FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 10
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No
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Questions
Quiz 5
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Answers
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51
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Which flying pioneer was nicknamed the lone eagle
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Charles Lindbergh
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52
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Horse statue - mounted man - on two legs - how
man die
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Killed in Battle
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53
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Which American state produces the most potatoes
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Idaho
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54
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Who wrote Dr Zhivago
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Boris Pasternak
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55
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Who is Charlie Browns favourite baseball player
(fictional)
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Joe Shlabotnik
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56
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Emerald is the birth stone for which month
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May
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57
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Whose yacht was called Honey Fitz
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John Fitzgerald
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Kennedy
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58
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What is the white trail behind a jet plane made
from
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Ice Crystals
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59
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What Italian habit did Thomas Coyrat introduce to
England 1608
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Eating with forks
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60
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Purl Plain Fisherman's Cable types of what
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Knitting stitches
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61
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Why was Mary Mallen locked up from 1915 to 1938
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Typhoid Mary
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62
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If you were doing vaccimulgence what doing
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Milking a cow
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63
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For what purpose was the chow chow dog originally
bred
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As food or Chow
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64
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What kind of fruit is a kumquat
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Small Orange
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65
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Who was the Greek goddess of love
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Aphrodite
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66
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What first appeared in New York World 21st
December 1913
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Crossword
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67
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Which group of animals are called a cete
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Badgers
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68
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Which herb did the Romans eat top prevent
drunkenness
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Parsley
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69
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What is the original literal meaning of the word
bride
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To cook (ancient
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tutonic)
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70
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Who ran the first marathon
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Phidipedes
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71
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What is the only creature that can turn its
stomach inside out
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Starfish
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72
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What is Milan's opera house called
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La Scala
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73
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What is the oldest most widely used drug on earth
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Alcohol
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74
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What type of animal is a Samoyed
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Dog
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75
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In which country did draughts (checkers)
originate
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Egypt
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76
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Shane Fenton became famous as who
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Alvin Stardust
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77
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What is the worlds most popular green vegetable
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Lettuce
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78
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What does a racoon do before eating its food
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Washes it in water
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79
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What other name is used for the snow leopard
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Ounce
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80
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Which drink did Bach enjoy so much he wrote a
cantata for it
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Coffee
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81
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Who invented the first safety razor in 1895
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King Camp Gillette
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82
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What nationality is Thor Heyerdahl
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Norwegian
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83
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What 3 ingredients make a sidecar cocktail
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Brandy Cointreau
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Lemon juice
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84
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A spunder or drift is the name for a group of
what animals
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Swine
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85
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What is Erse
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Irish Gaelic language
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86
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On oometer measures what
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Birds Eggs
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87
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What did table tennis balls used to be made from
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Cork
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88
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If you had variola what disease have you got
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Smallpox
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89
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Which playing card is called the Curse of
Scotland
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Nine of Diamonds
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90
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Which painter did Hans van Meegeren most fake
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Vermeer
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91
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Which country had the first women MPs 19 in 1907
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Finland
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92
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In 1969 what category was added to the Nobel
prizes
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Economics
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93
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In which city was Bob Hope born
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London (Eltham)
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94
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In the human body where is your occiput
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Back of head
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95
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Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner
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Francis Scott-key
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96
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Which food did Victorians deride as little bags of
mystery
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Sausages
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97
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Which actor was dubbed the muscles from Brussels
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Jean Claude Van Dam
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98
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Which film star was the first to appear on a
postage stamp
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Grace Kelly
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99
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What would you expect to find in a binnacle
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Ships compass
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100
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Which Hollywood star has made the cover of Life
most times
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Elizabeth Taylor (11)
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