FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 11
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Quiz 6
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1
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Which Mediterranean countries orchestra is bigger
than its army
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Monaco
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2
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What links stags tails, pickled worms,
gallstones, tomatoes
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Once thought to be
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Aphrodisiacs
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3
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Baked beans were originally served in what sauce
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Treacle - molasses
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4
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Where can you buy a copy of Penguin News
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Falkland Islands
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5
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Who was the hero of the old TV cop series Dragnet
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Sergeant Joe Friday
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6
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Which African country was founded by Americans
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Liberia
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7
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What was Britain called - before it was Britain
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Albion
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8
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What part of a frog do you rub to hypnotise it
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Its belly
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9
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How did multi millionaire Russell Sage save money
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Not wear underwear
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10
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How was USA president James Buchanan different
from all rest
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Batchelor maybe gay
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11
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What's involved in 20% of car accidents in Sweden
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A moose
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12
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What's unusual about evangelist Amy Semple
McPhersons coffin
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Contains Telephone
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13
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Who would use a swozzle
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Punch and Judy man
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14
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What does a tailor do with his plonker
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Press suits
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15
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Churches in Malta have two what
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Clocks right and
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wrong confuse devil
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16
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Marnie Nixon what Deborah Kerr Natilie Wood
Audrey Hepburn
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Dubbed in their
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singing voices
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17
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Which Italian tractor maker tried making cars in
1960s
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Ferruchio
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Lamborghini
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18
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What first appeared on Page 1 of the Times 3 May
1966
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News stories
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19
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Caruso put what in Nellie Melbas hand singing
tiny hand frozen
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Hot Sausage
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20
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What would you do with an Edzell blue
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Eat it - it’s a potato
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21
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In what month did the Russian October revolution
take place
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November
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22
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Nobody's perfect is the last line in which
classic comedy film
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Some Like it Hot
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23
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How did Buffalo Bill stick to one glass whisky a
day
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Quart glass
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24
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In 1760 what means of personal transport was
invented
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Roller Skates
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25
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What three counties were Eliza Dolittle taught to
pronounce
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Hertford Hereford
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Hampshire
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26
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In Hitchcock's film The Trouble with Harry - what
was the trouble
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He was dead
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27
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What was the first gramophone record made from
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Tinfoil
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28
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What did George Washington soak his wooden teeth
in for taste
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Port
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29
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George V1 Mozart Al Jolson Casanova - which
organisation
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Freemasons
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30
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Who said "Its so long since sex I forget who
gets tied up"
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Joan Rivers
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31
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St Appolonia Patron Saint of what
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Toothache
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32
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What is measured on the Gay-Lussac scale
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Alcohol strength
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33
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A squid found in New Zealand had the biggest what
ever seen
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Eye 15.75 inches
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34
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What was the first country to guarantee freedom
of worship
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Transylvania
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35
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which famous person invented the cat flap
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Isaac Newton
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36
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By law what can you not do in Minnesota with your
washing line
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Put male female
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washing together
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37
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Why do Tibetans grow long nails on little fingers
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To pick noses
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efficiently
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38
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Richard Penniman became famous as who
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Little Richard
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39
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What is a snood
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A kind of hairnet
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40
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Who said "men are creatures with two legs
and 8 hands"
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Jayne Mansfield
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41
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Which European country eats the most breakfast
cereal
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Britain
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42
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Philosopher Jeremy Bentham has a very unusual pet
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- what
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Tea Pot
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43
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What country did Italy invade in 1935
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Abyssinia - Ethiopia
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44
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Who sang the title song in the film Grease
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Frankie Valli
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45
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What is produced in a ginnery
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Cotton
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46
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What was made illegal in England in 1439
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Kissing
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47
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What was invented by Dr Albert Southwick in 1881
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Electric chair
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48
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In which country are you most likely to die from
a scorpion sting
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Mexico (1000 a year)
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49
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Who is the most filmed author
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Shakespeare over 300
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50
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Excluding religious works what is the worlds top
selling book
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Guinness Book of
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Records
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