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276 GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS
1. What's the longest railway tunnel of the
world?
2. What does UFO stand for?
3. End this common idiom: "As fit as...
4. What is a Christian temple called?
5. What is the deepest Ocean trench?
6. What's the longest word in the English
language?
7. What word can be a verb, noun, adjec-
tive, preposition, conjunction, interjec-
tion and a verbal auxiliary?
8. End this common idiom: "To be green
with...
9. What letter is silent in the word "hand-
some"?
10. How can you write the phrase "tulips" so
that it has a different meaning but
sounds the same?
11. Who climbs mountains?
12. What does EC stand for?
13. What's the opposite of "deep"?
14. Where is the smallest bone in the body?
15. Which is the only mammal that can't
jump?
16. What's another word for "fix"?
17. The word "funny" means both "amusing"
and...
18. What are the things that wipe the rain
off the front window of a car?
19. Who was the main actor in "Matrix "?
20. Who checks and balances the financial
books?
21. Start this common idiom: "...do as the
Romans do."
22. What is a Muslim temple called?
23. What does UN stand for?
24. Who mixes cocktails?
25. Start this common idiom: "...is worth
two in the bush."
26. What's the opposite of "wide"?
27. What are the things you tie on your
shoes?
28. How do you say "not happy" in one
word?
29. What are the 7 wonders of the ancient
world?
30. What's the most commonly used letter
of the alphabet?
31. What is the outside of an egg called?
32. Who was the first man in space?
33. What is an electric machine for cleaning
carpets called?
34. How many ways can you say the number
"0"?
35. What's the short form of "until"?
36. Which is the biggest ocean?
37. What does the abbreviation "misc."
stand for?
38. What's the longest bridge of the world?
39. How do you call the player that guards
the goal in soccer?
40. What letter is silent in the word "comb"?
41. How can you write the phrase "iced ink"
so that it has a different meaning but
sounds the same?
42. Who was the main actor in "Gladiator"?
43. What's the world's tallest building?
44. What letter is silent in the word
"autumn"?
45. What did the Montgolfier brothers
invent?
46. Who were the first Europeans to visit
Canada?
47. What's the most important book in the
Moslem religion?
48. How do you say "not employed" in one
word?
49. Which is the smallest ocean?
277GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS
50. When did the first man go into space?
51. Who is the top scorer of 2002 World
Cup?
52. What is the full term for e-mail?
53. Where did the first atomic bomb used in
war explode?
54. Who said, "Vini, vidi, vici"?
55. What's the opposite of innocent?
56. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
57. Name a famous detective who smoked a
pipe and played the violin.
58. What does the boxing term KO stand
for?
59. What is the capital of Australia?
60. How do you call your wife's brother?
61. Start this common idiom: "...shouldn't
throw stones."
62. How do you call your sister's son?
63. What temperature does water boil at?
64. How do you say "not suitable" in one
word?
65. Who discovered penicillin?
66. Who invented the airplane with motor?
67. Which team has won the UEFA Cup in
2003?
68. What's the largest city in India?
69. End this common phrase: "See you
later,..."
70. What is the largest lake of the world?
71. What did Joseph Priesley discover in
1774?
72. What letter is silent in the word "talk"?
73. What activity other than jumping are
kangaroos good at?
74. How do you call your grandmother's sis-
ter?
75. Who plays the music at a disco?
76. What color is a crab's blood?
77. How do you call a person that takes care
of animals at the zoo?
78. What's the capital of Brazil?
79. What's the most frequent final letter of
words?
80. Start this common idiom: "...and his
money are soon parted."
81. Who is the first president of the USA?
82. What word means "correct" as well as
"the opposite of left"?
83. Who said, "I think, therefore I am"?
84. How do you say "not fair" in one word?
85. What is the Canadian national anthem?
86. What year did Elvis Presley die?
87. How can you write the phrase "a nice
man" so that it has a different meaning
but sounds the same?
88. What letter of the alphabet is the most
common first letter of words?
89. What's the capital of Finland?
90. End this common saying: "What goes up
must come...
91. What is the yellow part of an egg called?
92. In which city is Hollywood?
93. What's the capital of Kenya?
94. Who wrote Julius Caesar, Macbeth and
Hamlet?
95. Who has a red nose and makes children
laugh at a circus?
96. What did the 7 dwarves in Snow White
do for a job?
97. Who invented the modern bicycle?
98. What's the smallest country in the
world?
99. What's the capital of Denmark?
100. What's the most common pair of letters
in words?
101. Which river goes through London?
102. What's the highest mountain in Africa?
103. End this common idiom: "As busy as...
104. How do you say "not qualified" in one
word?
105. How can you write the phrase "that
stuff" so that it has a different meaning
but sounds the same?
106. Who gave his name to the month of
July?
107. What's the capital of Monaco?
108. How can you write the phrase "I
scream" so that it has a different
meaning but sounds the same?
109. Which is Britain's second largest city?
110. What's the capital of Canada?
111. What color is a panda bear?
112. How many words are there in the
English language?
113. Which mountains are between Spain
and France?
114. When did the First World War start?
115. Who was the first President of the USA?
116. Did Neil Armstrong put his left or his
right foot on the moon first?
117. What's the name of the famous clock in
London?
118. What is the most crowded state in the
USA?
119. Where does the American president
live?
