June 9, 2011 | GC | Leave a comment print friendly version 1 The British sportswoman Charlotte Cooper, born in 1870, was famous in which sport? Tennis 2 Nicholas Breakspear, born in the 12th Century, was the first English what? Pope 3 Haneda Airport is in which Asian country? Japan 4 Bob Pettit is associated with which sport? Basketball 5 Apiculture is the raising and care of which creatures? Bees 6 In which part of the human body is the organ of Corti? Ear (cochlea) 7 Who plays Susan Delfino in the US tv series Desperate Housewives? Teri Hatcher 8 What was the name of the boat in which English car and speedboat racer Donald Campbell was killed in 1967? Bluebird K7 9 What type of foodstuff is a cascabel? Chilli pepper 10 The Winter War from 1939 – 1940 was a military conflict between Russia (Soviet Union) and which other country? Finland 11 Who became President of Germany in June 2010? Christian Wulff 12 A curassow is what type of creature? Bird 13 What is the capital of Indonesia? Jakarta 14 Which of Henry Vlll’s wives was known as the Flanders Mare? Anne of Cleves 15 A philogynist likes or admires who? Women 16 A Hereford is what breed of animal? Cow (cattle) 17 What colour are the stars on the national flag of China? Yellow 18 In employment in the UK, what does EOC stand for? Equal Opportunities Commission 19 Where on a horse’s body is the frog? Hoof 20 What was the name of the camp which was set up in Chile when 30 miners where trapped underground? Camp Hope 21 The litas is the former monetary unit of which country? Lithuania 22 Jah, Afrocentrism, Ital, Zion and Cannabis use are the main doctrines of which religious movement? Rastafari 23 During World War 2, what did the Local Defence Volunteers later became known as? The Home Guard 24 In 1991, a spoof Nobel Prize, called The Ig Nobel Prize, for achievements that cannot or should not be repeated was instigated by which US university? Harvard 25 Which vegetable was the first to be canned? Peas 26 Which US state is known as the ‘Beef State’? Nebraska 27 Anime is film animation originating in which country? Japan 28 In computers, the X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System is now known as what? Cursor 29 How many times zones does Russia have? Eleven 30 Which country has the internet domain ‘.ch’? Switzerland