General Knowledge #1

Questions
  1. What is the highest number used in a Sudoku puzzle?(3,6,*9)
  2. What is the term for a positive electrode?(*Anode,Cathode,Cathanode)
  3. Which swimming stroke is named after an insect?(Ant,*Butterfly,Flea)
  4. Which English queen has the same name as a type of plum?(*Victoria,Elizabeth,Boleyn)
  5. How many dots are used in each letter in the Braille system?(Nine,Ten,*Six)
  6. Which movie won the Oscar for best actor, director and cinematography in 2016?
  7. What is a female deer called?
  8. What unit is used to measure horses?
  9. Who is Reg Dwight better known as?
  10. Who provided Nick Wilde’s voice in the 2016 movie of “Zootopia”?
  11. How many tenpin bowling skittles need knocking down for a strike?
  12. How is 77 represented in Roman numerals?
  13. Who is the patron saint of music?
  14. What are birds of a feather said to do?
  15. “Kiss Me Kate” is a musical version of which play by Shakespeare?
  16. The single “Papa Don’t Preach” came from which Madonna album?
  17. Betz cells are found in which part of the body?
  18. What is the only bird that can hover in the air and also fly backwards?
  19. Who earned the nickname “Slowhand”?
  20. Which country does opera singer Pavarotti come from?
Answers
  1. Nine
  2. Anode
  3. Butterfly
  4. Victoria
  5. Six
  6. “The Revenant”
  7. Doe
  8. Hands
  9. Elton John
  10. Jason Bateman
  11. Ten
  12. LXXVII
  13. Cecilia
  14. Flock together
  15. The Taming of. the Shrew
  16. True Blue
  17. The brain
  18. Hummingbird
  19. Eric Clapton – contrary to popular belief, the name was not given to him due to playing the guitar slowly but rather due to the audiences giving him a slow hand clap while changing the guitar strings on the stage.
  20. Italy

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