General Knowledge 1

Question 1

Separates Italy from the Balkans.

Answer 1

Adriatic Sea

Question 2

Boat with two hulls.

Answer 2

Catamaran

Question 3

Bourbon based drink. Official drink of the Kentucky Derby.

Answer 3

Mint Julep

Question 4

Youngest person to be Prime Minister in Finland.

Answer 4

Sanna Marin

Question 5

German physicist. One of the main pioneers of quantum mechanics. Principal scientist for Nazi nuclear weapons.

Answer 5

Werner Heisenberg

Question 6

Japanese luxury car company under Toyota.

Answer 6

Lexus

Question 7

Latin words spoken by Pontius Pilate to crowd before Jesus’ crucifixion. Meaning “Behold the man.”

Answer 7

Ecce Homo

Question 8

Roman equivalent of Zeus.

Answer 8

Jupiter (mythology)

Question 9

Alloy of copper and zinc.

Answer 9

Brass

Question 10

Ugandan president and dictator from 1971-79.

Answer 10

Idi Amin

Question 11

Ruler of the Huns from 434-453. Feared enemy of romans. Plundered Balkans.

Answer 11

Atilla The Hun

Question 12

Greek. Boasted she was more beautiful than Nereids. Poseidon sent sea monster Cetus to ravage the kingdom.

Answer 12

Cassiopeia

Question 13

Military college in Charleston South Carolina.

Answer 13

The Citadel

Question 14

In Norse mythology. Hall of slain warriors where they live under Odin.

Answer 14

Valhalla

Question 15

Highest spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

Answer 15

Dalai Lama

Question 16

Brazilian Portuguese novel by Paolo Coelho. Shepherd boy, Santiago, who travels across Egypt to pyramids after dreaming he found treasure there.

Answer 16

The Alchemist

Question 17

American tennis player. Former no. 1 world tennis player.

Answer 17

Andre Agassi

Question 18

Appears in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. In Bible, was to kill son Isaac to prove devotion to God. God switches Isaac with ram.

Answer 18

Abraham (religion)

Question 19

Opera by Mozart and Da Ponte about servants, a barber and Susanna who wanted to get married and succeed.

Answer 19

The Marriage of Figaro

Question 20

Measure power an engine produces. How much power is needed to move 550 tons one foot in one second.

Answer 20

Horsepower

Question 21

Italian veal stew. Translates to “hole in bone”.

Answer 21

Ossobuco

Question 22

English novelist 1907-1989. Wrote Rebecca.

Answer 22

Daphne De Maurier

Question 23

French composer, 1838-1875. Romantic era. Wrote Carmen.

Answer 23

Georges Bizet

Question 24

Italian opera & pop singer. Tenor. Is blind.

Answer 24

Andrea Boticelli

Question 25

A group of islands, for example Galapagos.

Answer 25

Archipelago

Question 26

Football team that recruited Michael Oher, subject of The Blind Side.

Answer 26

Baltimore Ravens

Question 27

Non-profit organisation founded in 1920. To defend and preserve the rights of Americans.

Answer 27

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Question 28

1066. UK. William The Conqueror (Norman) vs King Harold Godwinson (Anglo-Saxon). Normandy won.

Answer 28

The Battle of Hastings

Question 29

Novel by Russian poet and author Boris Pasternak. About Russian revolution. Used to be banned in Russia.

Answer 29

Doctor Zhivago

Question 30

Part of the Appalachians in east US and Canada.

Answer 30

Allegheny Mountains