General knowledge Quiz 12
Some more general knowledge questions. How many can you guess? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Who was the Bastard son of Sir Lancelot who was one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend.
2. What major war was fought in the years 1950–1953?
3. What river has six shallow areas known as "cataracts"?
4. What was supposedly invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, and originally
traded for less than 1 cent?
5. Who composed "Ride of the Valkyries"?
6. A cube is 5 meters on each edge. What is its surface area?
7. Which Greek god has a son named Triton?
8. How many UN Member States have a name that begins with W?
9. What kind of animal is an axolotl – mammal, bird, fish, reptile or amphibian?
10. Who supposedly said "let them eat cake"?
11. Which famous author wrote Midnight’s Children and Imaginary Homelands?
12. What U.S. state is geographically closest to Africa?
13. Who starred as Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy?
14. Which two countries united as a single state from 1958 to 1961 before becoming independent states again?
15. Former name of Constantinople?
16. What do the letters P.S. stand for at the end of a letter?
17. What is the first name Bea short for?
18. Who was born Reginald Leonard Smith in Blackheath in 1939?
19. In what country did the sauna originate?
20. Regina is the capital city of which Canadian Province?
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Who was the Bastard son of Sir Lancelot who was one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend.
2. What major war was fought in the years 1950–1953?
3. What river has six shallow areas known as "cataracts"?
4. What was supposedly invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, and originally
traded for less than 1 cent?
5. Who composed "Ride of the Valkyries"?
6. A cube is 5 meters on each edge. What is its surface area?
7. Which Greek god has a son named Triton?
8. How many UN Member States have a name that begins with W?
9. What kind of animal is an axolotl – mammal, bird, fish, reptile or amphibian?
10. Who supposedly said "let them eat cake"?
11. Which famous author wrote Midnight’s Children and Imaginary Homelands?
12. What U.S. state is geographically closest to Africa?
13. Who starred as Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy?
14. Which two countries united as a single state from 1958 to 1961 before becoming independent states again?
15. Former name of Constantinople?
16. What do the letters P.S. stand for at the end of a letter?
17. What is the first name Bea short for?
18. Who was born Reginald Leonard Smith in Blackheath in 1939?
19. In what country did the sauna originate?
20. Regina is the capital city of which Canadian Province?
