Pot Luck
General Knowledge
1. Where in the body is the labyrinth ?
2. What is the common name for ascorbic acid ?
3. Complete this quotation from Voltaire: 'If god did not exist...'.
4. Americans call it a faucet. What do the British call it ?
5. How are the first five books of the bible know collectively ?
6. Who designed the dome of St. Peter's, Rome ?
7. What is the unit of currency in Poland ?
8. Which two elements make up water ?
9. Who was the captain of the Pequod in Moby Dick ?
10. What color is a New York taxi ?
11. Which two letters are worth ten points in the board game Scrabble ?
12. Which useful household item is made from naphthalene ?
13. What is measured on the Beaufort scale ?
14. Which creatures live in a formicary ?
15. Which bandleader died in an air crash over the English Channel during World War II ?
16. What is the other name for the Jewish day of Atonement ?
17. What was writer Charles Dodgson's pseudonym ?
18. If an American footballer talked about his 'zippers' what would he mean ?
19. Where would you find the 'ocean of storms' ?
20. What is the pirate's flag with the skull and cross-bones called ?
21. Where is the original Harris tweed spun and woven ?
22. What do climbers call a peak higher the 914 m (3,000 ft) ?
23. The famous Gurkha soldiers are known for carrying a particular type of large knife. What is this knife called ?
24. Which bird is the international symbol of happiness ?
25. What is the centuries old art of clipping hedges into various ornamental shapes traditionally called ?
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