General Awareness -Miscellaneous
1-What does the name Tokyo mean ?-Eastern City
2-Worlds oldest existing treaty of 1373 between England and who ? -Portugal
3- Bargasse is what type of vegetable matter ?- Sugar Cane Pulp
4-Kitty, fire, draw and tuck in are terms in what sport ? -Green Bowls
5-The sprat belongs to what fish family ? – Herring
6- The Horned Planet is better known as what ? – Venus
7-Carrantual is the highest peak in which country ? -Ireland
8-What is Greece’s second city after Athens ?- Selonika
9-When is Superman’s birthday ? -29th February
10- John Young, Gemini 3, 1968 first to do what in space ? -Eat a hamburger
11-What is the Curia ? -Administration of the Catholic Church
12-What is a sound below 20 cycles a second called ? -A Woof
13- Goldaming in Surrey was the first English town to have what ? -Electric street lighting
14-Generally cornflowers are what colour ? -Blue
15-Yoi, Yame, Seremade and Hantai terms in what sport ? -Karate
16- Africa’s four great rivers Nile, Congo Zambezi and what ? – Niger
17-In Norway what is a brisling ? -A Sprat
18- Who composed the Symphonies Fantastique ? -Hector Berlioz
19- Mediolanum was the Roman name for what Italian city ? -Milan
20- Which British city had the first pavements (sidewalks) in 1688 ? -Edinburgh in High St and Cowgate
21-What is considered to be the worlds fastest team game ? -Ice Hockey
22- What song did Marilyn Munroe sing in the film Bus Stop ?- That Old Black Magic
23-In the USA it’s the Oscars what is it in France ? -Caesars
24- What is the correct name for a virgin (uncalfed) cow ? -Heifer
25- In the USA what is Marine One ?- Presidents Helicopter
26-Who was the first British Royal to become a motorist ? -Prince of Wales Edward VII
27-What makes Argon, Neon and Helium unique in chemistry ? -No compounds
28-Cheval-vapeur in France is equal to what in English ? -Horse power
29-If you suffer from diplopia what have you got ? -Double vision
30-Which type of full moon follows a harvest moon ? -Hunters Moon