1.
If canine equals dog what does vulpine equal?
2.
The Tagus and
3.
Who did
4.
What is the name for a tube that carries blood?
5.
In which sport do competitors race head to head in an event called the
parallel giant slalom?
6.
What is the literal English translation of the Italian word veto?
7.
Which F word is the name given to the metal ribs on the fingerboard of a
guitar?
8.
What is an accurate seagoing clock called?
9.
Which stinging creature represents one of the signs of the Zodiac?
10.
What does the prefix ‘iso’ mean in the words isosceles and isobar?
11.
The artist Canaletto painted many views of which Italian city?
12.
Where would you find a stamen and an anther?
13.
What is the national flower of
14.
What carnivore follows polar bears to scavenge their kills?
15.
What river flows through
16.
What is the world’s biggest industry?
17.
In chess, what piece moves with a rook in a move known as castling?
18.
In a triathlon event, is swimming, running or cycling the last
discipline?
19.
Who was the
20.
What part of a fan pushes the air?
21.
What blood vessels take blood from the heart to the different parts of
the body?
22.
Which American writer wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
23.
In what ocean are the
24.
How old is the earth: 3
billion, 3.5 billion, 4 billion or 4.5 billion years?
25.
Which teeth are your canine teeth?
QUIZ 2 FOR 3 NOVEMBER 2009
1.
Which human body part was the first to be successfully transplanted in
1954?
2.
To a golfer, what is a nervous disability affecting the putting?
3.
What animals have the largest teeth?
4.
What was J M W Turner famous for?
5.
What has a racehorse done if it has spread a plate?
6.
What timid burrowing animal has a name meaning earth pig?
7.
Which
8.
In what year did Michael Jackson start his solo career: 1966, 1970 or
1979?
9.
How did the boxer Rocky Marciano die?
10.
What is another name for a shooting star?
11.
What is the capital of
12.
What is silent acting called?
13.
What was the original name of St Peter?
14.
What process causes sounds to be recorded on tape, such as cassettes?
15.
Which is the oldest breed of domesticated horse?
16.
Which is the largest member of the cat family?
17.
By what name is
18.
In
19.
Did dinosaurs lay eggs?
20.
What stone gave the code to hieroglyphic writing?
21.
Who wrote Paradise Lost?
22.
When water reaches its boiling point, what does it become?
23.
How does the basilisk lizard cross water?
24.
What is a vinegaroon?
25.
What do you do when you expectorate?
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