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quiz 1112 – general knowledge (QA)

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1 Bernardo O'Higgins was Supreme Director of which South American country from 1817-1823?
2 Which Internet search engine was shortened to Ask.com in 2006?
3 Which British athlete won a Gold Medal in the heptathlon at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin?
4 In 1961 which US comedian was arrested for obscenity at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco?
5 Who was the first and only footballer to be knighted while still an active professional player?
6 In shipping what does IMO stand for?
7 What was British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's first name?
8 Taphephobia is the abnormal fear of being what?
9 What relation was Louis XV of France to Louis XIV of France?
10 In the novel Peter Pan, what are the first names of Wendy's two brothers?
11 The Oswaldo Cruz Institute and the Butantan Institute are in which South American country?
12 Former Olympic athlete and Gold Medallist Michael Duane Johnson was born in which US state?
13 Jodie Foster sings 'My Name is Tallulah' in which 1976 film?
14 Which British boxer was nicknamed 'The Dark Destroyer'?
15 What is a young swan called?
16 Which rapper's real name is Louise Harman?
17 What type of leaves does a koala feed on?
18 Philip Pirrip is the lead character in which Charles Dickens novel?
19 According to Greek mythology, who was the first woman on Earth?
20 On which part of the body would a mutch be worn?
21 Which English monarch was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
22 Which French aristocrat, revolutionary, politician, born in 1740, fled with his manservant to Italy after being sentenced to death for sodomy and poisoning?
23 In which South American city is Sugarloaf Mountain?
24 Who wrote the 1950 novel 'A Town Like Alice'?
25 Which musical instrument represents the cat in Sergei Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf'?
26 Khoom is Hebrew for which colour?
27 What type of creature is a mango?
28 What is the highest level Dan in judo?
29 Originally built as a research lab off the coast of Puerto Rico, the world's first underwater hotel, the Jules Undersea Lodge, is now situated in which US state?
30 Which actor played Sergeant Francis Troy in the 1967 film 'Far From the Madding Crowd'?