120. What is the first letter on a typewriter?
121. What is the top selling album of All-
Time?
122. Which is the Oscar Winner film in 2001?
278 GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS
123. What are the three primary colors?
124. What is the most crowded state in the
USA?
125. How long is a round in boxing?
126. How many months have 31 days?
127. How many vowels are there in the
English language?
128. What is 15 metres high, 8 metres wide
and 240 kilometers long?
129. What's the highest mountain in the
world?
130. What's the capital of Scotland?
131. Which country has the largest area:
Australia, Brazil or India?
132. Who was the first man on the moon?
133. What is Turkey's biggest city?
134. When did the Second World War end?
135. What are Canada's official languages?
136. What's the fastest passenger plane in
the world?
137. What are the Sun, the Independent and
the Guardian?
138. How many players are there in a bas-
ketball team?
139. Which language is spoken by most peo-
ple in the world?
140. How many squares are there on a
chess board?
141. How many players are there in a vol-
leyball team?
142. What are the five colors of the Olympic
rings?
143. How long is compulsory military service
in Canada?
144. How many colors are there in a rain-
bow?
145. How many legs has a spider got?
146. What does the Roman numeral C rep-
resent?
147. Which planet is nearest the sun?
148. What colors make purple?
149. What's the hardest rock? (diamond)
150. What is thanatology the scientific study
of?
151. In what year did the space shuttle
Challenger explode killing the crew?
152. Where is Mount Everest?
153. Where do anteaters live?
154. What is the capital city of Uruguay?
155. Where is the Eiffel Tower? Which coun-
try and which city?
156. What is the official language of Chile?
157. What, in population terms, is the
largest Spanish speaking country in the
world?
158. Which is the world's largest lizard?
159. How many different letters are used in
Roman numerals?
160. Of which country is Baku the capital?
161. What should you say in English if some-
one sneezes?
162. Who invented the aero plane?
163. Which is the best selling car name of all
time?
164. Who wrote 'Animal Farm'?
165. Name five methods of transport?.
166. Name ten countries where English is an
official language.
167. Name ten parts of the body lower than
the neck.
168. Which explorer discovered the sea-
route to India?
169. What is the currency of Turkey?
170. Who invented the electric light bulb?
171. Who invented the telephone?
172. What is the official language of Brazil?
173. "A good husband should be deaf and a
good wife ………"
174. In which city is Kabe (the house of
God), where millions of Muslims gather
to perform their prayer, located?
175. When did England last win the football
world cup?
176. What is the world's tallest tower?
177. Where was Christopher Columbus
born?
178. What nationality was Marco Polo?
179. What is the worst explosion of the
world history?
180. What is the all time top grossing
American Movie?
181. What currency do they use in Japan?
182. What is the worst flood of the world
history?
183. Paraguay has borders with Argentina,
Brazil and which other country?
184. Rabat is the capital of which Kingdom?
185. Which is the only vowel on a standard
keyboard that is not on the top line of
letters?
186. Which President died a violent death in
1963?
187. When did Elizabeth II become Queen of
the United Kingdom?
188. How high is Mount Everest?
189. What happened if you killed a cat in
ancient Egypt?
190. Which Roman town was covered by vol-
canic ash?
279GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS
191. Lending her name to a famous brand,
who was the Greek Goddess of Victory?
192. Name the four states in the USA that
start with the letter A?
193. What is the capital of Thailand?
194. Genghis Khan was the most famous
leader of what people?
195. From what port did the Titanic set sail
on its fateful voyage?
196. What is stored in a camel's hump?
197. What is Batman's off-duty name?
198. There are three countries that have
both an Atlantic and a Mediterranean
coast, name them?
199. Which toy was voted Toy of the 20th
Century?
200. Name a country whose name starts
with the letter A but does not finish
with an A?
201. What are the colors of the French flag?
202. Which is the longest river in the world?
203. What is the name of Christian's
prophet?
204. Which river flows through London?
205. What is the worst earthquake of the
world history?
206. What is the largest type of shark?
207. How many bits are there in a byte?
208. The Matrix Reloaded took $93 mil in its
opening US weekend, a record second-
ly only to which previous film?
209. Who discovered penicillin?
210. Which is the highest waterfall in the
world?
211. Which is the biggest country; the
United Kingdom, France or Spain?
212. Who was the most famous woman
Prime Minister in Britain?
213. What are the first six letters on the top
row of most typewriters in the world?
214. What does UNESCO stand for?
215. What is the American English word for
the British English word-lift?
216. What is the name of Muslim's prophet?
217. Which three nationalities did Einstein
have at different times?
218. Which metal boils at the highest tem-
perature silver gold or lead?
219. What is the capital city of Kenya?
220. Who invented the helicopter?
221. Who invented the color television?
222. In which sport are a bow and arrow
used?
223. What are the 5 largest countries of the
world?
224. What is the most crowded city in the
world?
225. How is the year 1500 written in Roman
numerals?
226. Who was the Queen of Egypt twice?
227. Which player has scored the earliest
goal of the World Cup history?
228. What is the capital of Cuba?
229. What is the worst fire of the world his-
tory?
230. A is the international vehicle registra-
tion letter for which country?
231. What is the sport with the largest play-
ing field?
232. Which astronaut was the first to orbit
the earth?
233. What does a third-place getter at the
Olympic Games win?
