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Friday 19 June 2015

NEW SERIES IAS QUIZ 3


What fashion did General Ambrose Burnside start in Civil War
Sideburns

In what village do Tom Sawer and Huckleberry Finn live
St Petersburg

What Opera's story is about a female cigar factory worker
Carmen

E is the international car registration plate for which country
Spain (Espania)

USA has most roads what country has second most
India

In the Chinese calendar what year follows Monkey
Chicken

What river flows through 8 countries and four capitols
Danube

What does the word Desert (from Latin desertus)  translate as
Abandoned

In 1848 The London Daily News carried the worlds fist what
Weather report / forecast

What is a Kakapoo
Nocturnal New Zealand Parrot

Part of the human body can expand 20 times its normal size
Stomach  0.5 litres to 5  litres

In the 1920s Dr Ida Rolf developed Rolfing as what alt therapy
Deep Massage

Which dinosaurs name translated as speedy predator
Velociraptor

Price one kilo went from $63 to $260 in 1976 when sale illegal
Ivory

The island of Yap has the worlds largest what
Coins up to 12 feet across

Which tennis player was sued by his fan club
Jimmy Connors

What animal - faster horse - longer no h20 camel - see behind
Giraffe

What is a chemically castrated cock called
Capon

Nessus killed Hercules - What was Nessus
Centaur

Eva Shain was the first woman to do what
Judge pro heavy boxing Match

Ben Franklin invented it - Britain tried it in 1916  -  What
Daylight saving Time

In which country is Mount Aspiring National Park
New Zealand (South Island)

Alfred Wallace coined which phrase - Wrongly given to Darwin
Survival of the Fittest

Who won the first Nobel prize for Physics in 1901 - gave away

 What countries days include Fire day, Water day and wood day                                                                                                                        Japan Tue Wed Thu
Wilhelm Roentgen


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