General Knowledge Quiz Two - Thomas Vella-Zarb
General Knowledge
Quiz Two
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Tom Vella-Zarb

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1. The name Michael for the archangel means:
  • God is my strength
  • Who is God
  • God heals
2. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time equivalent to:
  • 1/10th of a second
  • 1/60th of a second
  • 1/100th of a second
3. Which winter was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid?
  • 1920
  • 1932
  • 1983
4. Sponges are classified as:
  • Plants
  • Fungi
  • Animals
5. Al Capone's business card described him as a:
  • Master locksmith
  • Used furniture dealer
  • Cabinet maker
6. The only fish that can blink with both eyes is a:
  • Mullet
  • Shark
  • Herring
7. Which planet rotates clockwise?
  • Pluto
  • Uranus
  • Venus
8. In a deck of cards, which King does not have a moustache?
  • Clubs
  • Hearts
  • Diamonds
9. A full to the brim glass of water with ice cubes floating is left to sit until the ice melts. The water level will ...
  • Go down
  • Overflow
  • Stay the same
10. We are all familiar with the barcode on products at the stores. Which was the first product that came with a barcode?
  • Wrigley's Chewing Gum
  • Marlborough Cigarettes
  • Wonder Bread
11. Scissors were invented by:
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Thomas Alva Edison
  • Alexander Graham Bell
12. How many times can you fold a paper in half?
  • 7
  • 10
  • Depends on the thickness
13. How far on an average does the cruise liner, QE2, travel for each gallon of diesel that it burns?
  • One inch
  • Six inches
  • One yard
14. To make Rubber bands last longer...
  • Soak in oil
  • Keep warm
  • Keep refrigerated
15. You know that Tigers have stripes. Is their fur striped or their skin striped?
  • Fur
  • Skin
  • Both
16. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have ....
  • About the same amount
  • Many more
  • Only about ten
17. In order not to digest itself, the stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus ...
  • Once a month
  • Every day
  • Every two weeks
18. How many muscles does a cat have in each ear?
  • 15
  • 32
  • 56
19. Three animals that walk by both their left feet, then both their right feet when walking are the cat, camel, and ...
  • Giraffe
  • Dog
  • Elephant
20. How many eyelids does a cat have?
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
21. The longest bone in our bodies is the:
  • Humerus
  • Femur
  • Radius
22. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John ... whose Gospel is the longest?
  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
23. The flexible substance that is not as hard as bone in your body is called:
  • Cartilage
  • Ligament
  • Tendon
24. The bone that potects the knee joint in the front is known as the:
  • Scaphoid
  • Patella
  • Stirrup
25. How many bones do cats have in their skeleton:
  • Less than 130
  • Nearly 300
  • More than 430
26. In 1762, according to legend, Earl John Montague left us a gastronimic legacy ...
  • Pizza
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • Sandwich
27. Which is the smallest bone inside the human ear?
  • Incus
  • Malleus
  • Stapes
28. How many bones does the skeleton of a grown up human consists of?
  • 148
  • 206
  • 320
29. What is the longest word that can be made using only the letters on one row of the keyboard in a QWERTY keyboard?
  • Facetiously
  • Indigestible
  • Typewriter
30. How many bones are there in each human hand?
  • 16
  • 20
  • 26
31. The world famous Pablum baby food was invented in the 1920's in:
  • England
  • Canada
  • U.S.A.
32. In 1941 Walter R Franks, a Canadian, invented the:
  • Anti-gravity suit
  • Inflatable lifeboat
  • Bullet proof vest
33. The modern Bra was invented in 1913 by: -
  • Maria Tucek
  • Ida Rosenthal
  • Mary Phelps Jacob
34. In 1937, the electron microscope was invented in:
  • England
  • U.S.A.
  • Canada
35. When we mail a letter we take it for granted that it reaches its destination, but we owe it particularly to the invention, in 1957, of the automatic postal sorter that could handle 200.000 letters per hour. The inventor was:
  • Maurice Levy
  • Dillon McGuire
  • Jerome LeBlanc
36. The longest word which can be typed with one hand on a QWERTY keyboard is:
  • Monstrosities
  • Stewardesses
  • Steelbearings
37. In 1891 James Naismith invented which well know sport:
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Volleyball
38. The Creed Telegraph system:
  • Does not support Swear words
  • Uses the Internet to Transmit
  • Converts Morse Code into Text
39. In 1874, Thomas Alva Edison bought the patent for the light bulb from:
  • French inventor Jacques Lumière
  • Canadian inventor Henry Woodward
  • His friend Graham Bell
40. Wilson Markle who invented the colourization of the BW films in 1983, hails from:
  • U.S.A.
