- ARTS
1. How long did it take the Beatles to record their first album - 12
hours, 12 days or 12 months?
(Twelve Hours)
2. Who is the author of the books ‘Digital Fortress’ ‘Deception Point’
and ‘Angels & Demons’?
(Dan Brown - author of The Da Vinci Code)
3 Which US TV series ended after 275 episodes with the words, "Sorry
we're closed"?
(CHEERS)
4 Who did Dr Banner turn into when he got angry?
(THE INCREDIBLE HULK)
5 Which TV duo drove a Ford Torino?
(STARSKY & HUTCH)
6 With regard to the record label what do the initials RCA stand for?
(RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA)
7 In which city was Motown Records founded?
(DETROIT)
8 Which pop group took their name from an unemployment benefit
form?
(UB 40)
9. 3.In the 1993 film, This Boy’s Life, who starred alongside Robert De
Neiro and Ellen Barkin?
LEONARDO DE CAPRIO
10. A film by Clint Eastwood; Flags Of Our Fathers, tells the story of a
second world war battle that resulted in the loss of 46 thousand lives and
centres on the raising of the Stars and stripes flag by six soldiers. But on
which pacific Island did the battle take place?
IWO JIMA
Friday, July 9, 2010
General Knowledge 35
7 - Gen know:
1. So at last in 2006 scientists from three English Univeristy’s reached the same conclusion. Which came first the chicken or the egg?
THE EGG
2.In January 2006, British spies were uncovered after a fake rock, was used as a spying device in which city?
MOSCOW
3.Which pop performer has a tour called; ‘THE 2007 FUTURE SEX/LOVESHOW UK TOUR’
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
4.Which two countries most recently joined the EU?
ROMANIA AND BULGARIA
5.Who had his autobiography (If I Did It) cancelled in 2006 due to public outrage?
O.J.SIMPSON
6.In English rhyming slang, what is meant by;GOLD WATCH?
SCOTCH (WHISKY)
7.Of what is Sinophobia the fear? (pronounced sin – o phobia) Russians or Chinese?
CHINESE
8.What is the capitol of Angola?
LUANDA
9.In cockney, what is meant by, Berlin Wall’s?
BALLS
10.What is the gestation [je-stey-shuh n] period for a cat? Eight or eleven weeks?
EIGHT WEEKS
1. So at last in 2006 scientists from three English Univeristy’s reached the same conclusion. Which came first the chicken or the egg?
THE EGG
2.In January 2006, British spies were uncovered after a fake rock, was used as a spying device in which city?
MOSCOW
3.Which pop performer has a tour called; ‘THE 2007 FUTURE SEX/LOVESHOW UK TOUR’
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
4.Which two countries most recently joined the EU?
ROMANIA AND BULGARIA
5.Who had his autobiography (If I Did It) cancelled in 2006 due to public outrage?
O.J.SIMPSON
6.In English rhyming slang, what is meant by;GOLD WATCH?
SCOTCH (WHISKY)
7.Of what is Sinophobia the fear? (pronounced sin – o phobia) Russians or Chinese?
CHINESE
8.What is the capitol of Angola?
LUANDA
9.In cockney, what is meant by, Berlin Wall’s?
BALLS
10.What is the gestation [je-stey-shuh n] period for a cat? Eight or eleven weeks?
EIGHT WEEKS
History 2
6 - History
1 -
Named after a French minister of the 20th century, what effort is considered one of the great failures of military history, and is now used as a metaphor for something that is confidently relied upon but which ended up being ineffective?
Answer
The Maginot Line
The Maginot Line named after French minister of defence André Maginot was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, machine gun posts and other defenses which France constructed along its borders with Germany and with Italy, in the light of experience from World War I, and in the run-up to World War II. However, the fortification system utterly failed to contain the invading German forces in World War II, who largely manuevered around it.
2.
The name of which symbol means 'well-being' in Sanskrit, though it became associated with men of dubious repute in history?
Answer
The Swastika (from Sanskrit 'svasti')
The use of the swastika was associated by Nazi theorists with their conjecture of Aryan cultural descent of the German people. Following the Nordicist version of the Aryan invasion theory, the Nazis claimed that the early Aryans of India, from whose Vedic tradition the swastika sprang, were the prototypical white invaders.
3 - The current queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom belongs to which royal house?
Answer
The House of Windsor
The name of the house was originally the House of Wettin but in 1917, during World War I, anti-German feeling among the people resulted in the Royal Family exchanging use of all of their German titles and house names for English-sounding versions.