234. How did titanic sink with her 1503 pas-
sengers?
235. Who invented the electronic computer?
236. Who invented the laptop?
237. What are the 5 most crowded countries
of the world?
238. Which is the most famous long island?
239. What did John Boyd Dunlop invent in
1888?
240. What is the worst tornado of the world
history?
241. Name the Canadian who won the 1988
Olympic 100m but was later stripped of
the title when he tested positive for
anabolic steroids?
242. How many permanent teeth does an
adult have?
243. What awards, founded by a Swedish
chemist and inventor of dynamite, were
first conferred on December 10th,
1901?
244. What do English-speaking people often
say when they are being pho-
tographed?
245. If it is midday in London, what time is
it in New York?
246. Which was the most expensive film
ever made?
247. What is the boiling point of water?
248. Which activity utilizes more muscles:
Smiling or Frowning?
249. What is the normal temperature of the
human body (in Celsius)?
250. Which fictional character had two ugly
sisters?
251. Give the correct name for the hormone
which stimulates the nervous system
and raises heartbeat?
280 GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS
252. Fire is one of the four elements or
essences - the other three being air,
earth, and water. Which famous Greek
philosopher established this theory in
4BC?
253. What was Sting before he became a
rock star?
254. By which name is Nicholas Coppola bet-
ter known?
255. Why is the Empire State Building so
called?
256. Brazil have been world football champi-
ons more times than any other nation.
Whom did they beat to become World
Champions the last time?
257. Which musical instrument does former
U.S. president Bill Clinton play?
258. Born in Wylam Northumberland, who is
credited as the inventor of the locomo-
tive?
259. Originating in the Balkans, which prod-
uct is obtained by fermenting milk with
the bacteria Lactobacillus Bulgaricus
and Streptococcus Acidophilus?
260. How many hurdles in a 110m and
400m race?
261. What is the hardest material in the
human body?
262. Name at least three countries in Europe
which have red, white and blue flags.
263. Producing about 600 metric tons annu-
ally, which country is the world's lead-
ing supplier of gold?
264. Which City set between the Thames
and Cerwell rivers became the Royalist
headquarters during the Civil War and
later developed into a world-famous
seat of learning?
265. Where did the worst railroad disaster of
the world happened?
266. Although we associate coffee with
South America, which African country is
native to the shrub Coffea Arabica from
which coffee is made?
267. End this common idiom: "Too many
cooks spoil the...
268. In which sport do neither the partici-
pants nor the spectators know the
score until the end?
269. What are the only two colors allowed
for the ball in Table Tennis competi-
tions?
270. Which team defeated the world cham-
pions France in the opening game of
2002 World Championship?
271. Which is the nearest star?
272. What is the biggest state in the U.S.A.?
273. Which country has the biggest land
area?
274. In which country will the 2008 Olympic
Games be held?
275. Which country won the 2002 FIFA
World Cup football tournament?
276. What country does the football player
Shevchenko come from?
277. For which film did Bryan Adams write
"(Everything I do) I do it for you"?
278. Which player has been transferred from
Manchester United to Real Madrid in
2003?
279. Who made the first telephone call to
the moon?
280. Only three countries (members of the
UN) have names that start with the let-
ter 'H' in English. Which ones?
281. How many stars does the flag of the
European Union now have?
282. What did Dr John S. Pemberton concoct
in a three-legged pot in his backyard in
1886?
283. Where did the first traffic lights appear?
284. What is the most popular indoor sport
in the U.S.A.?
285. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
286. What is the worst aircraft accident of
the history?
287. On which continent is the Sahara
desert?
288. Name the two longest rivers in the
world.
289. Which ocean is to the east of Africa?
290. What is longest running race in the
Olympic Games called?
291. For which film did Whitney Houston
sing "I'll always love you"?
292. In snooker, what is the color of the last
ball potted?
293. Which team won the 2003 Formula One
car racing championship?
294. Which classical composer became deaf
near the end of his life?
295. Which famous pop musician sang at
Princess Diana's funeral?
296. Which Empire, expanding to Africa in
the South, Asia in the east and Europe
(Balkans) in the north, has been one of
the greatest empires of all time?
297. What instrument is used for measuring
temperature?
281GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS
298. What gas do plants absorb from the
atmosphere?
299. What do we call a shape with eight
sides?
300. What is the study of plants called?
301. Which South American country has the
greatest land area?
302. What is the capital city of Sri Lanka?
303. Which climate is generally hotter and
more humid, tropical or temperate?
304. Which team has won the first UEFA and
Super Cups of the 21st century?
305. What do we call a mountain which
could erupt?
306. Antarctica covers which of the earth's
poles?
307. What is the biggest shipwreck of the
history?
308. In which sport was Muhammad Ali the
world champion?
309. Which famous golf player's mother
comes from Thailand?
310. Where was Ricky Martin born?
311. Blood is filtered by which pair of
organs?
312. Which planet is the fifth from the sun?
313. Who developed the theory of relativity?
314. Which travel faster, light or sound
waves?
315. Which continent has the biggest popu-
lation?
316. On which continent is Sierra Leone?
317. In boxing, what do the letters K.O.
stand for?
318. How many rings are there in the
Olympic Games symbol?
319. What is South America's highest moun-
tain range?
320. Who is named as the most valuable
player in NBA in 2003?
321. Which team won the championship in
NBA in 2003?
