FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 7
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Quiz 4
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1
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Which countries men use the most deodorant
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Japan
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2
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Who played Billy the Kid in The Left Handed Gun
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Paul Newman
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3
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What was the first credit card
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Diners Club
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4
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What links Humphry Davie, Michael Faraday, Madam
Curie
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Poisoned by
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chemicals work
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5
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Hippophagic society members support what
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Eating horsemeat
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6
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What did Britain swap Havana for with Spain in
1763
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Florida
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7
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What is the crime of embracery
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Jury Bribing
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8
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Which country made the worlds first feature film
in 1906
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Australia Story of
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Kelly gang
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9
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Who wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blonds
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Anita Loos
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10
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What was Norman Bates hobby in Psycho
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Stuffing birds
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11
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What was Casanovas day job
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Librarian
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12
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Where is the worlds largest gold depository
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Federal reserve bank
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Manhattan
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13
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Why did the state of Indiana ban Robin Hood in
1953
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Communist – rob rich
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14
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Angelo Scicilano better know as who
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Charles Atlas
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15
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How did George II die
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Fell off toilet
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16
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What did Marlon Brando and George C Scott refuse
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Oscars
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17
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Why was convict 2599 unusual in Pen State prison
1924
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Dog doing life for
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killing cat
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18
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What is 6 inches bigger in Summer
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Eiffel tower
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19
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What two ingredients make the dish angels on
horseback
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Oysters - wrapped in
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Bacon
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20
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What was Charles Dickens last (unfinished) novel
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Mystery of Edwin
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Drood
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21
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Which sea on Earth has no beaches
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Sargasso sea
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22
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Reuben Tice died trying to invent a machine to do
what
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Dewrinkle prunes
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23
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De Witt Wallace founded what
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Readers Digest
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24
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Who is the Patron Saint of thieves
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St Nicholas
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25
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According to his business card what job did Al
Capone do
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Sell second hand
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furniture
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26
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Humans are 10,000 times more sexually active that
what animal
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Rabbits
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27
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Shirley Schrift became famous as which actress
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Shelly Winters
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28
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In Kansas what can a waiter not do in a teacup
(legally)
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Serve wine
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29
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Which country has the smallest birth rate
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Vatican City
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30
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Which 1956 film caused riots in cinemas
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Rock around the clock
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31
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Who did the USA buy the Virgin islands from
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Denmark
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32
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Who played the scarecrow in the Wiz (all black
wiz of oz)
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Michael Jackson
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33
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What was or is a Waltzing Mathilda
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Swagman’s Knapsack
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34
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Which country was the first to introduce old age
pensions
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Germany
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35
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Which hats became popular with children in 1956
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Davy Crocket
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36
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Malden Serkiovitch famous as which actor
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Karl Malden
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37
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What is it illegal to pawn in New York
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American flag
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38
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What hospital did Dr Kildare work at
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Blaire General
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39
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Collective nouns - a smuck of what
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Jellyfish
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40
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Who was Cleopatra's first husband
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Ptolemy Dionysus –
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her brother
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41
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Who was John Dawkins better known as
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Artful Dodger
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42
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Which film star has his statue in Leicester
Square
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Charlie Chaplin
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43
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Virginia McMath became famous as which actress
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Ginger Rodgers
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44
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What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship
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Peaquod
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45
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Roosevelt won the 1932 election - who lost it
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Herbert Hoover
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46
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Who wrote The History of Mr Polly
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H G Wells
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47
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What is the first day of Lent
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Ash Wednesday
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48
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Mr Chips said goodbye - from which fictional
school
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Brookfield
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49
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Who buried the treasure on Treasure Island
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Captain Flint
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50
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Which TV series was narrated by Walter Winchell
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The Untouchables
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