Hello there my crafty friends! I have a nice mix of general knowledge questions with all sorts of themes. I hope you enjoy it! Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:
1. What is the only muscle in the human body attached at just one end?
2. Which element is named after the Greek word meaning "green"?
3. What is measured with a pluviometer?
4. Which desert covers much of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa?
5. Which animal has rectangular pupils?
6. Which country grows the greatest quantity of cork?
7. What is a baby eel called?
8. What is the hardest substance produced by the human body?
9. Which musical instrument has exactly 47 strings in its concert version?
10. What is the technical name for a fingerprint?
11. In human anatomy, what is the name of the tough fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone?
12. Which blood vessel is the largest artery in the human body?
13. Which country is the world's largest producer of maple syrup?
14. Which part of the body contains the malleus, incus and stapes?
15. Which European country has the largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
16. Who wrote the novel The War of the Worlds?
17. What is the world's tallest species of grass?
18. What was the first James Bond film to star Roger Moore as 007?
19. Who was the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes?
20. Which invention is generally credited to Johannes Gutenberg?
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Answers:
1. Tongue
2. Chlorine
3. Rain
4. The Kalahari Desert
5. Goat
6. Portugal
7. Elver
8. Tooth enamel
9. Concert Harp
10. Dactylograms
11. Tendons
12. Aorta
13. Canada
14. Ear
15. Italy
16. H.G. Wells
17. Bamboo
18. Live & Let Die
19. Marie Curie
20. The Moveable-type Printing Press
Are we smiling because we did so well today? I hope so! If not there is always tomorrow's trivia to redeem yourselves with, right? Let me know how you did in the comments and add your own questions too if you like (I always love it!). All for now Sue x
5 comments:
Hi Sue
8 today.
B xx
Morning Sue, Another great quiz thank you i only got 7 today but I've learned a lot. Take care all Kitty.
I got 10 today. One of my best scores yet! X
Late to the party again but...A reasonable 12 today and a few more again, when I saw the answers .... Now for some questions for you...
1. Who painted (engraved) ‘the fall of man’?
2. The Sumerians are believed to have invented the first system of writing, which evolved from their decorations. What was this writing system called?
3. Who wrote ‘the Picture of Dorian Gray’?
4. Which international soccer squad are also known as the ‘Black Stars’?
5. Which famous short story contains the earliest known reference to bowling in the US?
6. What were tennis balls originally made from?
7. Where on the human body are the most sweat glands?
8. Who is considered the father of modern chemistry?
9. Which author wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?
10. What year did the great fire of London occur?
And the answers.....
1. - Durer
2. – Cuneiform
3. – Oscar Wilde
4. – The Ghana National Football Team
5. – Washington Irving’s ‘Rip Van Winkle’
6. – wool
7. – Palms of the hands and soles of the feet
8. – Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
9. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. - 1666
11 for me today.
Liz xx
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