Quiz Program Question answers GK Part -3

No	Question	Answer
201	If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong	Nosebleed
202	In which book would you find the manservant Pas Partout	Around the world in 80 days
203	What animals name translates as water horse	Hippopotamus
204	In Greek mythology who killed the Gorgon	Perseus
205	Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter	Tin and Lead
206	In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first what	Kodak 1 - hand held roll film cam
207	What links - Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and Decartes	Philosophers
208	In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what	Barometer
209	Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16 - also 4 year blue	Pablo Picasso
210	Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settle	Pitcairn Islands
211	What is the longest river in Italy	Po
212	What does a polyandric women have more than one of	Husband
213	What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and Angola	Colonies of Portugal
214	What is the American equivalent of the Irish Poteen	Moonshine
215	Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles son   Pyrrhus	Priam
216	In 1911 the archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered what lost city	Machu Picchu
217	Who won the Superbowl in 1989	San Francisco 49 ers
218	Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby Dick	Herman Melville
219	Which highwayman rode the horse Black Bess	Dick Turpin
220	Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic superhero	The Flash
221	In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first time	Mercedes
222	Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian state	Queensland
223	In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate   battle	Ragnarok
224	In 1890 the first electric what opened in London	Underground railway
225	Who wrote the children's novel Swallows and Amazons	Arthur Ransom
226	Oil seed rape belongs to which plant family	Mustard
227	Which Norwegian politicians name became a word for traitor	Vidkun Quisling
228	What is the capitol of Morocco	Rabat
229	What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons navy	Square Thus Square meal
230	What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and Bhodi day	Buddhist
231	Linus Torwalds invented and wrote what	Linux computer operating system
232	The bander macaque has which commoner name	Rhesus Monkey
233	Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called what	Rhodesia
234	What is the staple food of one third of the worlds population	Rice
235	Paul Robeson the singer of old man river had what profession	Lawyer
236	Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810	Stethoscope
237	Jagger, Richards, Wyman, Jones, Watts, Stewart - which band	The Rolling Stones
238	What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals	Zero
239	Who was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names)	Erwin Rommel
240	What aid to archaeologists from 197 bc was found in   Egypt 1799	Rosetta Stone
241	Which annual sporting event between 2 teams started in 1829	The University Boat Race
242	Who was the jeweller to the Russian Court famous Easter eggs	Faberge
243	What type of food is Taramasalata	Cured /smoked cod roe
244	What links Samuel Delaney, Fredrick Pohl, Harlan Ellison	Science Fiction
245	Randolph Crane became famous as which cowboy actor	Randolph Scott
246	Ageusia is the loss of which sense	Taste
247	Which Irish political parties name translates as we ourselves	Sein Fein
248	Henry Ford used assembly line in 1908 but someone before 1901	Ransome Olds
249	Who performed the first heart transplant in South Africa	Christian Barnard
250	What is the common name for the star Sirius	Dog Star
251	What calculating aid was invented by William Oughtred in 1662	Slide Rule
252	Which Athenian philosopher wrote nothing - immortalised by Plato	Socrates
253	Who designed the WW 1 plane Camel and co designed Hurricane	Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith
254	Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were born in which US state	South Dakota
255	In 1666 Jesuit Bark was used as a prevention against what	Malaria
256	In 1971 which USA space probe was first to orbit another planet	Mariner 9
257	What links Catalonia, Andalusia, Cantabria, Galicia	Regions of Spain
258	Ingemar Stenmark won record 85 world cup races in what sport	Skiing
259	Who wrote the music for the ballets Firebird and Rites of Spring	Igor Stravinsky
260	What common legal item literally means under penalty	Subpoena
261	Who was the only person to win world titles on bikes and cars	John Surtees
262	What is  the oldest swimming stroke	Breaststroke 16th century
263	Which European country is divided into areas called Cantons	Switzerland
264	Which medical tool was developed by Sanctorius in 1612	Thermometer
265	What weapon was invented by Ernest Swinton used in 1916	Tank
266	Which mythological King chained grapes rose water fell	Tantalus
267	Who created Tarzan (all names) in 1914	Edgar Rice Burroughs
268	Camellia Sinesis evergreen shrub better known as what	Tea
269	In 1901 who first transmitted radio signals across Atlantic	Marconi
270	Who won six consecutive Wimbledon titles in the 1980s	Martina Navratilova
271	What Italian building material translates as baked earth	Terracotta
272	What links Buddy Holly, Lyndon Johnston, Janice Joplin	State of Texas
273	Which eponymous character was Thane of Cawder Glaimes	Macbeth
274	Who wrote the 39 steps (both names)	John Buchan
275	Who won the Superbowl in 1987	New York Giants
276	What is the food tofu made from	Soya Bean Curd – via Soya milk
277	Who was the son of Poseidon and Ampherite	Triton
278	Annie Mae Bullock became famous under which name (both)	Tina Turner
279	What linked Armenia, Georgia, Latvia and Moldavia	USSR
280	What is the state capitol of New Jersey	Trenton
281	Who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in Spartacus 1960	Peter Ustinov
282	What was invented by James Dewer in 1872	Vacuum or thermos flask
283	Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth	Vesta
284	Viticulture is the growing of what plants	Vines
285	In 1953 what was first successfully transmitted in the   USA	Colour Television
286	Who wrote the Thin Man in 1934 (both names)	Dashiell Hammett
287	Angel falls Venezuela Highest but where second Highest	Yosemite USA
288	Whitcome Judson in 1891 invented what for fastening shoes	Zip Fastener
289	Who sold Louisiana to the USA in 1803	Napoleon
290	Gregory Pincus, John Rock, Gerhart Domangk developed what	Oral Contraceptive
291	The Gloucester E 28/39 first flew in 1941 - what was   unusual	Whittle Jet Engine
292	Women compete between USA and UK in Wightman Cup - Sport	Tennis
293	Woolworth's - the 5 /10 cent store started in which us   state 1979	Lancaster Pennsylvania
294	Which actress starred in the original King Kong in 1933 (both)	Fay Wray
295	Except Australia 1 New Zealand 1 USA  all since 1870 want?	America's Cup
296	What's missing from ale that’s included in beer	Hops
297	Until 1971 what was the name of Zaire	Congo
298	Karl Lienstater discovered which medical breakthrough in 1901	ABO Blood Groups
299	Who is the only American president elected unopposed	George Washington 1798 1792
300	Which countries men use the most deodorant	Japan

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