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www.quiz4free.com Jumbo Questions and Answers Quiz 10
1 Joseph Lister - first operation antiseptic - 1867 on who? His sister
2 What was Black Beauties original name? Darkie
3 Who was the original Peeping Tom looking at? Lady Godiva
4 What element is present in all organic compounds? Carbon
5 What was Professor Moriarties first name? James
6 Who was known as the Little Brown Saint? Ghandi
7 Who rode a horse called Morengo? Napoleon at Waterloo
8 A skulk is a group of which animals? Foxes
9 Who defended World heavyweight title twice same night in 1906? Tommy
Burns both 1st round KOs
10 What part of an aircraft is the empennage? Tail Unit
11 We know who wrote Little Women but who wrote Little Men? Lousia May
Alcott
12 Who was the Goddess of the rainbow? Iris
13 European city can be jailed for not killing furry caterpillars?
Brussels
14 Who was Olive Oyls boyfriend - before Popeye? Ham Gravy
15 Sienna law forbids women of what name from prostitution? Maria
16 What do the letters MG stand for on cars? Morris Garages
17 Who was the first actor to appear on cover of Time magazine? Charlie
Chaplin
18 Polyphemus was the leader of which group of mythical giants? Cyclops
19 What does a pluviomoter measure? Rainfall
20 Which game was illegal in Elizabethan England? Bowls
21 What nationality was Oddjob? Korean
22 What is a Knout? Russian flogging whip
23 What language has the most words? English
24 Which film star used to be a circus acrobat? Burt Lancaster
25 The comma bacillus causes what disease? Cholera
26 Which country invented Venetian Blinds? Japan
27 What is a quadriga? Roman 4 horse chariot
28 What is a brickfielder? Hot SE Aussie wind
29 Pupik means belly button in what language? Yiddish
30 What is the main ingredient in Borsch? Beetroot
31 What was the name of Dr Dolittles Parrot? Polynesia
32 What was the name of William Tells son (the apple head boy)? Walter
33 Laika was the first ever dog to do what? Go into space
34 Where could you spend a Markka? Finland
35 What links a bick, throat, half swage, punching hole? Anvil they are
parts of it
36 The Fagus is the Latin name of what type of tree? Beech
37 If you have Chlorosis what colour does the skin go? Green
38 The French say Bis - what word do the English use? Encore
39 Of what are Karakul, Texel, Romney Marsh types? Sheep
40 What is biltong? Dried meat
41 What type of fish is Scomber Scombrus? Mackerel
42 What are brick, fontina, port salut, quargel types of? Cheese
43 In which country did the turnip originate? Greece
44 Tchaikovsky died of which disease? Cholera
45 Sam Barraclough owned which film star? Lassie
46 Which animals can live longest without water? Rats
47 Captain Hanson Gregory Crockett created what void in 1847? Hole in
Doughnuts
48 Kaka means parrot in which language? Maori
49 Who wrote A Town Like Alice? Nevil Shute
50 Which fruit contains the most protein? Avocado
51 Ignatius Loyola founded which organisation? Jesuits
52 Which 16th century Italian wrote The Prince? Machiavelli
53 A meander bend in a river, named from river meander - where? Turkey
54 Who tells the story in The Arabian Nights? Sheherazade
55 Alfred Jingle appears in which Dickens novel? The Pickwick Papers
56 Vaselina and Brillantino were alternate names which film? Grease
57 Chaplin ate a boot in the Gold Rush - what was it made of? Liquorice
58 Phoebe Anne Mozee better known as who? Annie Oakley
59 What is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet? Kappa
60 If you were misocapnic what do you hate? Tobacco Smoke
61 In sailing ship days who often acted as the ships doctor? Cook
62 An isoneph on a map joins places of equal what? Average Cloud Cover
63 Bumper Harris - wooden leg - what Job on London Underground? Ride new
escalators
64 Who is Ivanhoe's wife? Rowena
65 The Lent Lilly has a more common name - what? Daffodil
66 What would you be if you were a coryphee? Ballet Dancer
67 Whose last words were - "Clito I owe a cock to Asclepius"? Socrates
68 What does the German word Panzer literally mean? Armour
69 What is Frances longest river? Loire
70 In which month is the Munich beer festival held? October
71 What was the name of Norse God Thor's hammer? Mjolnir
72 Who ordered John the Baptists execution? King Herod
73 What was Walt Disney's first cartoon character? Oswald the Rabbit
74 What medication discovered in 1928 but introduced 1940? Penicillin
75 Who wrote Beau Geste? P C Wren
76 Prophesied the Chalus the Greek - Die on day - did of what? Laughing
cos he was not dead
77 Who is Aladdin's father? Mustapha the tailor
78 What American state is the Badger state? Wisconsin
79 Why was Fred Lorz disqualified 1904 Olympic marathon? Hitched a lift
passing car
80 In China what colour does the bride traditionally wear? Red
81 A muster is a group of which birds? Peacocks
82 Bohea is a type of what? Tea
83 In which country were antibiotics first used? Egypt - used mouldy bread
84 Which country grew the first Orange? China
85 Gossima was the original name of what game? Table Tennis
86 Wild marjoram is also known as what? Oregano
87 What was the name of Roses monkey in Friends? Marcel
88 Horse brasses - on dreyhorses - originally what purpose? Charms - ward
off evil
89 Alfred Hitchcock admitted to being terrified of what? Policeman
90 What was the name of Sancho Panza's donkey? Dapple
91 What is Steganography? Invisible ink writing
92 An Albert chain is usually attached to what? Watch
93 An unkindness is a group of what birds? Ravens
94 A fellmonger deals in what items? Animal skins
95 What colour habit do Franciscan monks wear? Grey
96 Nenen-Kona is sold in Russia - what do we call it? Pepsi-Cola
97 Hugh Lofting created which famous character? Doctor Dolittle
98 What was the name of Russian bear mascot 1980 Olympics? Mischa
99 What ingredient must French ice cream contain by law? Eggs
100 A kindle is the name for a group of what young animals? Kittens
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