DEB STUDY - The Competitive Exam Guide

General Knowledge Q. 1  Who was the governor of New South Wales in 1808  ? Captain William Bligh Q. 2  Who said "necessity is the mother of invention"  ? Ovid Q. 3  Which metal gets its name from Swedish for heavy stone  ? Tungsten Q. 4  Solanum Tuberosum is the Latin name for what plant  ? Potato

General Knowledge Q. 1  In what city is the worlds largest medieval cathedral  ? Seville Q. 2  Who was the Roman Goddess of peace  ? Pax Q. 3  In wacky races what were the gang of criminals called  ? The Ant Hill Mob Q. 4  I get around was a hit for which group  ? Beach Boys

General Knowledge Q. 1  What's the name of the worlds first National theatre Paris 1680  ? Comedie Francaise Q. 2  Who wrote The Witches of Eastwick  ? John Updike Q. 3  E H Shepherd illustrated which series of stories  ? Winnie the Pooh Q. 4  Albrecht Durer drew what - without ever seeing one  ? Rhinoceros

General Knowledge Q. 1  Yggdrasil is what in Norse mythology  ? Tree Q. 2  A haemodializar is a mechanical what  ? Kidney Q. 3  Kerkira is the Greek name for what Island  ? Corfu Q. 4  Who signed the Magna Carta at Runnymead  ? No One - John sealed it illiterate

General Knowledge Q. 1  What does the family name Perkins mean  ? The Rock Q. 2  What instrument does Grumpy play in Disney's Snow White  ? Organ Q. 3  Vienna is the setting for what Shakespeare play  ? Measure for Measure Q. 4  What was discovered at Qumran  ? Dead Sea Scrolls

General Knowledge Q. 1  Top USA food consumption days - Xmas Thanksgiving and what  ? Super Bowl Sunday Q. 2  What word spelled the same French, English, German, Swedish  ? Taxi Q. 3  Hamburgers were invented in what country  ? China Q. 4  Lalo Schifrin composed which famous TV series theme  ? Mission Impossible – plus others

General Knowledge Q. 1  David Robert Hayward-Jones became famous as who  ? David Bowie Q. 2  What sport is legal in only 16 American States  ? Greyhound Racing Q. 3  What is a Vitrine  ? Glass Display Cabinet Q. 4  Grevys and Burchells are types of what animal  ? Zebra

General Knowledge Q. 1  Stanley Burrell became famous as who  ? MC Hammer Q. 2  Who created the cartoon character Droopy  ? Tex Avery Q. 3  Who wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie  ? Muriel Spark Q. 4  What is the Latin name for the North Star  ? Polaris

General Knowledge Q. 1  In Beaconsfield Quebec it is illegal to own what  ? Log Cabin Q. 2  Who said "Too much of a good thing is wonderful"  ? Mae West Q. 3  What games name literally means To Grope Frantically  ? Scrabble Q. 4  What is the most ordered seafood item in a restaurant  ? Shrimp

General Knowledge Q. 1  In Georgia what can you not keep in your bathtub  ? Donkey Q. 2  Leonard Sly became famous as who  ? Roy Rodgers Q. 3  Perry Como the singer once worked as what  ? A Barber Q. 4  What colour did Ida McKinley ban from the White House  ? Yellow