It's Quiz Time V

QUESTION

1.)  Other that New York, which city has an airport named after John F Kennedy?

2.)   From which English city did Concorde make its maiden flight?

3.)  On which river does city of Geneva stands?

4.) The Gulf of Bothnia lies between which two North European countries?

5.)  Shah Jahan is best known for building which Indian monument?

6.) Which cathedral in  South Germany has the world’s tallest church spire?

7.) Tehran  is the capital of which country?-Iran

8.) Which Flavian amphitheatre was built in the gardens of Nero’s Palace?

9.)  I n which   Italian city is the San Siro football stadium?

10.) At which British sporting venue would you find the Valley of Sin?

11.) Which Filipino boxer was named “ the pac-man”?

12.) In which game do you bulley off?

13.) Who is the patron saint of hopeless causes?

14.) A sky with altocumulus clouds shares its name with what type of fish?

15.) In which year did the U.S. Civil War started?-

16.) What is a laver bread made from?

17.) Which of the seven wonders of the world was built to honor the Greek goddess of hunting?

18.) Did the Egyptian God Anubis, have the head of a cobra, jackal or a falcon?

19.) In which 2001 film does Sandra Bullock play an undercover cop in a beauty contest?

20.) Which Russian town was  the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?

21.) The year 2000 was a Chinese year of what

22.) Which country lies immediately south of Egypt?

23.) Which capital city is serve by Orly Airport?

24.) The fruits of which plant are sold in America under the name of tuna?

25.) Which singing voice comes between soprano and contralto?

26.) Which American artist was nicknamed Jack the Dripper?

27.) From which chemical compound are mothballs made?

28.) What part of the body was also the name of a unit of currency in El Salvador?

29.) Which birds ere used by miners to detect poisonous gases in mines?

30.) Where in the human body is bile stored?

31.) What was the medical condition D.V.T. stand for?

32.) What is the medical name of the breastbone?

33.) In the human body where would you find the oval window and a round window?

34.) What type of blood cells are responsible r transporting oxygen around the body?

35.) The renal artery supplies blood to which organ?

36.) Which element has the lowest boiling point?

37.) What are helium, neon, xenon, krypton and radon?

38.) Which animal has the largest brain?

39.) To which fish family does goldfish belong?

40.) What is the young otter called?

41.) Of all the rivers in the world which contains the greatest amount of water?

42.)  Dinosaurs were mammals: true or false?

43.) What does dinosaur literally mean in English: fearsome reptile, terrible reptile or giant beast?

44.) Which part of the flower contain pollen?

45.) What is male badger called?

46.)  Brimstone is the old name for which element?

47.) What is measured on the Richter Scale?

48.) By area what is the largest country in Africa?

49.) What is the most highly populated city in China?

50.) What is pyrophobia fear of?

O ANSWER   

     1.)   La Paz(Bolivia)

     2.)    Bristol

     3.)    Rhone 

     4.)     Finland &Sweden

      5.)   The Taj Mahal 

      6.)   Ulm Cathedral

      7.) Iran

     8.) Colosseum

     9.)   Milan

    10.)  St. Andrew’s golf course

    11.)  Manny Pacquiao

    12.)  Hockey

    13.)  St. Jude

    14.)    Mackerel

    15.)   1861

    16.)    Seaweed

    17.)  The Temple of Artemis

    18.)   Jackal

    19.)   Miss Congeniality

    20.)  Chernobyl

    21.)   The year of the Dragon

    22.)   Sudan

    23.)   Paris

    24.)   Prickly pear cactus

    25.)   Mezzo-soprano

    26.)   Jackson Pollock 

    27.)   Naphthalene

    28.)   Colon

    29.)   The canary

    30.)  Gall Bladder

    31.)   Deep Vein Thrombosis

    32.)   Sternum

    33.)   In the ear

    34.)   Red blood cells

    35.)   Kidney

    36.)   Helium

    37.)   Noble gasses

    38.)  Sperm Whale

    39.)  Carp 

    40.)  Whelp

    41.)  The Amazon

    42.)  False(they were reptiles) 

    43.)  Terrible lizard

    44.)  Anther

    45.)  Boar

    46.)  Sulphur 

    47.)  Earthquake

    48.)  Sudan

    49.)  Shanghai

    50.)  Fire

It's Quiz Time IV (Science and Maths)

SCIENCE and MATHS

1.) Maglev is short for what?

