Pot Luck
General Knowledge


1. Where in the body is the labyrinth ?
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2. What is the common name for ascorbic acid ?
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3. Complete this quotation from Voltaire: 'If god did not exist...'.
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4. Americans call it a faucet. What do the British call it ?
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5. How are the first five books of the bible know collectively ?
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6. Who designed the dome of St. Peter's, Rome ?
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7. What is the unit of currency in Poland ?
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8. Which two elements make up water ?
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9. Who was the captain of the Pequod in Moby Dick ?
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10. What colour is a New York taxi ?
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11. Which two letters are worth ten points in the board game Scrabble ?
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12. Which useful household item is made from naphthalene ?
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13. What is measured on the Beaufort scale ?
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14. Which creatures live in a formicary ?
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15. Which bandleader died in an air crash over the English Channel during World War II ?
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16. What is the other name for the Jewish day of Atonement ?
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17. What was writer Charles Dodgson's pseudonym ?
Lewis Carroll

18. If an American footballer talked about his 'zippers' what would he mean ?
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19. Where would you find the 'ocean of storms' ?
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20. What is the pirate's flag with the skull and cross-bones called ?
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21. Where is the original Harris tweed spun and woven ?
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22. What do climbers call a peak higher the 914 m (3,000 ft) ?
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23. The famous Gurkha soldiers are known for carrying a particular type of large knife. What is this knife called ?
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24. Which bird is the international symbol of happiness ?
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25. What is the centuries old art of clipping hedges into various ornamental shapes traditionally called ?
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