4 -.
If 'Little Boy-Enola Gay' is to Hiroshima, what is to Nagasaki?
Answer
Fatman - Bockscar
An implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core, 'Fat Man' was detonated at an altitude of about 1,800 feet (550 m) over the city, and was dropped from a B-29 bomber Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney. Because of Nagasaki's hilly terrain, the damage was somewhat less extensive than that in relatively flat Hiroshima. An estimated 40,000 people were killed outright by the bombing ,and about 25,000 were injured. Many thousands more would die later from related injuries, and radiation sickness from nuclear fallout.
5 - One of the mottos of which lethal 20th century regime was "To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss." in reference to civilian Cambodians?
Answer
Khmer Rouge
It was the ruling political party of Cambodia -- which it renamed to Democratic Kampuchea -- from 1975 to 1979. The Khmer regime is remembered mainly for the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million people (estimates range from 850,000 to 3 million) under its regime, through execution, starvation and forced labor.
6.
Julius Caesar crossed this river in 49 BC as an act of war where he supposedly said "the die is cast", giving rise to a popular idiom. Which river?
Answer
The Rubicon
"Crossing the Rubicon" is a popular idiom meaning to go past a point of no return because it was an ancient boundary between Gaul and Italy. The river is notable as Roman law forbade any general from crossing it with an army.
.
7 After hearing what news did Winston Churchill write "Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful."?
Answer
Attack on Pearl Harbor drawing the US into WWII
This battle has had history-altering consequences. It only had a small strategic military effect because the Japanese Navy failed to sink U.S. aircraft carriers or destroy the Submarine Base, but even if this had been achieved, it would not have helped Japan in the long term. The attack firmly drew the United States and its massive industrial and service economy into World War II.
8.
What name was given to the man-portable anti-tank rocket launcher which saw widespread use during World War II?
Answer
Bazooka
It was nicknamed "bazooka" from a vague resemblance to the musical instrument of the same name invented and used by Bob Burns. The word "bazooka" is often incorrectly used to refer to any shoulder-launched missile weapon.
9.
Which city in central Spain was renowned throughout the middle ages as an important center for the production of swords and other bladed instruments?
Answer
Toledo
10 - The transfer of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997 from Great Britian is well-known. But at around the same time (in 1999), which country relinquished its claim on Macau and handed it over to China?
Answer
Portugal
Portugal and China agreed in 1979 to regard Macau as "a Chinese territory under (temporary) Portuguese administration". Negotiations between the Chinese and Portuguese governments on the question of Macau started in June 1986. In 1987, an international treaty, known as the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration, was signed to make Macau a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese government assumed sovereignty over Macau on December 20, 1999, ending 329 years of Portuguese rule.
1 -
Named after a French minister of the 20th century, what effort is considered one of the great failures of military history, and is now used as a metaphor for something that is confidently relied upon but which ended up being ineffective?
Answer
The Maginot Line
The Maginot Line named after French minister of defence André Maginot was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, machine gun posts and other defenses which France constructed along its borders with Germany and with Italy, in the light of experience from World War I, and in the run-up to World War II. However, the fortification system utterly failed to contain the invading German forces in World War II, who largely manuevered around it.
2.
The name of which symbol means 'well-being' in Sanskrit, though it became associated with men of dubious repute in history?
Answer
The Swastika (from Sanskrit 'svasti')
The use of the swastika was associated by Nazi theorists with their conjecture of Aryan cultural descent of the German people. Following the Nordicist version of the Aryan invasion theory, the Nazis claimed that the early Aryans of India, from whose Vedic tradition the swastika sprang, were the prototypical white invaders.
3 - The current queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom belongs to which royal house?
Answer
The House of Windsor
The name of the house was originally the House of Wettin but in 1917, during World War I, anti-German feeling among the people resulted in the Royal Family exchanging use of all of their German titles and house names for English-sounding versions.
4 -.
If 'Little Boy-Enola Gay' is to Hiroshima, what is to Nagasaki?
Answer
Fatman - Bockscar
An implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core, 'Fat Man' was detonated at an altitude of about 1,800 feet (550 m) over the city, and was dropped from a B-29 bomber Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney. Because of Nagasaki's hilly terrain, the damage was somewhat less extensive than that in relatively flat Hiroshima. An estimated 40,000 people were killed outright by the bombing ,and about 25,000 were injured. Many thousands more would die later from related injuries, and radiation sickness from nuclear fallout.
