FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 5
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Quiz 3
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Answers
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1
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What movie cast included James Garner, Richard
Attenbourough,
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The Great Escape
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Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance,
James
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Coburn, Gordon Jackson, Angus McPhee among many
others
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2
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If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong
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Nosebleed
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3
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In which book would you find the manservant Pas
Partout
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Around the world in
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80 days
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4
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What animals name translates as water horse
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Hippopotamus
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5
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In Greek mythology who killed the Gorgon
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Perseus
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6
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Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter
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Tin and Lead
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7
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In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced
first what
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Kodak 1 - hand held
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roll film cam
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8
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What links - Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and
Decartes
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Philosophers
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9
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In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first
what
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Barometer
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10
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Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16
- also 4 year blue
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Pablo Picasso
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11
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Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settle
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Pitcairn Islands
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12
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What is the longest river in Italy
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Po
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13
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What does a polyandric women have more than one
of
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Husband
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14
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What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and Angola
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Colonies of Portugal
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15
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What is the American equivalent of the Irish
Poteen
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Moonshine
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16
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Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles
son Pyrrhus
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Priam
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17
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In 1911 the archaeologist Hiram Bingham
discovered what lost city
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Machu Picchu
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18
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Who won the Superbowl in 1989
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San Francisco 49 ers
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19
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Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby Dick
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Herman Melville
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20
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Which highwayman rode the horse Black Bess
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Dick Turpin
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21
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Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic
superhero
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The Flash
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22
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In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first
time
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Mercedes
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23
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Brisbane is the state capital of which SE
Australian state
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Queensland
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24
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In Norse mythology what is the name of the
ultimate battle
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Ragnarok
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25
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In 1890 the first electric what opened in London
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Underground railway
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26
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Who wrote the children's novel Swallows and
Amazons
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Arthur Ransom
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27
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Oil seed rape belongs to which plant family
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Mustard
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28
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Which Norwegian politicians name became a word
for traitor
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Vidkun Quisling
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29
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What is the capitol of Morocco
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Rabat
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30
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What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons
navy
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Square Thus Square
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meal
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31
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What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and
Bhodi day
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Buddhist
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32
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Linus Torwalds invented and wrote what
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Linux computer
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operating system
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33
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The bander macaque has which commoner name
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Rhesus Monkey
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34
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Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called what
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Rhodesia
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35
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What is the staple food of one third of the
worlds population
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Rice
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36
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Paul Robeson the singer of old man river had what
profession
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Lawyer
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37
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Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in
1810
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Stethoscope
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38
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Jagger, Richards, Wyman, Jones, Watts, Stewart -
which band
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The Rolling Stones
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39
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What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals
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Zero
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40
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Who was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names)
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Erwin Rommel
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41
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What aid to archaeologists from 197 bc was found
in Egypt 1799
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Rosetta Stone
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42
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Which annual sporting event between 2 teams
started in 1829
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The University Boat
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Race
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43
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Who was the jeweller to the
Russian Court famous Easter eggs
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Faberge
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44
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What type of food is Taramasalata
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Cured /smoked cod
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roe
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45
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What links Samuel Delaney, Fredrick Pohl, Harlan
Ellison
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Science Fiction
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46
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Randolph Crane became famous as which cowboy
actor
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Randolph Scott
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47
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Ageusia is the loss of which sense
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Taste
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48
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Which Irish political parties name translates as
we ourselves
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Sein Fein
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49
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Henry Ford used assembly line in 1908 but someone
before 1901
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Ransome Olds
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50
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Who performed the first heart transplant in South
Africa
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Christian Barnard
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