322. Which basketball player has scored the
most points in the NBA history?
323. Which driver has won the last champi-
onships of Formula 1?
324. Which player is named as the most
valuable player in Europe in 2003?
325. Triton is a moon of which planet?
326. For what chemical process do plants
need sunlight, CO2 and water?
327. What do we call the study of birds?
Ornithology
328. Which national team took the third
place in 2002 World Cup in Japan?
329. In which country is the world's highest
waterfall?
330. What natural phenomena are measured
by the 'Richter scale'?
331. Which two oceans does the Panama
Canal link?
332. Which team has won the
Intercontinental Cup in 2003 after
beating Milan?
1. Seikan-Japan (53.9 kilometers)
2. Unidentified Flying Object
3. a fiddle
4. Church
5. 10924 meters (Marianna Trench)
6. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovol-
canoconiosis, (a forty-five-letter word
which is the name of a special form of
silicosis caused by ultra-microscopic
particles of siliceous volcanic dust)
7. like: "Fruit flies like bananas; We may
never see its like again; People of like
tastes agree; The rate is more like 12
percent; Time flies like an arrow; They
acted like they were scared; Like, man,
that was far out; I like to sleep in late on
weekends.
8. envy
9. d
10. two lips
11. a mountaineer
12. European Community
13. shallow
14. ear
15. elephant
16. repair, anchor, arrange, focus, manipu-
late, get revenge on
17. strange
18. windscreen wipers
19. Keanu Reeves
20. an accountant
21. When in Rome...
22. Mosque
23. United Nations
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24. a bartender
25. A bird in the hand...
26. narrow
27. shoelaces
28. unhappy
29. The Pyramids (Egypt), The Hanging
Gardens of Babylon (Iraq), The
Lighthouse of Alexandra(Egypt), The
Colossus of Rhodes(Greece), The Temple
of Artemis at Ephesus(Turkey), The
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus(Turkey),
The Statue of Zeus (Greece)
30. e
31. shell
32. Gagarin
33. vacuum cleaner
34. zero, naught, nought, oh, nill, cipher
35. till
36. Pacific
37. miscellaneous
38. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge-Japan(2 kilome-
ters)
39. goalkeeper, goaltender or goalie)
40. b
41. I stink
42. Russell Crowe
43. Taipei 101-Taiwan (101 floors-508
meters)
44. n
45. the hot air balloon
46. the Vikings
47. Koran
48. unemployed
49. Arctic
50. 1961
51. Ronaldo-Brazil(8 goals)
52. electronic mail
53. Hiroshima-Japan
54. Julius Caesar
55. guilty
56. Da Vinci
57. Sherlock Holmes
58. knockout
59. Canberra
60. brother-in-law
61. People in glass houses...
62. nephew
63. 100 degrees Celsius
64. unsuitable
65. Fleming
66. Wright Brothers-American-1903
67. Porto
68. Bombay
69. alligator
70. Superior Lake-North America
71. Oxygen
72. l
73. boxing
74. great-aunt
75. the DJ; Disk Jockey
76. blue
77. zookeeper
78. Brasilia
79. e
80. A fool...
81. George Washington
82. right
83. Descartes
84. unfair
85. Oh Canada
86. 1977
87. an ice man
88. s
89. Helsinki
90. down
91. yolk
92. Los Angeles
93. Nairobi
94. Shakespeare
95. a clown
96. miners
97. Starley-English-1885
98. Vatican City
99. Copenhagen
100. er
101. Thames
102. Kilimanjaro
103. a bee
104. unqualified
105. That's tough!
106. Julius Caesar
107. Monaco
108. ice cream
109. Birmingham
110. Ottawa
111. black and white
112. est. 2 million
113. Pyrenees
114. 1914
115. Washington
116. left
117. Big Ben
118. New York-8.000.000
119. The White House
120. Q
121. Eagles-The Greatest Hits (28.000.000)
122. Gladiator
123. red, blue and yellow
124. California-35.000.000
125. 3 minutes
126. 7
127. 5; a e i o u
128. Wall of China
129. Mt.Everest
130. Edinburgh
131. Brazil
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132. Armstrong
133. Istanbul;18.000.000
134. 1945
135. English and French
136. Concorde
137. newspapers
138. 5
139. Chinese
140. 64
141. 6
142. red,yellow,green,blue,black
143. no compulsory service, just voluntary
144. 7
145. 8
146. 100
147. Mercury
148. red and blue
149. diamond
150. Death
151. 1986
152. Nepal/Tibet border
153. South America
154. Montevideo
155. France/Paris
156. Spanish
157. Mexico
158. Komodo Dragon
159. 7 (I,V,X,L,D,C,M)
160. Azerbaijan
161. Bless you.
162. The first powered flight was by Wilbur
Wright in 1903 It lasted 12 seconds.
163. Toyota Corolla (25 million vehicles sold
in 142 countries)
164. George Orwell
165. Train, car, coach, bus, tram, ship, boat,
motorcycle etc.
166. England, Ireland, USA, Canada, India,
Kenya, Singapore, Barbados, South
Africa, Pakistan etc.
167. Chest, leg, arm, shoulder, foot, knee,
fingers, toes, thigh, shin, ankle etc.