5 - One of the mottos of which lethal 20th century regime was "To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss." in reference to civilian Cambodians?
Answer
Khmer Rouge
It was the ruling political party of Cambodia -- which it renamed to Democratic Kampuchea -- from 1975 to 1979. The Khmer regime is remembered mainly for the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million people (estimates range from 850,000 to 3 million) under its regime, through execution, starvation and forced labor.
6.
Julius Caesar crossed this river in 49 BC as an act of war where he supposedly said "the die is cast", giving rise to a popular idiom. Which river?
Answer
The Rubicon
"Crossing the Rubicon" is a popular idiom meaning to go past a point of no return because it was an ancient boundary between Gaul and Italy. The river is notable as Roman law forbade any general from crossing it with an army.
.
7 After hearing what news did Winston Churchill write "Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful."?
Answer
Attack on Pearl Harbor drawing the US into WWII
This battle has had history-altering consequences. It only had a small strategic military effect because the Japanese Navy failed to sink U.S. aircraft carriers or destroy the Submarine Base, but even if this had been achieved, it would not have helped Japan in the long term. The attack firmly drew the United States and its massive industrial and service economy into World War II.
8.
What name was given to the man-portable anti-tank rocket launcher which saw widespread use during World War II?
Answer
Bazooka
It was nicknamed "bazooka" from a vague resemblance to the musical instrument of the same name invented and used by Bob Burns. The word "bazooka" is often incorrectly used to refer to any shoulder-launched missile weapon.
9.
Which city in central Spain was renowned throughout the middle ages as an important center for the production of swords and other bladed instruments?
Answer
Toledo
10 - The transfer of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997 from Great Britian is well-known. But at around the same time (in 1999), which country relinquished its claim on Macau and handed it over to China?
Answer
Portugal
Portugal and China agreed in 1979 to regard Macau as "a Chinese territory under (temporary) Portuguese administration". Negotiations between the Chinese and Portuguese governments on the question of Macau started in June 1986. In 1987, an international treaty, known as the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration, was signed to make Macau a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese government assumed sovereignty over Macau on December 20, 1999, ending 329 years of Portuguese rule.
Crash
5 - Crash
1) What artist, famed for splattering paint across canvases, was splattered across the pavement when he crashed his car in 1956?
2) “Crash” is the collective noun for what large land mammal found in Africa and Asia?
3) A beloved princess was killed in a car crash 25 years ago this month. Who was she?
4) In 2006, Crash won the Oscar for Best Picture instead of critical favorite Brokeback Mountain. Who won Best Director that same year?
5) In 2004 Jason Allen Alexander spent 55 memorable hours married to whom?
6) In 1993, the band Crash Test Dummies had a hit with what song that didn’t actually feature any vowels in its title?
7) In Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger snarls “Consider that a divorce” after he shoots who in the head?
8) The original Crash Bandicoot was released in 1996 exclusively on what video game platform?
9) “When I watch you eat. When I see you asleep. When I look at you lately, I just want to smash your face in,” says Kathleen Turner to Michael Douglas in what 1989 film?
10) “Crash into Me,” the biggest hit for the Dave Matthews Band, was released on what 1996 album?
Answers:
1) Jackson Pollock
2) rhinoceros
3) Grace Kelly/Princess Grace
4) Ang Lee, for Brokeback Mountain
5- Britney spears
6) “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”
7) Sharon Stone
8) Sony PlayStation
9) The War of the Roses
10) Crash
1) What artist, famed for splattering paint across canvases, was splattered across the pavement when he crashed his car in 1956?
2) “Crash” is the collective noun for what large land mammal found in Africa and Asia?
3) A beloved princess was killed in a car crash 25 years ago this month. Who was she?
4) In 2006, Crash won the Oscar for Best Picture instead of critical favorite Brokeback Mountain. Who won Best Director that same year?
5) In 2004 Jason Allen Alexander spent 55 memorable hours married to whom?
6) In 1993, the band Crash Test Dummies had a hit with what song that didn’t actually feature any vowels in its title?
7) In Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger snarls “Consider that a divorce” after he shoots who in the head?
8) The original Crash Bandicoot was released in 1996 exclusively on what video game platform?
9) “When I watch you eat. When I see you asleep. When I look at you lately, I just want to smash your face in,” says Kathleen Turner to Michael Douglas in what 1989 film?