2.) How many grams are in 5 kilograms?

3.) Which gas has the chemical symbol O?

4.) To what does the adjective lunar apply?

5.) How many inches are there in four feet?

6.) What remains if a dozen is subtracted from  baker's dozen?

7.) In  physics is a capital E the symbol for evaporation or energy?

8.) Sheet an fork are both types of what weather phenomena?

9.)  What A word is the substance produced when a person is angry, excited or frightened?

10.) Which has the most sides, a pentagon, an octagon r hexagon?

11.) What is the quarter of 1,000?

12.) What is larger: 50% or 5/8%?

13.) How many degrees are there in a right angle?

14.) Which part of the body contains the cornea, the retina and the pupil?

15.) Indigo is sandwiched  by blue and violet in what kind f natural occurring phenomena?

16.) If a number is multiplied, does it increased or decreased in size?

17.) Frenchman Andre Ampere gave his name to a unit of what?

18.) In total how many sides would three rectangles and three triangles have?

19.) What metal with the symbol Hg is used n thermometers?

20.) Which Roman God gave his name to the largest planet in our solar system?

21.) Dock leaves are a traditional treatment against which stinging plant containing formic acid?

22.) Fahrenheit and Celsius are both scale n what type of measuring implement?

23.) What comes between red and yellow in the rainbow?

24.) On a magnet would a north pole attracts or repel a south pole?

25.) what is 10% of 1,000?

26.) what is 27.5 doubled?

27? How many zeros are in a million?

28.) What did Carlton Magee invent in 1935?

29.) How may angles in an isosceles triangle are equal?

30.) What is larger: 5 squared or 3 cubed?

31.) What did Thomas Alva Edison invent in 1879 after carrying out 1, 200 experiments?

32.) If the century is divided  by a score what is the answer?

33.) What gas freezes to form ice dry?

34.) What is one half of a gross?

35.) How many weeks are there in a century?

36.) Enrico Forlanini built the first one in 1905. What was it?

37.) Is the letter I the chemical symbol for iron, iodine iridium? 

38.) If you subtracted a decade from a millennium, how many years would be left?

39.) Which planet would you associate will a chemical symbol of Hg?

40.)  How many degrees does a clock hand pass through between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.?

41.) What part of the body is affected by dermatitis?

42.) By what other name is the plant deadly nightshades also known?

43.) In mathematics what can be complex, mixed or vulgar?

45.) From what flower are vanilla pods obtained?

46.) What name is given to the study of the mechanics of movement in living creatures?

47.) Which gas has the atomic number of 8? 

48.) What nationality was the botanist and taxonomist Carolus Linneaus?

49.) Divide the number of degrees in a semi-circle by the number of degrees by a triangle?

50.) What symbol represents the ratio of the circumference f a circle to the diameter?

ANSWER

1.)  MAGNETIC LEVITATION

2.)  5,000 (5*1,000)

3.)  OXYGEN

4.)  THE MOON

5.)  48 (48*12)

6.)  ONE (13-12)

7.)  ENERGY

8.)  LIGHTNING

9.)  ADRENALIN

10.) OCTAGON (EIGHT SIDES)

11.) 250

12.) 5/8

13.) 90

14.) THE EYE

15.) A RAINBOW

16.) INCREASED IN SIZE

17.) ELECTRICAL CURRENT (Amp)

18.) 21 (12+9)

19.) MERCURY

20.) JUPITER

21.) NETTLES

22.) THERMOMETER

23.) ORANGE

24.) ATTRACT

25.) 100

26.) 55

27.) SIX

28.) THE PARKING METER

29.) TWO

30.) 3 CUBE (3*3*3=27)

31.) A LIGHT BULB

32.) FIVE ( 100divided by 20)

33.) CARBON DIOXIDE

34.) 72 (144 divided by 2)

35.) 5,200

36.) HYDROFOIL

37.) IODINE

38.) 990 (1000-10)

39.) MERCURY

40.) 150 DEGREES

41.) SKIN

42.) BELLA DONNA

43.) FRACTIONS

44.) TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES

45.) ORCHIDS

46.) BIO MECHANICS

47.) OXYGEN

48.) SWEDISH

49.) ONE (180 divided by 180)