168. Vasco de Gama
169. Lira
170. Edison
171. Bell
172. Portugese
173. Blind
174. Mecca-Saudi Arabia
175. 1966
176. CN Tower-Canada (553 meters)
177. Genova, Italy
178. Italian
179. A chemical plant explosion in India
caused 3849 deaths in 1984.
180. Titanic-600 Million Dollars
181. Yen
182. In 1931 a flood caused nearly
3.700.000 deaths in China.
183. Bolivia
184. Morocco
185. A
186. John F. Kennedy
187. 1952
188. 8.848 meters
189. You were executed because cats were
sacred
190. Both Pompeii and Herculaneum were
covered by ash from Mount Vesuvius in
79 AD
191. Nike
192. Alabama; Arizona: Arkansas; Alaska
193. Bangkok
194. The Mongols
195. Southampton
196. Fat
197. Bruce Wayne
198. France, Spain & Morocco
199. Lego
200. Afghanistan or Azerbaijan
201. Red, white and blue
202. 6,670 for the Nile
203. Jesus
204. The Thames
205. In 1556, an earthquake caused
830.000 deaths in China.
206. Whale shark
207. Eight
208. Spider-man
209. Alexander Fleming
210. Salto Angel in Venezuela - 979 meters
211. The UK: 240,937 km; France: 547,026
km; Spain: 504,782 km
212. Margaret Thatcher, 1979-90
213. QWERTY
214. United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization
215. Elevator
216. Mohammed
217. He was born in Germany, then became
a Swiss citizen, and later took American
citizenship.
218. Gold. 2,900°C; silver: 2,210°C; lead:
1.740°C
219. Nairobi
220. Sikorsky-American-1935
221. 1928
222. Archery
223. 1-Russia, 2-China, 3-Canada, 4-USA,
5-Brazil
224. Tokyo-Japan (26.500.000)
225. (MD]
226. Cleopatra
227. Hakan Sukur-Turkey (He scored in the
11th second in 2002)
228. Havana
229. In 1996, a school fire caused over 500
deaths in India.
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230. Austria
231. Polo
232. Yuri Gagarin
233. A bronze medal
234. It hit an iceberg in Northern Atlantic in
1912
235. Berry Atanosov-American-1942
236. Sinclair-English-1987
237. 1-China (1.304.000.000),
2-India (1.065.000.000),
3-USA (294.000.000),
4-Indonesia (219.000.000),
5-Brazil (178.000.000)
238. Long Island in New York State, contain-
ing Brooklyn, Queens and John F
Kennedy Airport
239. He made tires with air in them for his
child's bicycle
240. In 1970 a tornado caused nearly
300.000 deaths in Bangladesh.
241. Ben Johnson
242. 32
243. Nobel Prizes
244. 'Cheese!' Then they look as though
they are smiling.
245. Seven o'clock in the morning
246. Star Trek in 1979-$46,000,000
247. 100' centigrade
248. Frowning
249. 36.89Degrees
250. Cinderella
251. Adrenaline
252. Aristotle
253. A teacher
254. Nicolas Cage
255. Because New York is the Empire State
256. Germany, 2002
257. Saxophone
258. George Stevenson
259. Yoghurt
260. 10 in each
261. Tooth Enamel
262. United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia,
France, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway
263. South Africa
264. Oxford
265. India in 1981-Over 800 deaths
266. Ethiopia
267. broth
268. Boxing
269. White and Yellow
270. Senegal
271. The sun
272. Alaska
273. Russia
274. China
275. Brazil
276. Ukraine
277. Robin Hood
278. David Beckham
279. Nixon
280. Haiti, Honduras and Hungary
281. 12. The number of stars will not change
when new members are admitted
282. Coca-Cola
283. Detroit in 1919
284. Basketball
285. Wellington
286. A Pan-American plane collided on run-
way in Canary Islands in Spain and
caused 583 deaths in 1977.
287. Africa
288. Amazon/Nile
289. Indian Ocean
290. The marathon
291. The bodyguard
292. Black
293. Ferrari
294. Beethoven
295. Elton John
296. Ottoman Empire
297. A thermometer
298. Carbon dioxide
299. Octagon
300. Botany
301. Brazil
302. Colombo
303. Tropical
304. Galatasaray-Turkey
305. A volcano
306. The South Pole
307. An overloaded Senegalese ferry
capsized in ocean of Gambia in 2002
and 1863 passengers passed away.
