General Knowlege
A pirate yelling, “Avast, ye mateys!” is actually telling his crew to do what?
a) Raise the sails
b) Prepare for battle
c) Abandon ship
d) Stop what they’re doing
Stop what they're doing
If you were in the Gobi Desert, what continent would you be on?
Asia
Which peasant girl led the French army at Orléans during the Hundred Years’ War?
Joan of Arc
In physics, for every action there is an equal and opposite what?
Reaction
A popular breed of poultry, Cornish hen takes its name from a region of what country?
England
Which goddess cursed Narcissus to fall in love with his own reflection?
a) Athena
b) Aphrodite
c) Nemesis
d) Artemis
c) Nemesis
Angel Falls at 979 metres (3,212 ft) is the world's tallest waterfall in which country?
a) Costa Rica
b) Turkey
c) Venezuela
d) Vietnam
Venezuela
Which writing system is the probable ancestor of the Greek alphabet and, hence, of all Western alphabets?
a) Phoenician alphabet
b) Runic alphabet
c) Gothic alphabet
d) Etruscan alphabet
a) Phoenician alphabet
Fossilized tree resin is known as what?
Amber
What makes the blue colour in blue cheese?
Mould...
A famous passage from the Bible, the Twenty-third Psalm begins with the line “The Lord is my” what?
Shepard
Which of these Oscar-winning musicals features a lead actress whose singing was largely dubbed by another performer?
a) My Fair Lady
b) The Sound of Music
c) West Side Story
d) Chicago
a) My Fair Lady
What two countries are separated by the Khyber Pass?
a) Spain and France
b) India and Nepal
c) Pakistan and Afghanistan
d) Italy and Switzerland
c) Pakistan and Afghanistan
Which U.S. president introduced the New Deal to combat the effects of the Great Depression?
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Calvin Coolidge
c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
d) Woodrow Wilson
c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
The name of which life-form is derived from the Latin word for “mushroom” but also applies to yeast and mold?
Fungus
What is the main ingredient in meringue, which makes it light and fluffy?
Egg whites
Outraging conservationists, who once said: “A tree is a tree, how many more do you need to look at?”
a) George W. Bush
b) Ronald Reagan
c) Richard Nixon
d) Jimmy Carter
b) Ronald Reagan
The Palace of Knossos (ruins) is on what island in the Mediterranean?
Crete
Frequently cited as the counterpart to the CIA, what was the name of the Soviet intelligence agency?
KGB
What is the atmosphere in Mars is mostly composed of?
a) Helium
b) Oxygen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Nitrogen
c) Carbon dioxide
A staple in mob movie meals,”gabagool” is one pronunciation of capicola,a type of Italian what?
Cured meat
What did Charles Darwin once call "the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions"?
a) Smiling
b) Crying
c) Blushing
d) Laughing
c) Blushing
What is the world's largest volcanic island?
a) Sumatra
b) Honshu
c) North Island,NZ
d) Java
Sumatra
This 1215 document forced an English king to accept limits on royal power and is often cited as a foundation of constitutional government.
The Magna Carta
Popular in India, paneer is a type of which food?
a) Cheese
b) Bread
c) Lentil
d) Yogurt
a) Cheese
Pop Artist Andy Warhol famously said “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for ___ minutes.”
15
Which British warrior-queen led an unsuccessful rebellion against the Romans?
a) Elizabeth I
b) Scáthach
c) Boudicca
d) Isabella I
c) Boudicca
“If you can remember the ___, then you weren’t really there,” which decade is this in reference to?
The 60s
Why was the iceberg hard to see the night the Titanic sank?
a) Choppy waters
b) Broken lights on the ship
c) Fog
d) Calm waters
What world leader popularised the expression 'The Iron Curtain' ?
Winston Churchill