Beginning with K... Quiz / Test | Alphabetics

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1. What is the collective noun for toads?

Answer: A knot

A kine is the collective noun for a group of cows. The other two words are not collective nouns for any animals, although groups of ants, bats, beavers and frogs are known as colonies.

2. Which actress played Bond girl Domino Petachi?

Answer: Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger played Domino Petachi in "Never Say Never Again", opposite Sir Sean Connery as 007. None of the other three actresses have ever played Bond girls.

3. Which of the following is the capital city of Nepal?

Answer: Kathmandu

Nepal is a Himalayan country in Asia with a population of around 27 million. It has 8 of the 10 highest mountains in the world, including Everest. Nepal is a Hindu country. Kiev is the capital of Ukraine, Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia and Koror is the capital of Palau (an island in the Pacific Ocean).

4. Which author wrote the children's novel "Puck of Pooks Hill"?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling was most famous for the collections of stories "The Jungle Book" and "Just So Stories". He was born in Bombay, India in 1865, and during his life was offered both a knighthood and the post of Poet Laureate, but turned both down.

5. Which of the following is a fear of ridicule?

Answer: Katagelophobia

Klynophobia is the fear of rabies, kleptophobia the fear of stealing, and Koinoniphobia the fear of rooms. Information taken from www.phobialist.com

6. At which stadium do York City play their home games?

Answer: Kit Kat Crescent

Kit Kat Crescent used to be named Bootham Crescent, but in 2005 York City offered the naming rights to Nestle, and Bootham Crescent became Kit Kat Crescent. (Information taken from www.ycfc.net)
Kingfield Stadium is home to Woking, Hull City play at Kingston Communications Stadium and Kennilworth Road is where Luton play home games.

7. Which actress's roles include Jules Paxton, Elizabeth Swann and Sab�?

Answer: Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley played Jules Paxton in "Bend it Like Beckham", Elizabeth Swann in "Pirates of the Carribean" and Sab� in "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace". She is also famous for her roles in "Pride and Prejudice", playing Elizabeth Bennett, and "Love Actually", as Juliet.

8. In which Shakespeare play do the characters Oswald, Kent, Albany and Cornwall appear?

Answer: King Lear

King Henry and King Richard are not the names of Shakespeare plays. In the story of King Lear, the King of England asks each of his three daughters to declare their love for him, in order to separate the kingdom between the three of them. When his youngest, and favourite daughter, Cordelia refuses to follow her sisters and declare her love for her father, she is banished, and the play follows the plight of Lear as he loses his mind and his elder two daughters betray him.

The play is one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies.

9. Simon of Trent is the patron saint of which of the following?

Answer: Kidnap victims

Simon of Trent is also the patron saint of torture victims. He was a child who was murdered in 1475 in Northern Italy, and beatified in 1588. Information taken from http://www.catholic-forum.com/SAINTS/indexsnt.htm

10. No film, beginning with K, has won the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards, since they began in 1929?

Answer: False

The only film beginning with K to win the Oscar for Best Picture is "Kramer vs Kramer", in 1980. The film was nominated for 9 awards in total at the ceremony, and won 5, including Best Actor in a leading role for Dustin Hoffman, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Meryl Streep.

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