308. Boxing
309. Tiger Woods
310. Puerto Rico
311. Kidneys
312. Jupiter
313. Albert Einstein
314. Light waves
315. Asia
316. Africa
317. Knock out
318. Five
319. The Andes
320. Tim Duncan-San Antonio
321. San Antonio Spurs
322. Michael Jordan(32.292 points)
323. Michael Schumacher
324. Pavel Nedved-Juventus
325. Neptune
326. Photosynthesis
327. Ornithology
328. Turkey
329. Venezuela
330. Earthquake
331. Atlantic/Pacific
332. Boca Juniors

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General knowledge questions

  • 1. 276 GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 1. What's the longest railway tunnel of the world? 2. What does UFO stand for? 3. End this common idiom: "As fit as... 4. What is a Christian temple called? 5. What is the deepest Ocean trench? 6. What's the longest word in the English language? 7. What word can be a verb, noun, adjec- tive, preposition, conjunction, interjec- tion and a verbal auxiliary? 8. End this common idiom: "To be green with... 9. What letter is silent in the word "hand- some"? 10. How can you write the phrase "tulips" so that it has a different meaning but sounds the same? 11. Who climbs mountains? 12. What does EC stand for? 13. What's the opposite of "deep"? 14. Where is the smallest bone in the body? 15. Which is the only mammal that can't jump? 16. What's another word for "fix"? 17. The word "funny" means both "amusing" and... 18. What are the things that wipe the rain off the front window of a car? 19. Who was the main actor in "Matrix "? 20. Who checks and balances the financial books? 21. Start this common idiom: "...do as the Romans do." 22. What is a Muslim temple called? 23. What does UN stand for? 24. Who mixes cocktails? 25. Start this common idiom: "...is worth two in the bush." 26. What's the opposite of "wide"? 27. What are the things you tie on your shoes? 28. How do you say "not happy" in one word? 29. What are the 7 wonders of the ancient world? 30. What's the most commonly used letter of the alphabet? 31. What is the outside of an egg called? 32. Who was the first man in space? 33. What is an electric machine for cleaning carpets called? 34. How many ways can you say the number "0"? 35. What's the short form of "until"? 36. Which is the biggest ocean? 37. What does the abbreviation "misc." stand for? 38. What's the longest bridge of the world? 39. How do you call the player that guards the goal in soccer? 40. What letter is silent in the word "comb"? 41. How can you write the phrase "iced ink" so that it has a different meaning but sounds the same? 42. Who was the main actor in "Gladiator"? 43. What's the world's tallest building? 44. What letter is silent in the word "autumn"? 45. What did the Montgolfier brothers invent? 46. Who were the first Europeans to visit Canada? 47. What's the most important book in the Moslem religion? 48. How do you say "not employed" in one word? 49. Which is the smallest ocean?
  • 2. 277GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 50. When did the first man go into space? 51. Who is the top scorer of 2002 World Cup? 52. What is the full term for e-mail? 53. Where did the first atomic bomb used in war explode? 54. Who said, "Vini, vidi, vici"? 55. What's the opposite of innocent? 56. Who painted the Mona Lisa? 57. Name a famous detective who smoked a pipe and played the violin. 58. What does the boxing term KO stand for? 59. What is the capital of Australia? 60. How do you call your wife's brother? 61. Start this common idiom: "...shouldn't throw stones." 62. How do you call your sister's son? 63. What temperature does water boil at? 64. How do you say "not suitable" in one word? 65. Who discovered penicillin? 66. Who invented the airplane with motor? 67. Which team has won the UEFA Cup in 2003? 68. What's the largest city in India? 69. End this common phrase: "See you later,..." 70. What is the largest lake of the world? 71. What did Joseph Priesley discover in 1774? 72. What letter is silent in the word "talk"? 73. What activity other than jumping are kangaroos good at? 74. How do you call your grandmother's sis- ter? 75. Who plays the music at a disco? 76. What color is a crab's blood? 77. How do you call a person that takes care of animals at the zoo? 78. What's the capital of Brazil? 79. What's the most frequent final letter of words? 80. Start this common idiom: "...and his money are soon parted." 81. Who is the first president of the USA? 82. What word means "correct" as well as "the opposite of left"? 83. Who said, "I think, therefore I am"? 84. How do you say "not fair" in one word? 85. What is the Canadian national anthem? 86. What year did Elvis Presley die? 87. How can you write the phrase "a nice man" so that it has a different meaning but sounds the same? 88. What letter of the alphabet is the most common first letter of words? 89. What's the capital of Finland? 90. End this common saying: "What goes up must come... 91. What is the yellow part of an egg called? 92. In which city is Hollywood? 93. What's the capital of Kenya? 94. Who wrote Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Hamlet? 95. Who has a red nose and makes children laugh at a circus? 96. What did the 7 dwarves in Snow White do for a job? 97. Who invented the modern bicycle? 98. What's the smallest country in the world? 99. What's the capital of Denmark? 100. What's the most common pair of letters in words? 101. Which river goes through London? 102. What's the highest mountain in Africa? 103. End this common idiom: "As busy as... 104. How do you say "not qualified" in one word? 105. How can you write the phrase "that stuff" so that it has a different meaning but sounds the same? 106. Who gave his name to the month of July? 107. What's the capital of Monaco? 108. How can you write the phrase "I scream" so that it has a different meaning but sounds the same? 109. Which is Britain's second largest city? 110. What's the capital of Canada? 111. What color is a panda bear? 112. How many words are there in the English language? 113. Which mountains are between Spain and France? 114. When did the First World War start? 115. Who was the first President of the USA? 116. Did Neil Armstrong put his left or his right foot on the moon first? 117. What's the name of the famous clock in London? 118. What is the most crowded state in the USA? 119. Where does the American president live? 120. What is the first letter on a typewriter? 121. What is the top selling album of All- Time? 122. Which is the Oscar Winner film in 2001?
