Stats: 100 General Knowledge Questions #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What 840 acre park would you find in Manhattan?	Central Park	88%
When someone gets a bright idea in a cartoon, what appears above their head?	A Lightbulb	86%
What does a dermatologist specialize in?	Skin	81%
Oxbridge is a word combining the names of two English Universities. Can you name one of them?	Oxford / Cambridge	79%
What colour is a giraffe's tongue?	Black	78%
What type of bug carries Malaria?	Mosquito	78%
What type of animal are Disney's Chip n' Dale?	Chipmunks	76%
Generally, what direction does the River Nile flow?	North	75%
Other than Hiroshima, what Japanese city was bombed in 1945?	Nagasaki	74%
What is the capital of Cuba?	Havana	72%
Before Iceland gained independence, it was under sovereignty of which country?	Denmark	70%
Oxygen and what other gaseous element makes up 99% of earth's atmosphere?	Nitrogen	68%
What technology company produces the Galaxy range of mobile phones?	Samsung	68%
After China, what country produces the most rice?	India	67%
What organ in the human body produces Insulin?	Pancreas	65%
What is the leading toothpaste brand in the UK?	Colgate	61%
What book has the catchphrase "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"?	Animal Farm	59%
In medicine, what does GP stand for?	General Practitioner	59%
What popular breed of dog is named after a Mexican state?	Chihuahua	58%
"Mallard", "Marbled" and "Alabio" are all types of what bird?	Duck	58%
What is the name of the vehicle the pope travels in?	The Popemobile	58%
What country owns the Galapagos Islands?	Ecuador	57%
In greek mythology, who was Zeus married to?	Hera	57%
What nut is ground to make marzipan?	Almonds	56%
How old was James Dean when he died in a car accident?	24	55%
The Great Pyramid and The Sphinx can be found in what Egyptian city?	Giza	54%
What name is given to a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as it does fowards?	Palindrome	54%
Which actress played identical twins Hallie and Annie in the 1998 film "The Parent Trap"?	Lindsay Lohan	52%
Steven Tyler is the lead singer and founding member of what band?	Aerosmith	51%
Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?	Anne Boleyn	51%
What is the name of the scottish princess from "Brave"?	Merida	51%
What russian chemist is the element Mendelevium named after?	Dmitri Mendeleev	47%
In what country would you find Lake Garda?	Italy	47%
What colour is Silver Iodide?	Yellow	47%
Soweto is an urban area within what large African city?	Johannesburg	45%
What is commonly referred to as the king of spices?	Black Pepper	44%
If "oriental" means "eastern", what word means "western"?	Occidental	44%
What does the D in L.E.D stand for?	Diode	43%
What is the scientific name for the human shoulder blade?	Scapula	43%
Where would you find Tipperary?	Ireland	41%
Who is known for playing villains such is Bellatrix Lestrange, Mrs Lovett and the Red Queen?	Helena Bonham Carter	40%
In what year were most of the oilfields of Kuwait set ablaze by retreating Iraqi forces?	1991	39%
What name is commonly given to the lines in the corner of a person's eyes?	Crow's feet	37%
The Gunpowder Plot was an assassination attempt on what monarch's life?	King James I	37%
What chocolate bar is named after the Mars family's horse?	Snickers	36%
What city are Van Morrison, George Best and Kenneth Brannagh from?	Belfast	34%
What disease is caused by inflammation of the membrane covering the brain and spinal cord?	Meningitis	33%
In which city was Christopher Columbus born?	Genoa	32%
What is said to be the most difficult brass instrument to play?	French Horn	31%
In what year was golf added to the Olympic Games?	2016	28%
In what US state would you find Eureka?	California	28%
What condition does an SSRI treat?	Depression	28%
What is the name of the pro basketball franchise from Atlanta?	Atlanta Hawks	27%
What do you call the addictive substance found in alcoholic beverages?	Ethanol	27%
Who wrote and starred in the BBC comedy Fleabag?	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	27%
What country is known as the Dead Heart of Africa?	Chad	26%
What is the chemical formula of hydrogen peroxide?	H2O2	26%
The British Army changed its uniform from red to khaki during which war?	Boer War	25%
What singer died 2 days after releasing his album "Blackstar"?	David Bowie	25%
Pörkölt is a traditional dish from what country?	Hungary	23%
Maseru is the capital city of what country?	Lesotho	23%
"I Am Malala" is a book about what inspirational teenager?	Malala Yousafzai	23%
What is the name of Tintins dog?	Snowy	22%
Which US state is known as "The Volunteer State"?	Tennessee	21%
What was the name of the raft Thor Heyerdahl used to cross the pacific in 1947?	Kon-Tiki	20%
What book can Stephen King not remember writing as he was so high on drugs at the time he wrote it?	Cujo	19%
Who was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2019?	Greta Thunberg	19%
What country used to be known as Bechuanaland?	Botswana	18%
What is the most common surname in Ireland?	Murphy	17%
What sport is Eddy Merckx known for?	Cycling	16%
What was the real first name of Che Guevara?	Ernesto	16%
What is the name of the main runner in Subway Surfers?	Jake	16%
In Greek Mythology, 2 sea monsters live by the Straight of Messina. Can you name one of them?	Scylla / Charybdis	16%
What playwright wrote 'An Inspector Calls'?	J. B. Priestley	15%
Which famous military figure had a war horse named Copenhagen?	The Duke of Wellington	15%
What do you call the sequel to "The Shining"?	Doctor Sleep	14%
What animal appears on the flag of the Falkland Islands?	Sheep	14%
When the demand for a good is very responsive to a change in price, that good is said to be price _____?	Elastic	13%
What was the name of the estranged wife of King Henry II?	Eleanor	13%
Who painted "American Gothic"?	Grant Wood	13%
What criminal mastermind is the disney villain "Professor Ratigan" based on?	James Moriarty	13%
What Broadway musical was based on a 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux?	Phantom of the Opera	13%
Which war poet wrote "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth"?	Wilfred Owen	13%
What band is known for singing Build Me Up Buttercup?	The Foundations	12%
What is the name of the cow from Mickey Mouse?	Clarabelle	11%
What Stephen King novel is about a woman named Jessie who is handcuffed to a bed frame?	Gerald's Game	11%
In what field did Joseph Pulitzer make his fortune?	Publishing	10%
Who led the Haitian Revolution?	Toussaint-Louverture	10%
Who sang Yes Sir, I Can Boogie?	Baccara	9%
What is the largest city in Connecticut?	Bridgeport	9%
What is the name of the man who cheated his way to £1 million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?	Charles Ingram	8%
What is the first name of classical composer Monteverdi?	Claudio	8%
Baron Samedi is a secondary antagonist in which James Bond film?	Live and Let Die	8%
Who came up with the Plum Pudding Model?	J. J. Thompson	7%
What character did Fiona Shaw play in Killing Eve?	Carolyn Martens	6%
What do you call a tax levied onto a good or service?	Indirect Tax	5%
Medusa has two sisters. Can you name one of them?	Sthenno / Euryale	5%
Who first developed the Just War Theory?	Thomas Aquinas	4%
Whose eyes are as brown as the tree trunks?	Alice's	3%
What is used to measure the amount of chlorine in a solution?	A Chlorometer	1%

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