FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 3
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Questions
Quiz 2
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Answers
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1
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Who wrote the Opera Madam Butterfly
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Puccini
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2
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What links - Goa - Kerula - Assam - Bihar
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India
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3
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Eric Arthur Blaire was the real name of which
author
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George Orwell
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4
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Names - Baker Cook obvious what did Cordwainer do
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Shoemaker
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5
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Which country do Sinologists study
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China
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6
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Rudy Stevens became famous under which name
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Barbara Stanwyck
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7
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Which non alcoholic cordial is made from
pomegranates
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Grenadine
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8
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What is Orchesis - either professional or amateur
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Art of Dancing
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9
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Taken literally what should you see in a
Hippodrome
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Horses
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10
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Who wrote the Man in the Iron Mask
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Alexander Dumas
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11
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Which 1993 Disney film starred Bet Middler as a
witch
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Hocus Pocus
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12
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Who piloted the first flight across the English
channel
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Louis Bleriot
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13
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What was the first James Bond film
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Dr No
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14
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What 1991 film won best film, actor, actress,
director Oscars
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Silence of the Lambs
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15
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What was the capital of Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa
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16
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Aescapalious emblem staff snake Greek Roman god
of what
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Medicine
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17
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Giacomo Agostini - 122 Grand Prix 15 world titles
what sport
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Motorcycle Racing
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18
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What is the largest state in the USA
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Alaska
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19
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Led Deighton trilogy Game Set Match What 3
Capitals
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Berlin MexicoLondon
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20
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Alan Stuart Konigsberg famous as who
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Woody Allen
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21
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Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got
Nobel 1977
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Amnesty International
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22
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Whose autobiography was The long walk to Freedom
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Nelson Mandela
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23
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What was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter
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Tutankamen tomb
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24
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Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930
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Pluto
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25
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Who won the women's heptathlon at Seoul in 1988
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Jackie Joyner-Kersey
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26
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Who wrote Northanger Abbey
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Jayne Austin
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27
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Who ran through the streets naked crying Eureka
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Archimedes
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28
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Who composed the Brandeberg concertos full names
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Johan Sebastian Bach
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29
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Who won the World Series in 1987
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Minnesota twins
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30
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What is the correct term of address to the Pope
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Your Holiness
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31
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In which city was Alexander Graham Bell born in
1847
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Edinburgh
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32
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Who composed the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The
Nutcracker
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Tchaikovsky
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33
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AG Bell opened school in Boston in 1872 for
Teachers of what
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The Deaf
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34
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Benjamin Kubelsky 1894 fame as what comedian
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Jack Benny
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35
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In the Old Testament what book comes between
Obadiah - Micah
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Jonah
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36
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Robin Williams dressed in drag for which 1993
film
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Mrs Doubtfire
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37
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Which chess piece could be a member of the church
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Bishop
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38
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Which German word means lightning war used in WW2
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Blitzkrieg
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39
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Broccoli belongs to what family of plants
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Cabbage
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40
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Who designed the first Iron ship the Great
Britain in 1845
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I. Kingdom Brunel
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41
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Whose boat Bluebird was recently raised from
Coniston water
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Donald Campbell
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42
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in 1951 which (of two) car companies introduced
power steering
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Buick - Chrysler
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43
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Who wrote Catch 22 (both names)
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Joseph Heller
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44
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Which country set up the world’s first chemistry
lab in 1650
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Netherlands
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45
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What links the names Botvinik, Tal, Karpov,
Fischer
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Chess World Champs
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46
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What is the national flower of Japan
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Chrysanthemum
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47
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Bombardier Billy Wells was seen on many Rank
films - why
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Hit Gong
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48
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Where in France do claret wines come from
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Bordeaux
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49
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What did mathematician John Napier invent in 1614
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Logarithms
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50
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What was the world’s first high level programming
language 1957
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IBM FORTRAN
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