general knowledge quiz
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Re: general knowledge quiz
Ok here goes but the footballs on so thats my excuse if I do bad....
1) In which country did the ‘sauna’ originate?
Sweden?
2) What is the common Element on Earth ?
3) Which is lighter, gold or plastic?
Gold?
4) What should you say in English if someone sneezes?.
Bless You
5) How many cents are there in a Australian dollar?
100 ?
6) King Henry VIII had 8 wives - how many of them did he execute?
4?
7) Name five methods of transport?.
car
boat
train
bicycle
aircraft
8) Tom Cruise is a follower of what religion?
a- Buddhism
b- Paganism
c- Scientology
C
9) Name ten parts of the body lower than the neck.
finger, hand, wrist, shoulder, stomach, bladder, kidney, liver, heart, lung
10) Which explorer discovered the sea-route to India by rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
11) What is the currency of Greece?
Euro
12) Which country is popularly called ‘The Land of the Maple Leaf’?
13) In Britain who would you give a tip to?
Waitress or waiter
14) Name three festivals celebrated in English-speaking countries?
bit vague...
15) “A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind”. What are these sayings called?
16) What disease does the famous scientist, Stephen Hawking, suffer from?
17) Which U.S President was assassinated in 1865?
18) Which is longer the Danube or Volga river?
19) When did England last win the football world cup?
1966
20) Which planet is named after the Roman god of war?
Mercury?
21) Which Bear grows larger Brown Grizzly or Polar ?
Polar
22) What does HTML stand for ?
HyperText Markup Language
23) Which is the odd word out queen, king, pawn, bishop, cardinal, castle, ?
cardinal
24) How many tentacles does an Octupus have ?
8
25) Simplify 7 -6 x 4 + 3 / 2 - 7 = X ?
26) How many sides does a Heptagon have ?
7?
27) Name two members from the pop band "Busted"
Charlie and James?
28) What is the Chemical Symbol for Iron?
NU?
29) In the human body where might you find Cilia?
30) What are the 5 senses in the human body ?
smell, touch, sight, taste and hearing
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I'm not participating because my brains are mush but questions 6 is historically incorrect 
6) King Henry VIII had 8 wives - how many of them did he execute?
He had 6 wifes:
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleaves
Kathryn Howard
Catherine Parr
And that was off the top of my head and in order
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o yea
sorry il change it now
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ok there they are, il give the answers the wednesday after xmas!
Wheres the answers ?? lol
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ok there they are, il give the answers the wednesday after xmas!
Well where are the answers??
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hey really sorry bout this!!! iv been a little busy over this last with hence if you havnt seen me around!!!
heres the answers :
1. finland
2. hydrogen
3. plastic
4. bless you
5. 100
6. 2
(Anne Boleyn and Kathryn Howard)
7. Train, car, coach, bus, tram, ship, boat, motorcycle etc.
8. – Scientology
9. Chest, leg, arm, shoulder, foot, knee, fingers, toes, thigh, shin, ankle etc.
10. Vasco de Gama
11. was Drachma now euro
12. Canada
13. -Waiter/Waitress, taxi driver, hairdresser
14. Christmas, Easter, St. Valentines day, New Years day, Thanksgiving day etc.
15. Proverbs
16. Motor Neurone
17. Abraham Lincoln
18. Volga
19. 1966
20. Mars
21. polar
22. hyper text markup language
23. cardinal
24. 8
25. –x=-22 ˝
26. 7
27. Charlie , matt and james
28. Fe
29. most places in the respiration system
30. Sight, Hearing, Smell, Touch, Taste
D-A-L got 15
Gabriel got 16
Spud got 18
Brain Damage got 22
Big T got 24 *
therefore BigT wins!!!
well done to everyone who played, i think il do another thing like that later, not sure tho!
** ( i didnt count his answer for question 27 and 13 because i think he cheated)
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good one chou
well done big t