General Knowledge 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the Italian version of ice cream?
Gelato
What marine mammal’s tusks were once thought to be from unicorns?
Narwhal
What is the largest country that was uninhabited by humans in the year 1000 AD?
New Zealand
What city does Superman live in?
Metropolis
What was the original scandal that other ‘gates’ are named for?
Watergate
What sport does a coxswain participate in?
Rowing
In what city did James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ take place?
Dublin
In what country would you find the easternmost point on the mainland of the Americas?
Brazil
Who was the subject of two biographical movies in the 2010s – one starring Ashton Kutcher and the other starring Michael Fassbender?
Steve Jobs
What ‘kissing’ disease, common among teenagers, can cause swollen lymph nodes and fatigue?
Mononucleosis
In what song did Jimmy Buffett search for his lost shaker of salt?
Margaritaville
What city’s Dharavi slum has a population of about 700,000 in less than one square mile?
Mumbai
What is the name of the mathematical sequence than begins 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13?
Fibonacci Sequence
What type of ray fish can have a ‘wingspan’ of up to 7 meters?
Manta ray
What did the temperance movement seek to ban?
Alcohol
Whose quotes are known as hadiths?
Muhammad
Who is Arkham Asylum’s most famous resident?
The Joker
What form does ‘It’ most frequently take in the Stephen King book ‘It’?
Pennywise the Clown
What fictional character invented Everlasting Gobstoppers?
Willy Wonka
What country’s army was commonly called the Red Army?
Soviet Union