10) “Crash into Me,” the biggest hit for the Dave Matthews Band, was released on what 1996 album?
Answers:
1) Jackson Pollock
2) rhinoceros
3) Grace Kelly/Princess Grace
4) Ang Lee, for Brokeback Mountain
5- Britney spears
6) “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”
7) Sharon Stone
8) Sony PlayStation
9) The War of the Roses
10) Crash
Stinking Rich
4 - Filthy Stinking Rich
1) John D. Rockefeller, by most measures the richest man in American history, earned his money in what industry?
2) What slang term based on sound effects from dental commercials was popularized in the late 1990s by hip-hop artists like the Cash Money Millionaires, Lil Wayne, and B.G.?
3) Who’s been the only African American listed on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans every year since 1995?
4) According to Forbes magazine, who is the wealthiest: the richest person in Canada, Japan, Mexico, or Russia?
5) What fictional character’s wealth was once calculated as “one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents”?
6) What 1987 movie paraphrases a speech made by Ivan Boesky before he was jailed for insider trading?
7) At the end of every episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Robin Leach wished the viewer “champagne wishes” and what kind of dreams?
8) In 2004, Bill Rancic became the first person to win what television show?
9) Republican pollster Fred Luntz popularized what alternate name for the estate tax?
10) According to Forbes magazine, what British archaeologist is the wealthiest fictional woman in the world?
Answers:
1) oil / petroleum
2) bling-bling (or just bling)
3) Oprah Winfrey
4) Mexico
5) Scrooge McDuck
6) Wall Street (”Greed is good.”)
7) caviar
8) The Apprentice
9) the death tax
10) Lara Croft
1) John D. Rockefeller, by most measures the richest man in American history, earned his money in what industry?
2) What slang term based on sound effects from dental commercials was popularized in the late 1990s by hip-hop artists like the Cash Money Millionaires, Lil Wayne, and B.G.?
3) Who’s been the only African American listed on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans every year since 1995?
4) According to Forbes magazine, who is the wealthiest: the richest person in Canada, Japan, Mexico, or Russia?
5) What fictional character’s wealth was once calculated as “one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents”?
6) What 1987 movie paraphrases a speech made by Ivan Boesky before he was jailed for insider trading?
7) At the end of every episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Robin Leach wished the viewer “champagne wishes” and what kind of dreams?
8) In 2004, Bill Rancic became the first person to win what television show?
9) Republican pollster Fred Luntz popularized what alternate name for the estate tax?
10) According to Forbes magazine, what British archaeologist is the wealthiest fictional woman in the world?
Answers:
1) oil / petroleum
2) bling-bling (or just bling)
3) Oprah Winfrey
4) Mexico
5) Scrooge McDuck
6) Wall Street (”Greed is good.”)
7) caviar
8) The Apprentice
9) the death tax
10) Lara Croft
Triangulation
Triangulation
example: a Roman goddess, a Canadian music award, and one of this year’s Best Picture nominees = Juno
1) something you might find on a map, part of a telegraph, and a Florida island
2) a fictional duck, a program used in computer networking, and a noise your car’s engine might make
3) something that can kill an unprepared hiker, magicians’ slang for revealing secrets to non-magicians, and something to keep in mind when you’re taking a picture
4) a symbol for heat, a James Bond character, and the fictional avenue where Gary Coleman lives
5) a shade of black, a musical gang member, and a hit song by Wings
6) a briefcase, Condé Nast’s business magazine, and a collection of your best work
7) a secret agent on TV, a Michael Jackson role, and an iconic local retail store
8) a John Coltrane tune, part of the NATO phonetic alphabet, and a country
9) a film studio mascot, a zodiac sign, and any of 13 popes
10) an Italian motorcycle, an R.E.M. album, and a common last name on Sesame Street
Answers:
1) key
2) ping
3) exposure
4) Q
5) jet
6) portfolio
7) scarecrow
8) India
9) Leo
10) monster
example: a Roman goddess, a Canadian music award, and one of this year’s Best Picture nominees = Juno
1) something you might find on a map, part of a telegraph, and a Florida island
2) a fictional duck, a program used in computer networking, and a noise your car’s engine might make
3) something that can kill an unprepared hiker, magicians’ slang for revealing secrets to non-magicians, and something to keep in mind when you’re taking a picture
4) a symbol for heat, a James Bond character, and the fictional avenue where Gary Coleman lives
5) a shade of black, a musical gang member, and a hit song by Wings
6) a briefcase, Condé Nast’s business magazine, and a collection of your best work
7) a secret agent on TV, a Michael Jackson role, and an iconic local retail store
8) a John Coltrane tune, part of the NATO phonetic alphabet, and a country
9) a film studio mascot, a zodiac sign, and any of 13 popes
10) an Italian motorcycle, an R.E.M. album, and a common last name on Sesame Street
Answers:
1) key
2) ping
3) exposure
4) Q
5) jet
6) portfolio
7) scarecrow
8) India
9) Leo
10) monster
movies 2
2 -movies
1) What 1997 comedy, which shares its name with a fast food restaurant, includes an Academy Awards ceremony where the Best Actor nominees include Paul Newman in “Coot”, Clint Eastwood in “Codger”, Michael Douglas in “Primary Urges” and Steven Seagal in “Snowball in Hell”?
