Easy General Knowledge27 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bushbaby

Bushbabies are agile, nocturnal, tree-dwelling primates which can be found in Africa, south of the Sahara. The howler monkey inhabits tropical forests of South America.

Answer: Pink

Carnations can be cultivated in many varieties for its white, pink or red flowers. Pink elephants is a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness. Pink salmon is any salmon having pale pink flesh.

Answer: Nostradamus

Nostradamus (1503-66) was a French seer and astrologer who, after practising as a doctor, began making astrological predictions in 1547.

Answer: Bongo

A bongo is a rare antelope inhabiting forests of central Africa. It can also be a small bucket-shaped drum, usually one of a pair, played by beating with the fingers.

Answer: Unilateral

An isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length. An equilateral triangle has all sides of equal length. A scalene triangle has all sides of unequal length. The scalene is also a muscle in the neck.

Answer: Burundi

Burundi is a small country on the mainland of Africa and the second most densely populated African country after its neighbour Rwanda. Surinam is located in South America, Bhutan (Asia) and Vanuatu (southwest Pacific Ocean, 1430 miles east of Australia).

Answer: Are You Being Served?

Miss Brahms was played by Wendy Richard and worked for Grace Brothers department store.

Answer: Moscow

Moscow's Sculptures Park contains statues of Soviet leaders that once occupied prominent city squares. Gorky Park stretches three kilometres along the Moskva River and is Moscow's amusement park. Its slow moving Ferris wheel provides excellent views out over the park, attracting both foreign and local visitors.

Answer: The Pequod

American novelist Herman Melville (1819-91) became a sailor in 1839 and actually joined a whaling ship in 1841.

Answer: Dear Brutus

Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist chiefly remembered as the writer of 'Peter Pan' (1904). He wrote 'Dear Brutus' in (1917).

Answer: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy is the fifth and last book of the Pentateuch or Torah (Hebrew, law). It is written in the style of a farewell address by Moses to the Israelites before they enter the Promised Land of Canaan. Deuteronomy means 'copy' in Greek and 'words' in Hebrew.

Answer: Lincoln

Washington is a town in the county of Tyne and Wear in England. Cleveland is a former county in England, having been split into various components, in a government reshuffle. Lincoln is a city in east England and was founded by the Romans as Lindum Colonia. Lincoln Cathedral has one of the original copies of the Magna Carta.

Answer: Mercury

The name azoth is derived from the Arabic 'az-za uq' meaning the mercury.

Answer: Chickadee

'My Little Chickadee' (1940) also starred Mae West who with Fields wrote the screenplay in order to deliver ample laughs.

Answer: Gypsum

Gypsum is the only word to contain a vowel. A sylph is a slender, graceful young woman.

Answer: Tangelo

The fruit of this hybrid has orange, acid-tasting flesh. Its name is derived from tang(erine) and (pom)elo. A pomelo is a large yellow grapefruit-like edible fruit. An ugli fruit is a cross between a tangerine, grapefruit and ORANGE.

Answer: David Beckham

David Beckham (England and Manchester United footballer) has tattoos of the names of his sons (Brooklyn and Romeo), his wife's name (Victoria) in Hindi and VII (seven) his football shirt number. David and Victoria Beckham have two additional children: a son called Cruz, born 2005 in Madrid, Spain, and a daughter called Harper Seven who was born in Los Angeles, in 2011.

Answer: Chough

Due to the loss of natural meadows where they fed on soil animals, the chough is becoming a rare sight. The male frigate bird has a red balloon-like pouch on his neck.

Answer: Skippy The Bush Kangaroo

Skippy was the pet of Sonny who was alerted to the weekly crime/accident with a memorable 'tut tutting'. Liza Goddard made her television debut as Clancy Merrick.

Answer: 365

Multiply the number by three and minus one. For example: (1x3)-1 = 2, (2x3)-1 = 5. Hence (122 x 3) - 1 = 365

Answer: Plants

'Violet' Carson (Ena Sharples in Coronation street), actress 'Heather' Graham (Austin Powers movie), actress 'Veronica' Lake, novelist 'Iris' Murdoch, 'Pansy' Potter (comic strip in the beano), 'Lily' Savage (British comedian and presenter) and singer 'Holly' Valance. A violet is a plant similar to wild pansy and veronica is a speedwell plant having small blue, or pinkish white flowers.

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a British author who was born in India.

Answer: Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (The Lonsdale Belt)

The Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944) was a keen boxing fan for many years and was patron of the National Sporting Club. Heavyweight Henry Cooper was the first person to win 3 Lonsdale belts outright. Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone. Sir George Everest who was British surveyor-general of India named Mount Everest in 1865. Jean Nicot (1530-1600) was a French diplomat who introduced tobacco into France.

Answer: People drinking

John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903) designed the first British Christmas card. It showed a family raising their glasses to toast Christmas which caused controversy among Puritans. The idea became a hit and the Christmas card became very popular.

Answer: Dreamt

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