It's quiz time...(General knowledge)

QUESTION           

1.) Alphabetically which is the first book of the bible?

2.) If the object is described as cordate, what part of the body it is shaped like?

3.) What is the home state of the literary character Tom Sawyer? 

4.) A seal is a pinniped. What does this mean?

5.) Animal or plant remained preserved in the rock are known as what? 

6.) What do you call the study of armorial bearings? 

7.) What is the name given to a long-handled pair of glasses?

8.) What number id indicated by the prefix retra? 

9.) Is apiphobia the fear of gorillas,tigers or bees?

10.) What is the common name for the wild cat known as an ounce? 

11.) The adjective cervine refers to which of the following animals; deer cats, beavers?

12.) Other than a walrus, what is the only sea creature that possesses an ivory tusk? 

13.) What slow-moving, winged, insect has varieties called Chinese and Carolina? 

14.) Which London Parks houses London 300?

15.) How many feet do snails have? 

16.) From which animal is nutria fur obtained? 

17.) Which Disney character was named after the Swahili word for lion? 

18.) Which mammal native to Madagascar, have species, called ring-tailed and Indri?

19.) What bird lays the smallest eggs?

20.) Boston, Napoleon, Pope John, and Piquet are all the names of? 

21.) Which NASA spacecraft flew past Uranus in 1986?

22.) Which glands in the body make the white blood cells? 

23.) What is the most common name of dyspepsia? 

24.) Robben Island is the bay of what African City? 

25.) Who directed the film Cry City Freedom?


26.) In Japan where i the body is tobi worn? 

27.) The masked hero Zorro took his name from the Spanish word for which animal? 

28.) In the literal translation of homo sapiens,(ape man, wise man or upright man?) 

29.) What star sign encompasses the end of March andthe beginning of April? 

30.) Which breed of dog is the cross between collie and grey hound?

31.) In Botticelli's painting, he Birth of Venus standing on?

32.) Who was the last Poet Laureate of the 20th Century?

33.) Who is the lead singer of the pop group TRAVIS?

34.) In tailoring terms what does bespoke mean? 

35.) What is the 35th wedding anniversary called? 

36.) In which present day country is the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

37.) Which member of the British royal family is the Chancellor of Cambridge University?

38.) What sea creature is made up of 95% water,has no heart,brain,bones, eyes, gills or blood?

39.) In which 1999 film does Denzel Washington play boxer Robin Carter? 

40.) In which river did the Pied Piper drown the rats of Hamelin?

41.) Which European country is also known as the Hellenic Republic?

42.) What Z word is the name of Pyramidal Mounds of the ancient Mesopotamia's?

43.)Which teenager recorded the album Voice of an Angel in 1999?

44.) Founded in 1903, what is the name of Englands first Garden City?

45.) What flower was named after the Roman Goddess of the rainbow?

46.) Is synophobia the fear of cats, dogs or mice?

47.) In which City was John F Kennedy assassinated?

48.)Where is the body of the tarsal joint? 

49.) Who invented the Dynamo?

50.) How is Anno Domini translated into English? 

ANSWER

1.) ACTS

2.) HEART

3.) MISSISSIPPI

4.) IT HAS FLIPPERS

5.) FOSSILS

6.) HERALDRY

7.) LORGNETTE

8.) FOUR(4)

9.) BEES

10.) SNOW LEOPARD

11.) DEER

12.) NARWHAL

13.) PLAYING MANTIS

14.) REGENTS PARK

15.) ONE

16.) OYPU

17.) SIMBA

18.) LEMUR

19.) HUMMING BIRD

20.) CARD GAMES

21.) VOYAGER 2

22.) LYMPH GLANDS

23.) INDIGESTION

24.) CAFE TOWN

25.) ATTENBOROUGH

26.) IN THE FOOT(It is a sock)

27.) FOX

28.) WISE MAN

29.) ARIES(The Ram)

30.) LURCH ER

31.) A SEA SHELL 

32.) ANDREW MOTION 

33.) FRAN HEALY 

34.) MADE TO MEASURE 

35.) CORAL 

36.) IRAQ 

37.) PRINCE CHARLES

38.) JELLY FISH

39.)THE HURRICANE 

40.) WESER

41.)  GREECE 

42.)  ZIGGURAT

43.)  CHARLOTTE CHURCH

44.)  LETCH WORTH 

45.)  IRIS 

46.)  DOG 

47.)  DALLAS 

48.) THE ANKLE 

49.) MICHAEL FARADAY 

50.) IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD