General Knowledge IV Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cary Grant

Cary Grant, whose original name was Archie Leach, came to the United States in 1920 as part of the Bob Pender comedy troupe, in which he performed as an acrobat, stilt-walker, and mime. After this successful two year tour, he decided to stay in the U.S., and eventually became a Hollywood star.

He never won an Oscar, although he was given an honorary one in 1969. Cary Grant died in 1986.

Answer: Texas School Book Depository

The alleged assassin of President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, fired the fatal shots from a window on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

Answer: London, England

George Frideric Handel, best known as the composer of "Messiah," is buried in Westminster Abbey in London, England. He became a British subject not long after arriving in England in 1710.

Answer: base, collector, and emitter

The three parts of a junction transistor are the emitter, collector, and base. There are two types of junction transistors: NPN, where a layer of "P" (positive charge) semiconductor material is sandwiched between two layers of "N" (negative charge) semiconductor material; and PNP transistors, where a layer of "N" semiconductor material sits between two layers of "P" material.

Answer: Rotary International

Rotary International was founded on February 23, 1905, by Chicago lawyer Paul P. Harris. From its humble beginnings in Chicago in 1905, Rotary International grew so that almost a century later, on October 31, 2002, it encompassed 30,000 clubs and 1.2 million members in 160 nations of the world.

Answer: Delaware

According to the Department of the Interior, the National Park System is made up of 375 areas covering 83 million acres. On October 31, 2002, every state of the union except Delaware had lands or properties belonging to the National Park System.

Answer: William Herbert Way

Firestone Country Club was originally designed by William Herbert (Bertie) Way, a Scotsman who emigrated to the United States in 1896, and became one of Firestone's first golf pros. Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Came into the picture at Firestone when he did a significant re-design of both the North and South courses in 1958.

Answer: Leonid

The Leonid meteor shower is so named because the meteors give the appearance of coming from the constellation Leo.

Answer: Some Like It Hot

"Some Like It Hot," a 1959 comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as a pair of musicians fleeing the mob while disguised as women, sits atop the AFI list of "100 Funniest Movies." "Dr. Strangelove" comes in at number 3 on the list; M*A*S*H is listed at number 7; and "Young Frankenstein" at number 13.

Answer: cricket

These cricket terms mean the following: a "CENTURY" is an individual score of 100 runs by a batter; a "GOOGLY" is a ball thrown with the same grip as a "screwball" in baseball, that moves toward a right-handed batter; a LEG BYE is a run scored when an unbatted ball hits a batter's legs and bounces or rolls into the field of play; and a YORKER is a pitched ball that is thrown so far that it bounces right under the batter's bat.

Answer: Patsy O. Sherman and Samuel Smith

As the story goes, one of 3M Company chemist Patsy Sherman's lab assistants, while working on research for a new kind of rubber, spilled some liquid on her shoes and couldn't wash it off. The stain was completely resistant to oil and water. Sherman teamed up with fellow 3M chemist Sam Smith and developed the product now known as Scotchgard.

Answer: in the human pancreas

The Isles of Langerhans are clusters of cells located in the human pancreas. Named for their discoverer Paul Langerhans, these cell clusters are primarily responsible for producing and secreting insulin into the blood stream.

Answer: Wal-Mart Stores

Wal-Mart Stores headed the 2002 "Fortune 500" list with revenues of 219,812.0 million dollars in 2001. Exxon Mobil was listed at number 2 with revenues of 191,581.0 million dollars. General Motors and Ford Motor Company followed at numbers 3 and 4.

Answer: a fictional game originally described in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books

Quidditch is a fictional game originally described in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books. The game involves broomsticks, bludgers, quaffles, and a Golden Snitch.

Answer: tennis elbow

Chronic lateral epicondylitis (commonly known as tennis elbow) is the pain brought on by inflammation of the lateral (or outer) epicondyle tendon in the elbow. It is usually brought on by repeated gripping, twisting, or squeezing with the hand on the affected side.