
d) The Arizona
c) The Colorado
What is the most common type of tree found in the world?
Pine Tree
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
Which prime number is the only even one?
2
Which word is the nearest in meaning to "embellish"
a) Adorn
b) Agate
c) Affix
d) Aglow
a) Adorn
Skid Row, Pen Cap Chew, Bliss, and Ted Ed Fred are previous names of which band?
a) Nirvana
b) Guns N Roses
c) Pearl Jam
d) Red Hot Chili Peppers
a) Nirvana
The first city to reach a population of one million was WHERE?
a) New York
b) Paris
c) Rome
d) Hong Kong
c) Rome
Traditionally, which herb is used to flavour the tomato-based sauce on pizza?
Oregano
Which of these countries has the highest population?
a) Spain
b) UK
c) Argentina
d) Colombia
b) UK
What type of insect spreads malaria, estimated to kill nearly a million people every year?
mosquito
What has many rings but no fingers?
A phone
An oenophile is a connoisseur of what?
Wine
Which is a "petulant fit"?
a) Tiff
b) Miff
c) Doff
d) Huff
d) Huff
Rob Thomas was the lead single of which band?
Matchbox 20
Which of the following occurred first?
a) Old age
b) Iron age
c) Stone age
d) Bronze age
c) Stone age
From which country does Leerdammer cheese originate?
a) France
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) Netherlands
d) Netherlands
Which animal appears on the national flag of Sri Lanka?
a) Horse
b) Seal
c) Lion
d) Eagle
c) Lion
What name is given to the positive electrode of a battery?
Anode
Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
The middle names Elizabeth and Chestnut are associated with which famous couple?
Bonnie and Clyde
Which word means awkward?
a) Geisha
b) Gauche
c) Gouda
d) Gaucho
b) Gauche
Who won a Grammy Award in 1991 for the smash hit "U Can't Touch This"?
MC Hammer
What Canadian province was the last to join Confederation?
Newfoundland and Labrador
Which drink is bohea a variety of?
a) Lemonade
b) Absinthe
c) Coffee
d) Tea
d) Tea
Which country's flag is called Old Glory?
USA
Where in the body is the 'atlas bone'?
Spine
Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
Meat
In which sport was Thomas Hearns a champion?
Boxing
What is "prosody" the study of?
Poetic verse
Who wrote "The Wishing-Chair" series of children's books?
Enid Blyton
Who was the 32nd President of the United States during the 1940s?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What are 'pansotti' and 'rigati' types of?
Andorra lies between France and which other country?
Spain
The distance between two rails on a track is called the WHAT?
Train guage
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look back, you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people on board are married.
What type of creature is mongoose?
Mammal
What is the name for a male ferret or part of a stove?
Hob
What is the best-selling album of all time?
"Thriller" by Michael Jackson
What British Queen married a prince called Albert?
Queen Victoria
Corned beef is cured in what?
Brine
Cape Verde is found in what ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
What is measured on the Mercalli scale?
Earthquake intensity
I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
Popcorn
"Everybody loves somebody sometime" was whose classic song?
Dean Martin
To '"pontificate" means to do WHAT?
To speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way.
What television series about a Korean War mobile army surgical hospital was wildly popular in the 70s?
M*A*S*H
How is Robert Emmet remembered in history?
Irish rebel
Which ingredient do you adjust in a martini to make it dry or wet?
Vermouth
What is the smallest nation in Central America?
El Salvador
Which animal can move its eyes in two directions at the same time?
Chameleon
Which word, when written in all capital letters, looks the same when viewed upside down?
SWIMS
Which product did Proctor and Gamble launch in 1966 that revolutionized baby care?
Pampers
What is a "dirndl"?
An alpine dress
By which stage name was the French actress Henriette-Rosine Bernard better known?
Sarah Bernhardt
What toy was introduced in the 1950s and quickly became a popular craze?
Hula Hoop
Egg yolk, vanilla and WHAT make up advocaat?
Brandy
A black letter 'A' in a white oval on the back of a car denotes it is from what country?
Austria
Who invented the gramophone in 1887?
Emile Berliner
What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
E N T. (Each letter represents the first letter in the written numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, etc.)