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General Knowledge
100

The aristocrat had ……… blood in her veins

Blue

100

Which New Zealand mountainee, together with his Nepalese guide, was the first man to climb to the summit of Mt Everest?

Sir Edmund Hillary

100

Kiss this animal and it may turn into a prince

Frog

100

What is the distance of eight notes on a keyboard called?

Octave

100

What is the last word of the Bible?

Amen

200

A children’s book about a horse of a certain colour.

Black Beauty

200

What famous band of merry men lived in Nottingham Forest?

Robin Hood and his Merry Men

200

In World War 1, which breed of bird was used to carry messages?

Pigeons

200

What musical was written to tell the story of ” The Von Trapp Family”?

The Sound of Music

200

What do the initials R.S.L. stand for in Australia?

Returned Services League

300

Song title: “The ……….. Rose of Texas”

Yellow

300

Reportedly living to 969 years, who was the oldest person in the Bible?

Methuselah

300

An extinct bird whose name, when applied to a human, suggests he is slow or clumsy?

Dodo

300

What is the middle range of the male voice?

Baritone

300

Who made the first safe polio vaccine?

Jonas Salk

400

Second hand wares are sold on the ……… elephant stall.

White

400

What was the name of King Arthur’s wife?

Guinevere 

400

Which snake can be hypnotised?

Cobra

400

What beats the exact time for musicians?

A Metronome

400

What were the Commonwealth Games originally called?

The British Empire Games

500

Complete the proverb: 

Words are ……… but silence is ………..

Silver         Golden 

500

Which Australian Prime Minister was known as “Pig Iron Bob”

Sir Robert Menzies

500

What name is given to the largest known species of penguins?

Emperor

500

Who is remembered for singing “Old Man River”?

Paul Robeson

500

What do the following men have in common? Thackeray, Fox, Holden, Shakespeare and The Conqueror

William - as their first name