  • Australia
  • Canada
41. In 1928, the first Electric Organ was patented by:
  • Morse Robb in Belleville Ontario
  • Peter McIver in Edinburgh Scotland
  • Romeo Stromboli in Milan Italy
42. John A. Hopps is credited with inventing the heart Pacemaker in 1950. He comes from:
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
43. Gideon Sundbulk:
  • Started the Gideons
  • Invented the zipper
  • Is a Norwegian Sociologist
44. The sewing machine was invented by:
  • Hector Singer
  • Joseph Husqvarna
  • Elias Howe
45. One of the unsung heros who invented the "walkie talkie" in 1942 and was awarded the M.B.E. was:
  • Moran Burke
  • Donald L. Hings
  • Samuel Morse
46. Paint rollers were invented in 1940
  • America's Tim Wiseman
  • England's Peter Cholmonders
  • Canada's Norman Breakey
47. Plexiglas was invented in 1931 by:
  • Henry Plexman
  • Thomas Glassford
  • William Chalmers
48. The square socketed screw was invented in 1908 and licensed to Henry Ford for a while by:
  • Henry J. Philips
  • Peter L. Robertson
  • Thomas A. Harding
49. Television was patented in 1927 by:
  • Australia's Dwight Freemantle
  • Canada's Reginald Fessenden
  • France's Georges Lumière
50. Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray separately invented the Telephone. In 1876 they had a legal battle in which Bell won as we all know. The reason for his victory was that:
  • Bell patented his invention first
  • Gray's invention did not work
  • Bell's invention was superior
51. A "solstice" occurs in:
  • May
  • June
  • July
52. The meaning of the archangel's name, Gabriel is:
  • God be with you
  • God sends you a message
  • God is my strength
53. An "equinox" never occurs in:
  • March
  • June
  • September
54. The Original "Trivial Pursuit" was invented in 1979 by Chris Haney and:
  • Scott Abbott
  • His brother Peter
  • A group of students
55. At the "summer solstice" in the Northern Hemisphere the distance of the Earth to the Sun is:
  • Farthest West
  • Farthest North
  • Closest to the earth
56. "Band Aid" is a trade name for a medicated bandge invented by:
  • James Johnson
  • Joseph Lister
  • Earle Dickson
57. The shortest day of the year occurs on or about:
  • March 21
  • September 21
  • December 21
58. The longest day of the year occurs on the:
  • Vernal Equinox
  • Summer Solstice
  • Last weekend before summer
59. A "tittle" is another name for:
  • A small breast
  • A tilde
  • The dot on the i
60. Kerosene was first distilled from coal in Canada by:
  • Abraham Gesner
  • Joseph Kero [Sr]
  • Ignacy Lukasiewicz
61. Jesse Reno designed the escalator and it was redesigned to give the modern escalator by:
  • Elisha Otis
  • Joseph Dart
  • Charles Seeberger
62. Who invented Neon Lights?
  • George Claude
  • Fernand Neon
  • *Alva Edison
63. The lie detector or the Polygraph was invented by:
  • Peter MacCollum
  • James MacKenzie
  • The N.Y.P,D.
64. Tattoos are common among certain people. The word itself comes from "tatu" a Tahitian word meaning:
  • To lay claim
  • To remember someone
  • To mark something
65. Crossword Puzzles were invented in 1913 by:
  • Joseph Cross
  • Peter Smythe
  • Arthur Wynne
66. Which man made structure was visible to the astronauts from outer space?
  • The Eiffel Tower
  • The Great Wall of China
  • Stonehenge temples
67. The legend of a ship that was doomed to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa forever is about:
  • The Spirit of St Louis
  • The Ghost of the Cape
  • The Flying Dutchman
68. Dynamite is made of nitroglycerine and kieselguhr was invented by:
  • Ascjano Sobrero
  • de Beers
  • Alfred Nobel
69. In 1874 the underwater torpedo was invented in Australia by:
  • Louis Brennan
  • Hector Smith
  • Peter Johnson
70. The bionic ear, a device that enables some deaf children to hear was invented in:
  • Japan
  • U.S.A.
  • Australia
71. It was in 1856 that the world's first secret ballot elections were held in:
  • England
  • Australia
  • U.S.A.
72. The Black Box Flight Recorder was invented in 1958 in:
  • U.S.A.
  • England
  • Australia
73. In 1894 the first country to give women the vote was:
  • Japan
  • England
  • Australia
74. In 1902 J. A. Birchall invented the:
  • Notepad
  • Ball point pen
  • Mechanical pencil
75. In 1889 the electric drill was invented by:
  • American John Decker
  • Australian Arthur James Arnot
  • Canadian Henry Black
76. In 1944 Chinese American An Wang revolutionized computing by inventing the:
  • Floppy disk
  • Microchip
  • Magnetic core memory
77. The first Flexible wine casks... the bag in the box, was invented by William Thomas Angrove in 1965. He comes from:
  • Spain
  • France
  • Australia
78. The first humans to ride in a balloon were:
  • Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier
  • Jean Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes
  • Jacques A. C. Charles, Paris physicist
79. Sony of Japan markets world's first home-use videotape recorder in:
  • 1955
  • 1960
  • 1965
80. Considering Australia and Antarctica to be large continental masses, which would be the largest island in the world?
  • Borneo
  • Greenland
  • New Guinea
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