general knowledge quiz

  1. #11
    D-A-L is offline D-A-L Administrator

    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

  2. #12
    owen is offline D-A-L Team Member (UK)
    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

  3. #13
    chou is offline Dedicated Member
    o yea sorry il change it now

  4. #14
    brain_damage is offline D-A-L Team Member (UK)
    ok there they are, il give the answers the wednesday after xmas!


    Wheres the answers ?? lol

  5. #15
    brain_damage is offline D-A-L Team Member (UK)
    ok there they are, il give the answers the wednesday after xmas!

    Well where are the answers??

  6. #16
    chou is offline Dedicated Member
    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)

  7. #17
    spud is offline D-A-L Team Member (UK)
    good one chou

    well done big t

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