10000 General Knowledge Mcqs

1 What is the non obvious link Superman 1 and the Godfather Mario Puzo write both
stories
2 Collective nouns - A bloat of what Hippotomi
3 Champagne bottles - 6 bottles of champagne are in a what Rheoboam
4 Fiochetti is what shaped pasta Bows
5 Calvados or Apple Brandy and Dubonnet make what cocktail Bentley
6 What city stands on the Hooghly river Calcutta
7 Chloe the girls name means what Green shoot
8 Cockney rhyming slang what is elephants (trunk) Drunk
9 Philippe Pages became famous as who Richard Clayderman
10 What links Ygrana - Valentino and Cerrutti Paris fashion houses
11 Who is the Patron Saint of cooks St Laurence
12 Where was Rin Tin Tin set Fort Apache - Arizona
13 If you landed at Capodichino airport where are you Naples
14 The Merryman and his Maid alt title what G&S operetta The Yeomen of the
Guard
15 Americans consume 2 billion lbs of what each year Chocolate
16 A bear is ursine - what bird is pavonine Peacock
17 What European countries flag is square Switzerland
18 Where would you find your lunula Fingernail - white part
19 What European capital city is NOT on a river Madrid
20 Who only author to have a book in every Dewy-Decimal category Isaac Asimov
21 What is an octothrope The # symbol
22 Only female humans and what have hymens Horses
23 Hari-Kari is vulgar name Seppuku - what's it literally mean Belly Splitting
24 Captain Jean Luc-Picard keep a fish called what Livingston
25 In I love Lucy what was Lucy Ricardo's maiden name McGillicuddy
26 Tigers have stripped fur - what colour is their skin Stripped
27 What were Cinderella's slippers originally made from Fur - changes to glass
in 1600s
28 Where would you find a porcelator Sink - it’s the top
drainhole
29 Whose final words were "It hurts" Charles De Gaulle
30 Collective nouns - A parcel of what Hinds
31 Wine barrels - There are 83 gallons in a what Puncheon
32 Mafalde is what shaped pasta Corrugated Strips
33 Vodka - Triple Sec and lime juice make what cocktail Kamikaze
34 Frankfurt stands on what river Main
35 Thomas the boys name means what Twin
36 Michael Dumble-Smith became famous as who Michael Crawford
37 Who is the Patron Saint of learning St Ambrose
38 Turnov Rusty and Bobo appear in what stage musical Starlight Express
39 Which nation invented sauerkraut Chinese
40 Henry Fords first car lacked something we expect - what Reverse gear
41 What bird has the most feathers per square inch Penguin
42 One death per day is caused by what Wrong prescription /
dose handwriting
43 400 what per week permanently close in the USA Churches
44 50% of 17 year old Americans can't do what according 700 club Read
45 In 1979 what did President Carter apologise to Australia about Skylab falling on their
country
46 A dog is canine - what animal is ovine Sheep
47 How did Liverpool football club get Anfield Everton evicted not
paying rent
48 Old Eng law - you can't beat wife with anything wider than what Your thumb – Thus
 rule of Thumb
49 If you landed at Cannon airport where are you Reno
50 Cockney Rhyming slang what is Mutt (mutt and jeff) Deaf
51 What links Iguanas, Koalas and Kimono Dragons Two Penises
52 Who wrote the Dune series of SF novels Frank Herbert
53 What would you use you zygomaticus muscle for Smiling
54 In what city is the Encyclopaedia Britanica based and published Chicago
55 These were invented - 51 years later us president got one - what Telephone on his desk
56 David Cook became famous as who David Essex
57 What capitol city stands on the Tagus River Lisbon
58 White creame de menthe and brandy make what cocktail Stinger
59 Barrel sizes - there are 18 gallons in a what Kilderkin
60 Collective nouns - An array of what Hedgehogs
61 Routine is what shaped pasta Wheels
62 Amy the girls name means what Beloved
63 Who is the Patron Saint of TV St Clare
64 Wakame Tengusa and Mozuku are Japanese what Edible seaweed
65 Tennis what links Coke Rolex Slazenger Robinson's Barley water Only adverts
Wimbledon Centre
66 Who rode Rocinante Don Quixote
67 What US president was nicknamed Miss Nancy James Buchanan
68 If you landed at Hanedi airport where are you Tokyo
69 On what common object would you find a sleeve and a tray A Matchbox
70 Jonathan Buttall is well known in art by what name Gainsborough's Blue
Boy
71 Only two elements liquid room temperature - mercury and what Bromine
72 Alfred Nobel invented dynamite what did father Immanuel invent Plywood
73 What was checkpoint Charlie named after Charlie – Phonetic
Alphabet
74 Where would you find Saracens Bluestones and Trilithons Stonehenge
75 In Japan what is Jigali Female Suicide
76 Thomas Harris created what character Hannibal Lector
77 George Hoy-Booth became famous as who George Formby
78 In Cockney rhyming slang what is a butchers (butchers hook) Look
79 Corzetti is what shaped pasta Coin shaped
80 What city stands on the Maas River Rotterdam
81 A cat is feline - what animal is murine Mouse or Rat
82 Mildrid Harris Lita Grey Paulette Goddard Oona O Neil - Link Charlie Chaplains
wives
83 What was first work of fiction blessed by the Pope Ben Hur – Lew
Wallace
84 What Hollywood actress was the Laurence Olivier of Orgasms Hedy Lamarr
85 What is considered the most successful poem of all time If - Rudyard Kipling
86 Brand name was translated as Bite the wax tadpole in Russian Coca Cola
87 What was the first Beatles song licensed for use in a Nike add Revolution
88 What was the name of Dorothy Parkers Parrot Onan - He spilled his
seed on the ground
89 What is the Greek word for Egyptian Coptic
90 Teaching what subject banned Oxbridge Unis King George VI Astrology
91 The Aztecs Ayecotl is a forerunner of what current food Haricot Beans
92 The King of Barataria alternative name what G&S operetta The Gondoliers
93 If you landed at Lindberg airport where are you San Diego
94 Who is the Patron Saint of Young Virgins St Agnes
95 John Simon Richie became famous as who Sid Vicious
96 George the boys name means what Farmer
97 Gin - lemon Juice - Sugar - Soda make what cocktail Tom Collins
98 Tubetti lunghi is what pasta shape Elbows
99 Barrel sizes - there are 216 gallons in a what Tun
100 Collective nouns - An army of what Caterpillars

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