General Knowledge
A famous Shakespeare sonnet begins with the question “Shall I compare thee to” what?
A summer's day
What execution device was built in the Place de Greve in 1792?
The Guillotine
What mountain range can be found along the east side of the United States?
Appalachian
What is a male goose called?
a) Guy
b) Gander
c) Tom
d) Cob
b) Gander
Who is credited with having invented potato chips (or crisps) after a customer complained that his hot chips were too soggy?
a) Simon Lays
b) Jose Dorito
c) George Crum
d) Magnus Kettle
c) George Crum
The airplane or the lightbulb?
the lightbulb (1879)
The airplane was not developed until 1903
Which Pair Had The Best Selling Album In Both 1970 And 1971
a) Sonny & Cher
b) Simon & Garfunkel
c) Hall & Oates
d) The Carpenters
a) Simon & Garfunkel
The U.S. icon “Uncle Sam” was based on Samuel Wilson, who, during the War of 1812, was a what?
a) Barber
b) Meat Packer
c) Newspaper Editor
d) Army General
b) Meat Packer
Which country is famous for the Great Barrier Reef?
Australia
What’s the only big cat that doesn’t roar?
Cheetah
Which of these could a vegetarian eat for Christmas?
a) Foie Gras
b) Confit
c) Tofurkey
d) Turducken
c) Tofurkey
Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny?
Mickey Mouse (1928)
Bugs Bunny was created in 1940
Which famous person’s mummified tendon was auctioned at Christie's in 1969?
a) Napoleon Bonaparte
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Julius Caesar
a) Napoleon Bonaparte
What did Dr Howard Carter discover?
a) The source of the Nile
b) Penicillin
c) Tutankhamun's Tomb
d) Radon
c) Tutankhamun's Tomb
Goat Island and Horseshoe Falls are parts of what well-known smooching destination?
Niagara Falls
How many bones does a Shark have?
a) 260 bones
b) 1000 bones
c) 0 bones
d) 50 bones
c) 0 bones
What is the flavour of Grand Marnier?
a) Licorice
b) Almond
c) Orange
d) Peppermint
c) Orange
baseball's World Series or football's Super Bowl
baseball's World Series (1903)
In 1939 which pub game was banned in Glasgow for being too dangerous?
Darts
In ancient Rome, an "apodyterium" was used to do what?
a) To deliver speeches
b) To change clothes before bathing
c) To keep bees
d) To view the stars
b) To change clothes before bathing
What is the only country in the world whose name starts with 'O'?
Oman
How many vertebrae are in the human spine?
33
Singapore banned which popular western foodstuff because of litter implicatons?
Chewing Gum
The magic 8 ball or the Rubik's Cube
The magic 8 ball (1946)
Which of these creatures are featured in Salvador Dali’s 1931 painting “The Persistence of Memory”?
a) Bees
b) Cockroaches
c) Beatles
d) Ants
d) Ants
When he was in office, what was President Reagan's Secret Service codename?
a) Rawhide
b) Gunsmoke
c) Bonanza
d) Wrangler
a) Rawhide
What is the proper geographical term for a cluster or chain of islands?
Archipelago
Which of these is a raw material used for the Haber Process?
a) Carbon monoxide
b) Chlorine
c) Ammonia
d) Hydrogen
a) Hydrogen
Which drink, which has been illegal but is being imported once again, is made from the leaves of the wormwood plant?
Absinthe
The domestication of horses or the domestication of dogs?
The domestication of dogs (15,000 years ago)