Genius General Knowledge Quiz

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Question 1. After Greenland which is the world’s largest Island?

Question 2. Which pirate had a ship called Queen Anne’s Revenge?

Question 3. Who wrote Sophie’s World?

Question 4. Is witches’ butter a solution produced by insects, goose grease or an algae?

Question 5. What is Abell 3627?

Question 6. Who said: ‘He didn’t riot. He got on his bike and looked for work.’?

Question 7. What form of shopping did Aaron Montgomery Ward begin in 1872?

Question 8. Which two actors did John Wayne lead into the Sahara in the film Legend of the Lost?

Question 9. Who wrote Confessions of an English Opium Eater?

Question 10. Who would use a bistoury in their work?

[hoadc]

The answers are:-

1/ Ellesmere island
2/ Black beard
3/ Jostein Gaarder
4/ Fungus(toadstools)
5/ a cluster of Galaxies far far away
6/ Norman Tebbit
7/ Mail order shopping
8/ Sophia Loren and Rossano Brazzi
9/ Thomas Dequincey
10/ It is a implement mainly used by Surgens

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hoadc

2/ Black beard. Correct 1 point
3/ Jostein Gaarder, Correct 1 point
5/ a cluster of Galaxies. Correct 1 point
6/ Norman Tebbit. Correct 1 point
7/ Mail order shopping. Correct 1 point
8/ Sophia Loren and Rossano Brazzi. Correct 1 point
9/ Thomas Dequincey. Correct 1 point
10/ It is a implement mainly used by Surgens. Correct 1 point (It is a scalpel)

Very good. 8 points

Q4 - read the question. Your answer was almost correct

Your remaining answers were incorrect

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R E C A P

Question 1. After Greenland which is the world’s largest Island?

Question 4. Is witches’ butter a solution produced by insects, goose grease or an algae?

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Question 11. Which word means a social class, a sequence and a mandate?

Question 12. In which Geological Era did the Devonian Period occur?

Question 13. Which heroine, in the Apocrypha, killed Holofernes?

Question 14. Would you find a futchel: in a horse-drawn-carriage, in a mill or in a steam-engine?

Question 15. In euchre, which cards are known as the right and left bowers?

Question 16. What was the name of the cloned sheep in 1997?

Question 17. Who or what carries out a demivolte?

Question 18. Who is next in the Order of Precedence after the Sovereign’s cousins?

Question 19. Who, in the USA, does lemon law protect?

Question 20. What does an emphractic medicine do?

[hoadc]

could q1 be Australia and q4 be Algae

[hoadc]

here we go again:-

11/ need a clue
12/ Paleozoic era
13/ Judith
14/ Used on horse drawn carriage
15/ Right bower is jack of spades
Left bower is jack of clubs
16/ Dolly the sheep
17/ Horses perform a demivolt
18/ is this in the UK or else were
19/ protects people from buying dodgy cars or other vehicles
20/ used in cancer treatment and closes the pores of the skin

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hoadc

q1 be Australia - incorrect

q4 be Algae. Correct 1 point

[dallas]

New guinea no 1

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hoadc

12/ Paleozoic era. Correct 1 point
13/ Judith. Correct 1 point
14/ Used on horse drawn carriage. Correct 1 point
15/ Right bower is jack of spades/Left bower is jack of clubs. Correct 1 point
16/ Dolly the sheep. Correct 1 point
17/ Horses perform a demivolt. Correct 1 point
18/ is this in the UK or else were (In the UK)
19/ protects people from buying dodgy cars or other vehicles. correct 1 point
20/ used in cancer treatment and closes the pores of the skin. Corrrect 1 point

Well done 8 points

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danndall

Q1. New guinea. Correct 1 point

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R E C A P

Question 11. Which word means a social class, a sequence and a mandate?

Question 18. Who is next in the Order of Precedence after the Sovereign’s cousins?

[hoadc]

I would like contest that answer for Q1, there are bigger islands than new guinea

[barto11]

australia isn't an island, it classed as a continent...

[hoadc]

australia isn't an island, it classed as a continent...
I know that but if look at an atlas there are many bigger islands

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I would like contest that answer for Q1, there are bigger islands than new guinea

Quizmaster's answer on this question is final. Any arguements will result in a point being taken away from your final score.

[hoadc]

Yes maaam!!

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Question 11. Which word means a social class, a sequence and a mandate?

Question 18. Who is next in the UK Order of Precedence after the Sovereign’s cousins?

[barto11]

q11- A sect
q18- the Marquess of Winchester

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barto11

q11- A sect
q18- the Marquess of Winchester

Incorrect.

[hoadc]

How's this
q11 - order
q18 - Earl of harewood

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hoadc

q11 - order. Correct 1 point

q18 - Earl of harewood. incorrect

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R E C A P

Question 18. Who is next in the UK Order of Precedence after the Sovereign’s cousins?

Wang the Qm for a clue

[cujimmy]

The Archbishop of Canterbury?

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cujimmy

The Archbishop of Canterbury. Correct 1 point

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Thank you contestants. This quiz is closed. Here are the points:-

Hoadc 18 points

Dandall 1 point
Cujimmy 1 point

Well done Hoadc

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Medal for Hoadc


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[hoadc]

Thank you contestants. This quiz is closed. Here are the points:-

Hoadc 18 points

Dandall 1 point
Cujimmy 1 point

Well done Hoadc

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Ta very much!!