50.) Pi

It's Quiz Time III

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
QUESTION
1.)  Which sign of the zodiac is represented by an object to a person r an animal?
2.) Which former British Minister as nicknamed The Iron Lady?
3.) Which literary detective is associated with the phrase,"Elementary my dear Watson"?
4.) What type bear is Soo, he friend of Sooty and Sweep?
5.) In which decade did World War II begin?
6)  How many British Kings have been called George?
7.) According to he Bible which sea did Moses part the waves of?
8.) Which British Queen died in 1901?
9.) Which musical instrument has 47 strings and 7 pedals?
10.) Who wrote the Secret Seven books?
11.) What is the name of a leather case for holding a pistol or a revolver?
12.) Nag is a slang term for what animal?
13.) What type of weapon is  cutlass?
14.) What does the bird has two of: stomachs or hearts?
15.) Is the letter S the chemical symbol for silver or sulphur?
16.) Which part of the elephant is also the name for a large box in which clothes are kept?
17.) Ping-pong is another name for which popular game?
18.) What anniversary is celebrated for 50 years of marriage?
19.) What number connects blind mice, musketeers and wise men?
20.) In the Bible what is referred to as the staff  of life?
21.) What three-letter word is the name given to an item sold at an auction?
22.) What is the nationality of the pop group Westlife?
23.) The name of what  spice is also a slang term for red hair?
24.) Through which continent does the River Nile flow?
25.) Who changed the name of his flagship from the Pelican to the Golden Hind?
26.) Which organ of the body produces bile?
27.) In which languages was a Domesday Book written?
28.) What name is given to a central stone of an arch?
29.) In which park is Princess Diana buried?
30.) Which shellfish produces pearls?
31.) Which London theater, opened in 1871, was named after Queen Victoria's husband?
32.) Which anniversary celebrated after one year of marriage?
33.) Which C word is the medical term for gristle in the human body?
34.) Tiger Tom and Alicante are both varieties of what?
35.) Qantas is the national airline of which country? 
36.) Approximately two miles in length, what is the name of the main canal in Venice?
37.) Caviar is obtained from the roe of what fish?
38.) In which century was Thomas Beckett murdered?
39.) Which country has the longest coastline in Europe?
40.) The tittle of what Shakespeare play is also  the name of a small village?
41.) The American drama series  The West Wing, is mainly set in which U.S. building?
42.) From which country did Brazil gain it independence in 1822?
43.) Name the actress who was the first wife of Ronald Reagan?
44.) Name the comic strip hero from Mega City One, played by Sylvester Stallone?
45.) What animal would you associate with February 2nd  in the U.S.?
46.) What wedding anniversary is celebrated by 40 years of marriage?
47.) In which country was the environmental organization Greenpeace founded?
48.) What famous building near Paris, contains th famous Hall of Mirrors?
49.) Which Alaskan mountain, named after a U.S. President, is the highest in North America?
50.) What part of the body i affected by glossitis?


ANSWER
1. )  LIBRA
2.)  MARGARET THATCHER
3.)  SHERLOCK HOMES
4.)  PANDA
5.) 1930's (1939-1945)
6.)  SIX
7.)  RED SEA
8.)  QUEEN VICTORIA
9.)  HARP
10.) ENID BLYTON
11.) HOLSTER
12.) HORSE
13.) A SHORT CURVE SWORD
14.) STOMACHS
15.) SULPHUR
16.) TRUNK
17.) TABLE TENNIS
18.) GOLDEN
19.) THREE
20.) BREAD
21.) LOT
22.) IRISH
23.) GINGER
24.) AFRICA
25.) SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
26.) LIVER
27.) LATIN
28.) KEY STONE
29.) ALTHORP PARK
30.) OYSTER
31.) THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
32.) PAPER
33.) CARTILAGE
34.) TOMATOES
35.) AUSTRALIA
36.) GRAND CANAL
37.) STURGEON
38.) 12th CENTURY
39.) NORWAY
40.) HAMLET
41.) THE WHITE HOUSE
42.) PORTUGAL
43.) JANE WYMAN
44.) JUDGE DREDD
45.) GROUND HOG(day)
46.) RUBY
47.) CANADA
48.) PALACE OF VERSAILLES
49.) MOUNT MC KINLEY
50.) TONGUE

It's Quiz Time II (General Knowledge)

QUESTIONS

1.   Derdrophobia is the morbid fear of what?

2. What is unusual about the word facetious?

3.The name of which Parisian night club translates into English as  redwindmill?