  • 3. 278 GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 123. What are the three primary colors? 124. What is the most crowded state in the USA? 125. How long is a round in boxing? 126. How many months have 31 days? 127. How many vowels are there in the English language? 128. What is 15 metres high, 8 metres wide and 240 kilometers long? 129. What's the highest mountain in the world? 130. What's the capital of Scotland? 131. Which country has the largest area: Australia, Brazil or India? 132. Who was the first man on the moon? 133. What is Turkey's biggest city? 134. When did the Second World War end? 135. What are Canada's official languages? 136. What's the fastest passenger plane in the world? 137. What are the Sun, the Independent and the Guardian? 138. How many players are there in a bas- ketball team? 139. Which language is spoken by most peo- ple in the world? 140. How many squares are there on a chess board? 141. How many players are there in a vol- leyball team? 142. What are the five colors of the Olympic rings? 143. How long is compulsory military service in Canada? 144. How many colors are there in a rain- bow? 145. How many legs has a spider got? 146. What does the Roman numeral C rep- resent? 147. Which planet is nearest the sun? 148. What colors make purple? 149. What's the hardest rock? (diamond) 150. What is thanatology the scientific study of? 151. In what year did the space shuttle Challenger explode killing the crew? 152. Where is Mount Everest? 153. Where do anteaters live? 154. What is the capital city of Uruguay? 155. Where is the Eiffel Tower? Which coun- try and which city? 156. What is the official language of Chile? 157. What, in population terms, is the largest Spanish speaking country in the world? 158. Which is the world's largest lizard? 159. How many different letters are used in Roman numerals? 160. Of which country is Baku the capital? 161. What should you say in English if some- one sneezes? 162. Who invented the aero plane? 163. Which is the best selling car name of all time? 164. Who wrote 'Animal Farm'? 165. Name five methods of transport?. 166. Name ten countries where English is an official language. 167. Name ten parts of the body lower than the neck. 168. Which explorer discovered the sea- route to India? 169. What is the currency of Turkey? 170. Who invented the electric light bulb? 171. Who invented the telephone? 172. What is the official language of Brazil? 173. "A good husband should be deaf and a good wife ………" 174. In which city is Kabe (the house of God), where millions of Muslims gather to perform their prayer, located? 175. When did England last win the football world cup? 176. What is the world's tallest tower? 177. Where was Christopher Columbus born? 178. What nationality was Marco Polo? 179. What is the worst explosion of the world history? 180. What is the all time top grossing American Movie? 181. What currency do they use in Japan? 182. What is the worst flood of the world history? 183. Paraguay has borders with Argentina, Brazil and which other country? 184. Rabat is the capital of which Kingdom? 185. Which is the only vowel on a standard keyboard that is not on the top line of letters? 186. Which President died a violent death in 1963? 187. When did Elizabeth II become Queen of the United Kingdom? 188. How high is Mount Everest? 189. What happened if you killed a cat in ancient Egypt? 190. Which Roman town was covered by vol- canic ash?
  • 4. 279GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 191. Lending her name to a famous brand, who was the Greek Goddess of Victory? 192. Name the four states in the USA that start with the letter A? 193. What is the capital of Thailand? 194. Genghis Khan was the most famous leader of what people? 195. From what port did the Titanic set sail on its fateful voyage? 196. What is stored in a camel's hump? 197. What is Batman's off-duty name? 198. There are three countries that have both an Atlantic and a Mediterranean coast, name them? 199. Which toy was voted Toy of the 20th Century? 200. Name a country whose name starts with the letter A but does not finish with an A? 201. What are the colors of the French flag? 202. Which is the longest river in the world? 203. What is the name of Christian's prophet? 204. Which river flows through London? 205. What is the worst earthquake of the world history? 206. What is the largest type of shark? 207. How many bits are there in a byte? 208. The Matrix Reloaded took $93 mil in its opening US weekend, a record second- ly only to which previous film? 209. Who discovered penicillin? 210. Which is the highest waterfall in the world? 211. Which is the biggest country; the United Kingdom, France or Spain? 212. Who was the most famous woman Prime Minister in Britain? 213. What are the first six letters on the top row of most typewriters in the world? 214. What does UNESCO stand for? 215. What is the American English word for the British English word-lift? 216. What is the name of Muslim's prophet? 217. Which three nationalities did Einstein have at different times? 218. Which metal boils at the highest tem- perature silver gold or lead? 219. What is the capital city of Kenya? 220. Who invented the helicopter? 221. Who invented the color television? 222. In which sport are a bow and arrow used? 223. What are the 5 largest countries of the world? 224. What is the most crowded city in the world? 225. How is the year 1500 written in Roman numerals? 226. Who was the Queen of Egypt twice? 227. Which player has scored the earliest goal of the World Cup history? 228. What is the capital of Cuba? 229. What is the worst fire of the world his- tory? 230. A is the international vehicle registra- tion letter for which country? 231. What is the sport with the largest play- ing field? 232. Which astronaut was the first to orbit the earth? 233. What does a third-place getter at the Olympic Games win? 234. How did titanic sink with her 1503 pas- sengers? 235. Who invented the electronic computer? 236. Who invented the laptop? 237. What are the 5 most crowded countries of the world? 238. Which is the most famous long island? 239. What did John Boyd Dunlop invent in 1888? 240. What is the worst tornado of the world history? 241. Name the Canadian who won the 1988 Olympic 100m but was later stripped of the title when he tested positive for anabolic steroids? 242. How many permanent teeth does an adult have? 243. What awards, founded by a Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, were first conferred on December 10th, 1901? 244. What do English-speaking people often say when they are being pho- tographed? 245. If it is midday in London, what time is it in New York? 246. Which was the most expensive film ever made? 247. What is the boiling point of water? 248. Which activity utilizes more muscles: Smiling or Frowning? 249. What is the normal temperature of the human body (in Celsius)? 250. Which fictional character had two ugly sisters? 251. Give the correct name for the hormone which stimulates the nervous system and raises heartbeat?
