General Knowledge questions and answers
1. What is a Bunhwangsa?
Stone pagoda
2. The Baháʼí Lotus Temple is located in which city in India?
Delhi
3. What is the Palladion?
Most ancient and holy relics of the Athenians
4. When is the Bermuda Day celebration in Bermuda?
28 May
5. You share what percent of your DNA with a mouse?
85%
6. Gerald Gardner in the 50s founded which pagan organization?
Wicker
7. According to mythology, what God controls lightning??
Zeus
8. What is Nazi eugenics?
Killing by the Nazi party of portions of a population assessed to be inferior to improve the quality of the population as a whole
9. Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus was exiled in 1956 to where?
Seychelles
10. Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the world, situated in which country?
Central Java, Indonesia.
11. What country’s language is Magyar?
Hungary
12. What is meant by hen-peck?
Bother persistently with trivial complaints
13. On a UK ordnance survey map what is shown by a blue star?
Major shopping center
14. Do you know which .ax is the TLD for which country?
Åland, Finland
15. Brass is an alloy of copper and what?
Zinc
16. Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, handicraft, and warfare, who was later syncretized with which Roman goddess?
Minerva
17. Norma Talmage in 1927 made the first – the first what?
Footprints concrete Grumman theatre
18. What is meant by hodgepodge?
A motley assortment of things
19. Where is Landino spoken in Spain by Spanish?
Hebrew mix
20. The Ziggurat pyramid is situated in which city in Iraq?
Ur
21. What is the default extension given to paintbrush files?
.omp
22. Where is the Herod’s Temple located?
Jerusalem
23. What is the origin of the state name Kentucky?
From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
24. The A1 is the longest trunk road in the UK between what 2 cities?
London – Edinburgh
25. What God did the Mayans sacrifice to?
The sacrifice of an enemy king
26. Which state has the nickname Gopher State?
Minnesota
27. In the animal kingdom what creatures are in the order?
Chiroptera Bats
28. The largest human gene is called what?
DMD
29. Where would you find the original Mr. Plod?
Noddy books
30. Luxor Temple is situated in which country?
Egypt
31. Gean, Northern bird, and Dwarf all types of what?
Cherry Tree
32. Derg Downfall Day is celebrated on 28 May in which country?
Ethiopia
33. What is the Chinese word for the wind?
Feng – Shui is water
34. What is meant by hokum?
A message that seems to convey no meaning
35. Who is the Mayan god of death?
Cizin
36. Which US president had a pet named Le Beau, a greyhound?
John Tyler
37. What happens to you if you get a nosocomial condition?
Infection caught in hospital
38. During WWII, the provisional French government is established on what date?
2 June 1944
39. Where is the Isle of Pelicans?
Alcatraz
40. Akshardham Temple, a Hindu temple in which country?
New Delhi, India
41. A statue of Lady Godiva stands in the center of which English city?
Coventry
42. Who received The Nobel Peace Prize in 2012?
European Union (EU)
43. What is S.A.W.S. in Islam?
Abbreviation for the words sallallahu alaihi wasallam, which means “May the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him.” When the name of Prophet Muhammad is mentioned, Muslims show respect to him by reciting this statement of peace. (alternately, SAW, SAAS)
44. What is Independence Day in Sudan?
January 1
45. Who is the god of chocolate?
god Ek Chuah
46. In which novel would you find reference to “The Cracks of Doom”?
Lord of the Rings
47. What event in history commences on 5 June 1944 when more than 1,000 British bombers dropped 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day?
Operation Overlord
48. What is Extrajudicial killing?
Killing by government forces without due process. See also Targeted killing.
49. In the middle of the land is the literal translation of where?
Mediterranean sea
50. What is a Gyeongcheonsa?
Pagoda
51. Which racing circuit is nicknamed the brickyard?
Indianapolis
52. Which state has the nickname Magnolia State?
Mississippi
53. What country do people speak in the Oromo language?
Oromo people are spoken in Northeast Africa primarily Ethiopia and Kenya, as well as parts of Somalia and Egypt. Oromo is spoken by as many as 30,000,000 people.
54. What or where was the original deadline?
USA Civil War prison
55. Who was the first Mayan god?
Hunab Ku
56. What is the state motto of American Samoa?
Samoa, let God be first
57. In medieval times what was a mangonel used for?
It was a siege catapult
58. Who received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2012?
Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley
59. What was voted the best monopoly piece in 1998?
The Car
60. Mahabodhi temple is situated in which city in India?
Bihar
61. Who met at Ujiji in 1871 HM?
Stanley and Dr. Livingstone
62. Who is a Georgian?
Georgia state resident
63. In what city would you find The Jacques Cartier Bridge?
Montreal
64. What did the Mayans use to make God’s masks?
Stucco plaster
65. Greenmantle, Three Hostages, the Island of Sheep which character?
Richard Hannay
66. What country do people speak in the Oriya language?
The official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand
67. Which US president had a pet horse?
James Knox Polk
68. Aphallatosis is a mental disorder caused by the lack of what?
Sex life
69. In Greek mythology King Minos of Crete got what annual payment 7 men + Women to feed to?
Minator
70. The Temple of Garni is situated in which country?
Armenia
71. In what country was Greenpeace founded in 1971?
Canada
72. What is Independence Day in Suriname?
November 25
73. Which US state has the motto: North to the Future?
Alaska
74. Where would you find the titmus test?
ICC cricket test for bowling action
75. How old is El Castillo Pyramid in Tinum, Yucatan, Mexico?
1300 years
76. Eddie Irvine is contracted to drive for which car company in 2001?
Jaguar
77. What are some other names of the Ojibwe language?
Anishinaabemowin, Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwa, Southwestern Chippewa, and Chippewa.
78. Who are Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess?
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011
79. Sumy is a city in which country?
Ukraine
80. Baitul Mukarram Mosque is the national mosque in which country?
Bangladesh
81. The U.S.A. trilogy is a series of three novels by which American writer?
John Dos Passos
82. What country represents the .ae TLD?
United Arab Emirates
83. Who is an Iowan?
Iowa state resident
84. A character in a movie series named Sanskrit word warrior what?
Yoda from Yoddha
85. Which temple is located on top of the Kukulcan pyramid in Chichen Itza in the Mexican state of Yucatán?
Temple of Kukulcan, or El Castillo
86. R D Blackmore wrote which classic novel?
Lorna Doone
87. What is meant by haphazard?
Dependent upon or characterized by chance
88. Which film won the Best Sound Effects, Oscar, in 1990?
Hunt for Red October
89. Who or what are Taikonauts?
Chinese astronauts
90. The Temple of Heaven is located in which city in China?
Beijing
91. The first comic book character to return from death by demand is?
Joker in Batman
92. Dan Shechtman, who received The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 is from which country?
American, Israeli
93. What was the first Doctor film made in 1954?
Doctor in the House
94. What pet does President Franklin Pierce have?
No pet
95. Harmandir Sahib is located in which country?
Amritsar, India
96. In the Archie comics what is Jughead’s first name?
Forsyth
97. Who is the Mayan god of rain?
Chac
98. What is meant by hawsehole?
The hole that an anchor rope passes through
99. The Bazuki is a traditional musical instrument of what country?
Greece
100. John Dyson is a fictional character in which novel?
Towards the End of the Morning
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