General Knowledge Quiz #68

General Knowledge Quiz #68

Questions

1. The Whirlwind is which snooker player's nickname?
2. What pigment especially associated with oil painting, derives its name from heat treatment and a Tuscany city?
3. The TV presenter and journalist born Kim Taylor in November 1960 is better known by what name?
4. Caroline Lucas is head of what UK organization?
5. Who was English King from 1650-1702?
6. What would you find at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington?
7. What is China's second largest river?
8. What is the negatively emphatic expression in the USA for the smallest amount of money?
9. What college in New Cross is part of the University of London?
10. Convert rawhide to leather?
11. Name the low-cost private domestic airline based in Gurgaon, Haryana, India?
12. Prince Andrew served for twenty-two years with what organization?
13. Which Formula One Grand Prix Circuit includes Maggotts Corner, Wellington Straight, and Farm Curve?
14. Which actor and musician is lead vocalist of rock band Tenacious D?
15. What is shade of brown derives from the Latin name for the European Mole, and is (according to Wikipedia) the most popular colour of leather sofas?
16. What colour is a 'double-word' square on a Scrabble board?
17. What is prestigious and precious and has the ISO currency code of XPT?
18. What is the dabbling duck whose Common 'eye-patched' variety is the smallest of all dabblers?
19. What colour derives from the Latin root word meaning shade?
20. Hyacinthoides is the scientific name for what protected (in the UK spring flowering plant?
21. What sea has the port city Arkhangelsk (Archangel in English and Onega Bay?
22. What is shade of brown derives from the Latin name for the European Mole, and is (according to Wikipedia the most popular colour of leather sofas?
23. If this were a cryptic crossword clue it could be 'Poetic Irish county'?
24. Name Francis Drake's ship, in which he circumnavigated the globe, 1577-80?
25. What skin and eye colouring is associated with jaundice?
26. What is Mick Hucknell's band?
27. Ireland is known as The 'what' Isle?
28. What term refers to a plan or template?
29. Name the renowned shirt maker in Jermyn Street, London?
30. What was mined extensively in Cyprus in Roman times, which took its name from the country?
31. Name Jepser Christiensen's character in the James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace?
32. Hyacinthoides is the scientific name for what protected (in the UK) spring flowering plant?
33. The equal combination of green and blue light, and the C in CMYK color printing, are what?
34. What ball is worth three points in snooker?
35. What is the common name of the Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages?
36. What is a tone of photography which results from or gives the effect of age?
37. What sea has the port city Arkhangelsk (Archangel in English) and Onega Bay?
38. What is the longest river in South Africa?
39. What comes from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree?
40. What semi-precious stone decorated Tutankhamun's burial mask, and is the colour of the American Robin's eggs?
41. What is normally green, but can be yellow too, after a French herbal liqueur, introduced by Carthusian Monks in the 1700s?
42. What colour is Tyrian, a dye highly prized by the Romans?
43. Name the London borough and Royal Observatory site which marks international time?

1. The Whirlwind is which snooker player's nickname?

   Jimmy White
2. What pigment especially associated with oil painting, derives its name from heat treatment and a Tuscany city?

   Burnt Sienna 
3. The TV presenter and journalist born Kim Taylor in November 1960 is better known by what name?

   Magenta Devine
4. Caroline Lucas is head of what UK organization?

   The Green Party
5. Who was English King from 1650-1702?

   William of Orange 
6. What would you find at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington?

   The White House
7. What is China's second largest river?

   Yellow River
8. What is the negatively emphatic expression in the USA for the smallest amount of money?

   Red cent
9. What college in New Cross is part of the University of London?

   Goldsmiths 
10. Convert rawhide to leather?

    Tan 
11. Name the low-cost private domestic airline based in Gurgaon, Haryana, India?

    IndiGo Airlines
12. Prince Andrew served for twenty-two years with what organization?

    Royal Navy
13. Which Formula One Grand Prix Circuit includes Maggotts Corner, Wellington Straight, and Farm Curve?

    Silverstone
14. Which actor and musician is lead vocalist of rock band Tenacious D?

    Jack Black
15. What is shade of brown derives from the Latin name for the European Mole, and is (according to Wikipedia) the most popular colour of leather sofas?

    Taupe 
16. What colour is a 'double-word' square on a Scrabble board?

    Pink
17. What is prestigious and precious and has the ISO currency code of XPT?

    Platinum
18. What is the dabbling duck whose Common 'eye-patched' variety is the smallest of all dabblers?

    Teal 
19. What colour derives from the Latin root word meaning shade?

    Umber 
20. Hyacinthoides is the scientific name for what protected (in the UK spring flowering plant?

    Bluebell
21. What sea has the port city Arkhangelsk (Archangel in English and Onega Bay?

    White Sea 
22. What is shade of brown derives from the Latin name for the European Mole, and is (according to Wikipedia the most popular colour of leather sofas?

    Taupe 
23. If this were a cryptic crossword clue it could be 'Poetic Irish county'?

    Limerick
24. Name Francis Drake's ship, in which he circumnavigated the globe, 1577-80?

    Golden Hind
25. What skin and eye colouring is associated with jaundice?

    Yellow
26. What is Mick Hucknell's band?

    Simply Red
27. Ireland is known as The 'what' Isle?

    Emerald
28. What term refers to a plan or template?

    Blueprint 
29. Name the renowned shirt maker in Jermyn Street, London?

    Thomas Pink
30. What was mined extensively in Cyprus in Roman times, which took its name from the country?

    Copper
31. Name Jepser Christiensen's character in the James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace?

    Mr White
32. Hyacinthoides is the scientific name for what protected (in the UK) spring flowering plant?

    Bluebell
33. The equal combination of green and blue light, and the C in CMYK color printing, are what?

    Cyan 
34. What ball is worth three points in snooker?

    Green
35. What is the common name of the Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages?

    The Black Death
36. What is a tone of photography which results from or gives the effect of age?

    Sepia
37. What sea has the port city Arkhangelsk (Archangel in English) and Onega Bay?

    White Sea 
38. What is the longest river in South Africa?

    Orange River
39. What comes from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree?

    Chocolate
40. What semi-precious stone decorated Tutankhamun's burial mask, and is the colour of the American Robin's eggs?

    Turquoise
41. What is normally green, but can be yellow too, after a French herbal liqueur, introduced by Carthusian Monks in the 1700s?

    Chartreuse 
42. What colour is Tyrian, a dye highly prized by the Romans?

    Purple 
43. Name the London borough and Royal Observatory site which marks international time?

    Greenwich