IAS QUIZ NEW

	Which writer coined the word Cyberspace in 1984	William Gibson –
		Neuromancer
	Demeter was the Greek god of what (Ceres Roman)	Harvest
	What film won the 1943 Oscar as best film	Casablanca
	What do ungulate animals alone have	Hooves
	Dr Ludwig L Zamenhof invented what 1887 Poland	Esperanto
	Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1891	Oscar Wilde
	Who composed The Planets suit (both names)	Gustav Holst
	What links Doric, Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian and Composite	Classical Architecture
	What is phonetic alphabet word for U	Uniform
	Why were women barred from original Olympic Games	Male entries nude
	In which USA state is Churchill Downs racetrack	Louisville  Kentucky
	In 1867 Lucian B Smith invented what restraint	Barbed Wire
	In 1961 which Henry Mancini record won Grammy record of year	Moon River
	What links Willie Brant, Lech Walesa, Yasser Arafat	Nobel Peace Prize
	Which countries government spends most in social security %	Uruguay
	Archaeopteryx was the first what	Bird
	In 1810 in England Peter Durand invented what	Tin can (food)
	Who was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 (turned down)	Albert Einstein
	What is the oldest known infectious disease	Leprosy
	A JPEG is a picture file format - what does JPEG stand for	Joint Photographic Experts Group
	What is the worlds largest sea (in area)	South China
	Which islands wildlife is 90% unique	Madagascar
	What are truffles - highly prized as food	Fungi
	Which Game is Played 15 a side and scores 3 or 1 points	Gaelic Football
	What was invented in 1855 45 years later than it was needed	Can Opener
	What links Sissinnius, Zosimus, Liberius, Sergius V1,Victor II	Popes
	What is the world largest seed	Coco-de-mare palm – double coconut
	Bristlemouths are the worlds most common what	Fish
	What swims at 1/8 inch an hour	Sperm
	Trypanophobia is fear of what	Inoculations – Injections
	Chogori is better know by what boring name	K2
	Colonel Jacob Schick invented what in 1928 in USA	Electric Razor
	What links Duke Wellington, Earl Derby, Marquis Salisbury	UK Prime Ministers
	In 1996 which Celine Dion album Grammy album of year	Falling into You
	What weight is the lightest in Amateur Boxing	Light Flyweight
	Which country has the worlds biggest (on land) National Park	Canada – Wood Buffalo 17300s ml
	What language speakers were shot Russia and Germany 1930s	Esperanto
	Ronald Ross campaigned for the destruction of what	Mosquitoes -  stop malaria
	Who won two Nobel prizes in different fields	Marie Curie Physics 1903  Chemistry  1911
	Name 3rd cent BC Greek mathematician wrote The Elements	Euclid
	Evidence of what alternative treatment found in 5300 mummy	Acupuncture
	North Fork Roe River - worlds shortest - which US state	Montana
	In 1879 James Ritty invented what	Cash Register
	Who wrote the novel Tom Jones in 1749	Henry Fielding
	What links Millionaires, Metropolitans, Black Hawks, Silver seven	Stanley Cup winners Ice Hockey
	What country - largest earthquake of 20th cent 8.6 Richter 1906	Colombia
	The okapi belongs to what family of animals	Giraffe
	Dimitri Mendeleyev is credited with the discover of what	Periodic Table
	What feature of a triangle makes it scalene	Different side lengths
	Taphophobia is fear of what	Buried Alive