4.What word of Japanese origin literally translates into English as Harbor Wave?

5.What English word derived from the Italian meaning little ball: ballot, balloon or ballet?

6.Is a Rotonda a round domed building?

7.If the body of an animal is described as lanate, what is it covered in?

8.If canine equals dogs what does vulpine equal?

9.What is the three-word motto at Grandgind in the Dickens novel Hard Times?

10.Who wrote the play the Odd Couple?

11.Who played the President of the United States in the film DAVE?

12.Dove cottage in Grasmere was the home of which famous poet?

13.If the dish is described as chantilly what is it garnished with?

14.Which US actress was married to Frank Sinatra, Arti Shaw and Micky Romey?

15.What was the Buddy Holly's real first name?

16.Founded in 1903, what was the name of England's first Garden City?

17.Which teenager recorded he album Voice of an Angel in 1999?

18.If a substance is described a stannic, what metal does it contains?

19.How is the year 2000 written in Roman Numerals?

20.The year 1971 is the Chinese year  of the what?

21.Where in Utah is the headquarters of the Mormon Religion?

22.Which are the only birds able to fly backwards?

23.What is the capital City  of Australia?

24.Who was the first elected lady  President of the Philippines?

25.In May 1994 the Channel Tunnel was officially opened at  which English Port?

26.What is a Velodrome?

27.Who was the first person who sailed single-handed non-stop around the  word?

28.On the body of the horse where is the dock?

29.In what type of an object would you find a rampart above an escapement?

30.Who slept on the teapot at the Mad Hatter's tea party?

31.Is the phlebitis the inflammation of the eye, a vein or the gums?

32 Which vitamins is found in the citrus fruits? 

33.Which Alfred Hitchcock thriller was set mainly at Bodega Bay? 

34.What was the infamous London address of the murdered John Christie? 

35.What is the more common name for magnesium silicate? 

36.What type of passenger plane made its maiden flight  in February 1969? 

37.In the 1950's which war did the Treaty of Panmunjon End? 

38.Who was the Roman Emperor when Jesus was crucified?

39.Which country is the largest producer of tobacco?4

40.Is the Zygomatic bone in the cheek, on the chin or in the nose? 

41.What is the Nikkei in Tokyo? 

42.In Mythology, what was the drink of the Gods? 

43.Which Indian City is served by DumDum Airport?

44.What is the nearest Capital City to the Equator?

45.What is the National Sports of Japan?

46.What is the lowest female singing voice?

47.If I were serve, dig, spike or set, what sport would I be laying?

48.How many substitutes is a water polo team allowed to make?

49.In 63 BC who became the first  Roman Emperor? 

50.How many events are there in the Heptathlon?

ANSWERS

( 1. Tress)

(2.  all the vowels appear in order)

(3.  Moulin Rouge)

(4. Tsunami )

(5.  Ballot )

(6. True)

( 7. Wool )

( 8. Fox )

(9.   Facts, facts, facts)

(10.  Niel Simon )

( 11. Kevin Kline)

(12.  William Wordsworth)

(13.  whipped cream)

(14.  Ava Gardner)

( 15. Charles)

(16.  LETCHWORTH )

(17.  Charlotte Church)

 (18.  TIN )

(19.  MM)

(20.  The year of the Boar)

 (21.  Salt Lake City )

(22.  Humming birds )

 (23. Canberra )

(24.  Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino )

(25.  Folkestone)

(26.  Cycle Racing Track)

 (27.  Robin Knox Johnson )

(28.  Tail )

(29.  A Clock )

(30.  The Dormouse)

(31.  A Vein )

(32.  Vitamin C )

(33.  The Birds)

 (34.  10 Rillington Place )

(35.  Talcum Powder)

(36.  Boeing 747 )

(37.   The Korean War )

(38.  Tiberius)

(39.  China)

(40.  The cheek)

(41.  Stock Exchange )

(42.  Nectar )

(43.  Calcutta)

(44.  Quito,  Capital of Equador)

(45. Sumo Wrestling)

(46.  Contralto)

(47.  Volleyball)

(48.  four)

(49.  Augustus Caesar)

(50.  Seven )

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