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www.quiz4free.com Jumbo Questions and Answers Quiz 12
1 What member of the weasel family is over 1 meter or 3 feet long? Badger
2 Capability Brown was a famous Landscape Gardener 1st name? Lancelot
3 Boccaccios collection of ten stories are known as what? Decameron
4 What do fennel leaves taste of? Aniseed
5 What country is the home of the Ashanti people? Ghana
6 12 is the atomic number of which metal? Magnesium
7 What was Beethoven's only opera? Fidelio
8 In which of Aristophanes plays do the women refuse sex? Lysistrata
9 Which Australian writer won the Nobel prize in 1973? Patrick White
10 What is a hypocaust? Roman Heating System
11 What 18th century German soldier told tall tales of himself? Baron
Munchhausen
12 Which country imports the most champagne? Great Britain
13 Thomas Keneally wrote which book (Oscar winning film)? Schindler's Ark
14 What is the name of the metal discs set in a tambourines rim? Jingles
15 Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Handel, Liszt, Ravel what in common?
Bachelors
16 What were China 14 Raduga 14 Himwari 3? Orbiting satellites
17 What is a Flemish Giant? Rabbit
18 Somerset Maugham, A J Cronin, Richard Gorden - in common? Not Writers -
Doctors
19 What does Stet mean to a printer? Let the Original stand
20 In Paris what are FD Roosevelt Stalingrad Louis Blanc? Metro Stations
21 English writer - Died Typhoid - Drank Paris water - Prove safe? Arnold
Bennett 1931
22 What food item in French literally means twice cooked? Biscuit
23 What religions sacred writings are divided into the Tripitaka? Buddhism
24 Herodotus the Greek is known as the father of what? History
25 The old French Royal family - Boy Scouts share what symbol?
Fleur-de-lis
26 We have used the Latin phrase ad hoc - what literally mean? For this
special purpose
27 Which dancer died in 1927 strangled by scarf on car wheel? Isadora
Duncan
28 What do astronomers call the red sky before sunrise? Aurora
29 A beast of prey sometimes called a glutton - what is it? Wolverine
30 French novelist - nearly 100 books all La Comedie Humaine? Honor'e de
Balzac
31 What is the correct name for food permitted under Moslem laws? Hal-al
32 What country is known to its inhabitants as Suomen Tasavalta? Finland
33 What French blue cheese (similar to stilton) is made ewes milk?
Roquefort
34 A Suffragan has what job? Bishop - no parish helps other
35 Segmental, Primitive, Doucine, Elliptical are types of what? Arch (in
construction)
36 Who got Judas job as the twelfth apostle? Matthias
37 Which famous horse race was won Urban sea, Carnagie, Lammtarra? Prix de
l'arc de Triomphe
38 Elvis Stojko was an ice skating word champion - what country? Canada
39 What animals make up the Suidae family? Pigs
40 What is the word (derived from Malay) for unhusked rice? Paddy
41 Joel Chandler Harris wrote which series of stories? Uncle Remus
42 We have heard of the Renaissance - what's it literally mean? Rebirth
43 In film making what does a Blimp do? Covers camera reduce noise
44 Where would you find a Walloon? South Belgium Native Flemish
45 What do we call what the Japanese call Oshugatsu? New Year
46 Tete-beche is a familiar term in which hobby? Stamp Collecting
47 Good King Wenceslas was the King of which country? Bohemia (Germany)
48 Sir Jack Cohen founded what? Tescos - supermarkets
49 What does rabbi literally mean? My Master
50 What port lies at the mouth of the Swan river? Freemantle (Perth)
51 Who starred in the film Sixth Sense? Bruce Willis
52 KLM is the national airline of which country? Holland
53 Name the most famous English artist who painted mostly horses? George
Stubbs
54 Who were Curier Ellis and Acton Bell? Bronte sisters pen names
55 What is the official title of the ambassador of the Pope? Nuncio
56 Chaconne, Rigadoon, Passepied are all types of what? Old style dances
57 What British birds lay only one egg during the nesting season? Fulmar
or Guillemot
58 Who would use a Jigger, Buzz, Flagging iron, Round shaver, Adze? Cooper
making barrels
59 What pop group had a "Message in a Bottle"? Police
60 If an Italian was having Pranzo what would they be having? Lunch
61 What currency consists of 100 Groschen? Austrian Schilling
62 In Greek mythology who created man? The demigod Promethus
63 Hibernia was the Roman name for which country? Ireland
64 Mincing Lane in London is traditionally home of what trade? Tea
65 What sport is played at Smiths Lawn? Polo
66 What are fallows, lutinos and opalines? Budgerigars
67 In Paris there are two islands - Ile de la Cite and what? Ile St-Louise
68 Mapother IV is the real surname of what film star? Tom Cruise
69 Jean-Christopher Denner invented what musical instrument? Clarinet
70 Mendavoy and Martinez are characters in which TV show? NYPD Blue
71 Fredrick Bulsara was the lead singer of what pop group? Queen - Freddie
Mercury
72 The Titanic has a sister ship - name it? The Olympic
73 What was sharkskin once used as? Sandpaper
74 What does an otologist study? The ear and its diseases
75 What is the essential ingredient in a mornay sauce? Cheese
76 Sardines are the young of which fish? Pilchard
77 Who wrote Oedipus Rex? Sophocles
78 The Camorra was the forerunner of what organisation in the USA? The
Mafia
79 What is a Havana Brown? A Small Rabbit
80 What did Simon of Cyrene do in The Bible? Carry Christ's cross
81 In what sport is a stimpmeter used? Golf - measure greens pace
82 Gene Hackman sheriff Big Whiskey - got Oscar - What film? Unforgiven
83 What countries flag red circle on green background? Singapore
84 Georgius Panayiotou became famous under what names (both)? George
Michael
85 Capers are pickled flower seeds of what plant? Nasturtium
86 In 1925 at Windsor Bookies went on strike - against what? Betting Tax
87 What is a doucet? A Stags Testicle
88 What is the worlds largest sand island northeast of Brisbane? Fraser
island
89 FT (London) Dow Jones (USA) what is Japans Share Index called? Nikkei
90 Who was the leader of the wolf pack in The Jungle Book? Akala
91 What's the difference between sleeping gorillas and men? Gorillas don't
snore
92 Nobody Does it Better was sung in which Bond film? The Spy Who Loved Me
93 Halcyon is the poetic name for which bird? Kingfisher
94 Who had a hit with Sylvia's Mother? Dr Hook
95 Who composed the music for the opera The Tales of Hoffman? Jacques
Offenbach
96 In the Bible from whom did David steal his wife Bathsheba? The Hittite
warrior Uriah
97 The Cassegranian, Gregorian and Schmidt are types of what? Telescopes
98 Shakespeare - Antony, Romeo, Othello - what in common? Suicide
99 What instrument is sometimes called the clown of the orchestra? Bassoon
100 What world capital city is heated by volcanic springs? Reykjavik
(Iceland)
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