2) In Ocean’s Twelve, Topher Grace says he “totally phoned in that Dennis Quaid movie.” What 2004 movie is he talking about?
?
3) What 2001 comedy was adapted into a musical starring Laura Bell Bundy, which debuted last year in San Francisco before opening at the Palace Theater on Broadway?
4) What 2002 Cameron Diaz comedy, which shares its name with a U2 song, did film critic Charles Taylor declare “one of the flattest, stupidest, unfunniest sex comedies — as well as one of the worst all-round pictures — I’ve ever seen”?
5) What 2004 film based on a comic book character did Guillermo del Toro direct between Blade II and Pan’s Labyrinth?
6) Who appeared in all 5 of these movies?
7) What 1998 indie film about a romantic kidnapping begins with the main character desperately searching for a place to pee?
Answers:
8) In 1977, Pauline Kael wrote: “The film is enjoyable in its own terms, but it’s exhausting, too: like taking a pack of kids to the circus. There’s no breather in the picture, no lyricism; the only attempt at beauty is in the image of a double sunset.” What film was she dissecting?
9 What grape variety is favoured by the main character in 'Sideways'?
10 Which fictional character played by Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, and John Shea among many others supposedly owns Beethoven's 10th Symphony, the Venus de Milo's arms, Gainsborough's 'Yellow Boy' and a full-body portrait of the Mona Lisa?
1) In & Out
2) In Good Company
3 Legally Blonde
4) The Sweetest Thing
5) Hellboy
6) Selma Blair
7 – buffalo 66
8 – Star Wars
9 Pinot Noir
10 Lex Luthor
1) What 1997 comedy, which shares its name with a fast food restaurant, includes an Academy Awards ceremony where the Best Actor nominees include Paul Newman in “Coot”, Clint Eastwood in “Codger”, Michael Douglas in “Primary Urges” and Steven Seagal in “Snowball in Hell”?
2) In Ocean’s Twelve, Topher Grace says he “totally phoned in that Dennis Quaid movie.” What 2004 movie is he talking about?
?
3) What 2001 comedy was adapted into a musical starring Laura Bell Bundy, which debuted last year in San Francisco before opening at the Palace Theater on Broadway?
4) What 2002 Cameron Diaz comedy, which shares its name with a U2 song, did film critic Charles Taylor declare “one of the flattest, stupidest, unfunniest sex comedies — as well as one of the worst all-round pictures — I’ve ever seen”?
5) What 2004 film based on a comic book character did Guillermo del Toro direct between Blade II and Pan’s Labyrinth?
6) Who appeared in all 5 of these movies?
7) What 1998 indie film about a romantic kidnapping begins with the main character desperately searching for a place to pee?
Answers:
8) In 1977, Pauline Kael wrote: “The film is enjoyable in its own terms, but it’s exhausting, too: like taking a pack of kids to the circus. There’s no breather in the picture, no lyricism; the only attempt at beauty is in the image of a double sunset.” What film was she dissecting?
9 What grape variety is favoured by the main character in 'Sideways'?
10 Which fictional character played by Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, and John Shea among many others supposedly owns Beethoven's 10th Symphony, the Venus de Milo's arms, Gainsborough's 'Yellow Boy' and a full-body portrait of the Mona Lisa?
1) In & Out
2) In Good Company
3 Legally Blonde
4) The Sweetest Thing
5) Hellboy
6) Selma Blair
7 – buffalo 66
8 – Star Wars
9 Pinot Noir
10 Lex Luthor
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