General Knowledge 2

Question 1

Into which sea does the Nile flow?

Answer 1

Mediterranean

Question 2

Three continents lie on the Tropic of Capricorn, South America is one, name any of the other two?

Answer 2

Australia, Africa

Question 3

In American currency 10 cents make a what?

Answer 3

Dime

Question 4

Afrikaans was developed from which European language?

Answer 4

Dutch

Question 5

An Ortanique is a cross between a tangerine and what other fruit?

Answer 5

Orange

Question 6

What Italian word for ‘Scratched Drawing’ can be found on walls all over the world?

Answer 6

Graffiti

Question 7

What musical features ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ and ‘There Is Nothing Like A Dame’?

Answer 7

South Pacific

Question 8

What was the name of the first manned lunar landing mission in 1969?

Answer 8

Apollo XI

Question 9

Which boxer was nicknamed ‘The Dark Destroyer’?

Answer 9

Nigel Benn

Question 10

What was the name of Ritchie Valens’ girlfriend?

Answer 10

Donna

Question 11

What is the procedure called where an anaesthetic is injected close to the spinal cord?

Answer 11

Epidural

Question 12

What poisonous oily liquid occurs naturally in tobacco leaves?

Answer 12

Nicotine

Question 13

Who had his first UK top 10 hit with ‘Wichita Lineman’?

Answer 13

Glen Campbell

Question 14

Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by the Scales?

Answer 14

Libra

Question 15

In which country was Rudyard Kipling born?

Answer 15

India

Question 16

What is the gemstone for September?

Answer 16

Sapphire

Question 17

What instrument has been nicknamed the ‘Mississippi Saxophone’?

Answer 17

Harmonica

Question 18

One and a half litres of champagne is known as a what?

Answer 18

Magnum

Question 19

In alphabetical order name the three particles that make up an atom?

Answer 19

Electron, Neutron, Proton

Question 20

What is the common name of the ‘Aurora Borealis’?

Answer 20

Northern Lights