General Knowledge 1

[michele cryer]

1. How many claws does a domestic cat have ?
2. Which Shakespeare play ends in the marriage of Benethingy and Beatrice ?
3. In photography, what does SLR stand for ?
4. In the (British) army , what does SLR stand for ?
5. What is the name of the flag flown by all ships in the Royal Navy ?
6. In which county is Leamington Spa ?
7. Which US state contains Yosemite National Park ?
8. Seoul is the capital of which country ?
9. What is the capital of California ?
10. In which country is the river Yangtze located ?
11. What is the largest ocean in the world ?
12. Give another name for Kampuchea ?
13. Helsinki is the capital of which country ?
14. Johann Gutenberg was famous for inventing what ?
15. On which Japanese city did the Allies drop the second atomic bomb ?
16. In Australian slang , "Dunny" means ?
17. H2O is the chemical symbol for what ?
18. The basic unit of power is called what ?
19. The second major planet from the sun is ?
20. From where does the earth get Solar energy ?

Answers next Friday...

Send me a private message..on this site..with your answers, or send to me via my email addy..and I will announce the winner when I announce the answers on Friday!!

[michele cryer]

Well, sorry this is a day late...thanks to everyone who had a go at the quiz..unfortunately only 1 person sent me a note of their answers..Steve.

Well done Steve, you got all 19 questions correct...here are the answers:

1. How many claws does a domestic cat have? 18
2. Which Shakespeare play ends in the marriage of Benedick and Beatrice?
Much ado about nothing
3. In photography, what does SLR stand for? Single Lens Reflex
4. In the army , what does SLR stand for? Self Loading Rifle
5. What is the name of the flag flown by all ships in the Royal Navy?
The White Ensign
6. In which county is Leamington Spa? Warwickshire
7. Which US state contains Yosemite National Park? California
8. Seoul is the capital of which country ? Korea
9. The capital of California is ? Sacramento
10. In which country is the river Yangtze located ? China
11. The largest ocean in the world is the ? Pacific Ocean
12. Another name for Kampuchea is ? Cambodia
13. Helsinki is the capital of which country ? Finland
14. Johann Gutenberg was famous for inventing what ? the printing press
15. On which Japanese city did the Americans drop the second atomic bomb ?
Nagasaki
16. In Australian slang , "Dunny" means ? a toilet
17. H2O is the chemical symbol for what ? water
18. The basic unit of power is called what ? watt
19. The second major planet from the sun is ? Venus

[Steve]

Oh dear everyone will think I'm a right swot. I've just got a head full of (mostly) useless information, The cat one was tricky. None of ours seemed to want to stay still for me to count. When one did finally relent after a long time stroking and tickling her ears I though I'd miscounted so had to check on t'internet.

I've had a quick look at the latest and although I've got a couple already they seem a lot harder.

[michele cryer]

Teehee..poor cat having to be stroked and tickled whilst you counted her claws!! she will have been in cat heaven..

Yeah, they do seem rather difficult..must admit I haven't had a go myself..just thought I'd torture my poor membership!! LOL

Just realised, I should have put it as a 'new thread' too...so if it moves, you know why!