FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 4
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Questions
Quiz 2
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Answers
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51
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Consumption was the former name of which disease
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Tuberculosis
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52
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Which American state is nicknamed The Diamond
State
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Delaware
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53
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What are the Sirocco, Mistral and Chinook
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Winds
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54
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Who wrote about Willie Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory
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Roald Dahl
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55
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Who, at USA customs declared, nothing but my
genius
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Oscar Wilde
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56
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Issur Danielovitch became famous a who
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Kirk Douglas
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57
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Who sailed in the Golden Hind
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Sir Francis Drake
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58
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What was the name of the plantation in Gone with
the Wind
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Tara
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59
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Who won the 1988 Superbowl
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Washington Redskins
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60
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Which group believes in The Great Architect of
the Universe
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Freemasons
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61
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Robert Alan Zimmerman real name of who
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Bob Dylan
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62
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Processed Galena produces which metal
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Lead
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63
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Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels (both names)
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Jonathon Swift
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64
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What is a Ha Ha
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Sunken Fence
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65
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In Japan what is Seppuku
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Hari Kari - suicide
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66
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Who discovered blood circulation
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William Harvey
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67
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The dunnock is another name for which common bird
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Hedge Sparrow
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68
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If someone said they were from Hellas - which
country
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Greece
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69
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Who was the son of Zeus and Maia - Gods Messenger
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Hermes
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70
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Roy Scherer jr became famous as who
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Rock Hudson
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71
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Who wrote Brave New World (full name)
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Aldus Huxley
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72
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What links Calabria, Liguria, Puglia and Veneto
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Regions of Italy
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73
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Which city in Rajasthan has riding breeches named
after it
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Jodhpur
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74
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Portugal has had six Kings with what first name
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John
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75
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What martial arts name means gentle way
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Judo
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76
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Jean Claude Killy famous in which sport
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Skiing
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77
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Kimberlite contains what precious item
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Diamonds
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78
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Who directed Dr Strangelove -
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2001 - The Shining (full name)
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Stanley Kubrick
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79
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Rene Lalique - Art Nouveau designer worked what
material
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Glass
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80
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Who created the children's land of Narnia and
Lion Witch Wardrobe
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Clive Staples Lewis
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81
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What animal lives in a drey
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Squirrel
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82
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Why is Louise Brown - born 1978 famous
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First test tube baby
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83
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The title of whose book translates as my struggle
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Adolf Hitler
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84
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Anna Mary Robinson - famous American painter -
what name
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Grandma Moses
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85
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In which country would you find the Negev desert
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Israel
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86
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Which character has been played by the most
actors
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Sherlock Holmes
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87
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In Greek mythology a Hamadryads spirit guarded
what
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Trees
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88
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Jocasta was the wife of Laius and the mother of
who
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Oedipus
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89
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Who wrote The Rights of Man - and The Age of
Reason
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Thomas Paine
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90
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What is the capital of Sicily
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Palermo
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91
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What was invented by Dr Edward Land in 1947
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Polaroid
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92
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Syd Barett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick
Mason - Group
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Pink Floyd
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93
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Carlo Collodi created which famous children's
character
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Pinocchio
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94
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What is mainly extracted from pitchblende
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Uranium
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95
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Which connects Delft, Sevres, Wedgwood, Chelsea
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Porcelain
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96
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Which country introduced the worlds first diesel
loco in 1912
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Germany
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97
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in 1656 Christian Huygens invented what type of
timekeeper
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Pendulum clock
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98
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Duvali, Dushira and Holi are religious days in
which religion
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Hindu
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99
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In what industry did John Davidson Rockefeller
get rich
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Oil
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100
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The Mau Mau were terrorists in which country late
50s early 60s
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Kenya
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