General Knowledge 5 Holy Family BNS Askea Carlow

General Knowledge 5 Holy Family BNS Askea Carlow 1:In which country would you find Timbuktu? In Mali in Africa. 2:What is the sacred book of the Moslem people? The Koran. 3:What is the capital of Iceland? Reykjavik. 4:Where in the body is the labyrunth? The ear. 5:What is the common name for ascorbic acid? Vitamin C 6:Who designed the dome of St. Peter’s, Rome? Michelangelo. 7:Who was captain of the Pequod in Moby Dick? Captain Ahab. 8:What colour is a New York taxi? Yellow 9:What two letters are worth10 points in the board game scrabble? Q and Z. 10:Which creatures live in a formicary? Ants. 11:Where would you find the “Ocean of storms”? On the Moon. 12:What is the pirate’s flag with the skull and crossbones called? The Jolly Roger. 13:What is the art of clipping hedges into various shapes called? Topiary. 14:What is the Decalogue usually called in the bible? The Ten Commandments. 15:What does a Geiger counter measure? Radioactivity. 16:In which novel does the parrot called Captain Flint appear? Treasure Island. 17:What does the term AWOL mean to a soldier? Absent without offical leave. 18:In WWII what was the manhattan Project? The development of the atom bomb. 19:what was Beethovens first name? Ludwig 20:which country is known as the land of the Midnight Sun? Norway. 21:What is a John Dory? A fish. 22:Which is the least used letter in the english language? Q 23:Only one American state begins with the letter L. name it. Louisiana. 24:What is measured by the truss? Hay or straw. 25:Which American ganster was known as Scarface? Al Capone. 26:What famous building would you find at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, washington? The White House. 27:In which French city was Joan of Arc burned at the stake? Rouen. 28:The Beatles founded their own record label. What was it called? Apple. 29:What is pyrophobia? Fear of fire. 30:What is non rhyming poetry called? Blank verse.