General knowledge Quiz 11
Some more general knowledge questions. How many can you guess? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. What religion has the most followers in India?
2. By what name is Dwayne Johnson better known?
3. What animal is featured on the coat of arms of Australia?
4. What is the mediaeval French town featured in Kate Mosse’s novel Labyrinth?
5. What book series features characters named Bella, Edward, and Jacob?
6. In what video game can one do a Tiger Uppercut or a Hadouken?
7. What gift is traditionally given on a 35th wedding anniversary?
8. What is the capital of Queensland, Australia?
9. What company dominates the diamond industry?
10. Who is seventh in line to the British throne?
11. There are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Which one is fictional?
12. What was prohibited in the U.S. during Prohibition?
13. What country's stock market closed in 1917 and didn't open again until 1992?
14. Who was the first Christian emperor of Rome?
15. What is the name for the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter?
16. Who parodied Adolf Hitler in the movie "The Great Dictator"?
17. On which island would you find the Proboscis Monkey living in the wild?
18. In what modern-day country was the Peloponnesian War fought?
19. What type of equation has the formula: ax2 + bx + c = 0
20. What was the most commonly-used writing instrument in the western world
from the 6th–19th centuries?
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. What religion has the most followers in India?
2. By what name is Dwayne Johnson better known?
3. What animal is featured on the coat of arms of Australia?
4. What is the mediaeval French town featured in Kate Mosse’s novel Labyrinth?
5. What book series features characters named Bella, Edward, and Jacob?
6. In what video game can one do a Tiger Uppercut or a Hadouken?
7. What gift is traditionally given on a 35th wedding anniversary?
8. What is the capital of Queensland, Australia?
9. What company dominates the diamond industry?
10. Who is seventh in line to the British throne?
11. There are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Which one is fictional?
12. What was prohibited in the U.S. during Prohibition?
13. What country's stock market closed in 1917 and didn't open again until 1992?
14. Who was the first Christian emperor of Rome?
15. What is the name for the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter?
16. Who parodied Adolf Hitler in the movie "The Great Dictator"?
17. On which island would you find the Proboscis Monkey living in the wild?
18. In what modern-day country was the Peloponnesian War fought?
19. What type of equation has the formula: ax2 + bx + c = 0
20. What was the most commonly-used writing instrument in the western world
from the 6th–19th centuries?