  • 5. 280 GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 252. Fire is one of the four elements or essences - the other three being air, earth, and water. Which famous Greek philosopher established this theory in 4BC? 253. What was Sting before he became a rock star? 254. By which name is Nicholas Coppola bet- ter known? 255. Why is the Empire State Building so called? 256. Brazil have been world football champi- ons more times than any other nation. Whom did they beat to become World Champions the last time? 257. Which musical instrument does former U.S. president Bill Clinton play? 258. Born in Wylam Northumberland, who is credited as the inventor of the locomo- tive? 259. Originating in the Balkans, which prod- uct is obtained by fermenting milk with the bacteria Lactobacillus Bulgaricus and Streptococcus Acidophilus? 260. How many hurdles in a 110m and 400m race? 261. What is the hardest material in the human body? 262. Name at least three countries in Europe which have red, white and blue flags. 263. Producing about 600 metric tons annu- ally, which country is the world's lead- ing supplier of gold? 264. Which City set between the Thames and Cerwell rivers became the Royalist headquarters during the Civil War and later developed into a world-famous seat of learning? 265. Where did the worst railroad disaster of the world happened? 266. Although we associate coffee with South America, which African country is native to the shrub Coffea Arabica from which coffee is made? 267. End this common idiom: "Too many cooks spoil the... 268. In which sport do neither the partici- pants nor the spectators know the score until the end? 269. What are the only two colors allowed for the ball in Table Tennis competi- tions? 270. Which team defeated the world cham- pions France in the opening game of 2002 World Championship? 271. Which is the nearest star? 272. What is the biggest state in the U.S.A.? 273. Which country has the biggest land area? 274. In which country will the 2008 Olympic Games be held? 275. Which country won the 2002 FIFA World Cup football tournament? 276. What country does the football player Shevchenko come from? 277. For which film did Bryan Adams write "(Everything I do) I do it for you"? 278. Which player has been transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2003? 279. Who made the first telephone call to the moon? 280. Only three countries (members of the UN) have names that start with the let- ter 'H' in English. Which ones? 281. How many stars does the flag of the European Union now have? 282. What did Dr John S. Pemberton concoct in a three-legged pot in his backyard in 1886? 283. Where did the first traffic lights appear? 284. What is the most popular indoor sport in the U.S.A.? 285. What is the capital city of New Zealand? 286. What is the worst aircraft accident of the history? 287. On which continent is the Sahara desert? 288. Name the two longest rivers in the world. 289. Which ocean is to the east of Africa? 290. What is longest running race in the Olympic Games called? 291. For which film did Whitney Houston sing "I'll always love you"? 292. In snooker, what is the color of the last ball potted? 293. Which team won the 2003 Formula One car racing championship? 294. Which classical composer became deaf near the end of his life? 295. Which famous pop musician sang at Princess Diana's funeral? 296. Which Empire, expanding to Africa in the South, Asia in the east and Europe (Balkans) in the north, has been one of the greatest empires of all time? 297. What instrument is used for measuring temperature?
  • 6. 281GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 298. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere? 299. What do we call a shape with eight sides? 300. What is the study of plants called? 301. Which South American country has the greatest land area? 302. What is the capital city of Sri Lanka? 303. Which climate is generally hotter and more humid, tropical or temperate? 304. Which team has won the first UEFA and Super Cups of the 21st century? 305. What do we call a mountain which could erupt? 306. Antarctica covers which of the earth's poles? 307. What is the biggest shipwreck of the history? 308. In which sport was Muhammad Ali the world champion? 309. Which famous golf player's mother comes from Thailand? 310. Where was Ricky Martin born? 311. Blood is filtered by which pair of organs? 312. Which planet is the fifth from the sun? 313. Who developed the theory of relativity? 314. Which travel faster, light or sound waves? 315. Which continent has the biggest popu- lation? 316. On which continent is Sierra Leone? 317. In boxing, what do the letters K.O. stand for? 318. How many rings are there in the Olympic Games symbol? 319. What is South America's highest moun- tain range? 320. Who is named as the most valuable player in NBA in 2003? 321. Which team won the championship in NBA in 2003? 322. Which basketball player has scored the most points in the NBA history? 323. Which driver has won the last champi- onships of Formula 1? 324. Which player is named as the most valuable player in Europe in 2003? 325. Triton is a moon of which planet? 326. For what chemical process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water? 327. What do we call the study of birds? Ornithology 328. Which national team took the third place in 2002 World Cup in Japan? 329. In which country is the world's highest waterfall? 330. What natural phenomena are measured by the 'Richter scale'? 331. Which two oceans does the Panama Canal link? 332. Which team has won the Intercontinental Cup in 2003 after beating Milan? 1. Seikan-Japan (53.9 kilometers) 2. Unidentified Flying Object 3. a fiddle 4. Church 5. 10924 meters (Marianna Trench) 6. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovol- canoconiosis, (a forty-five-letter word which is the name of a special form of silicosis caused by ultra-microscopic particles of siliceous volcanic dust) 7. like: "Fruit flies like bananas; We may never see its like again; People of like tastes agree; The rate is more like 12 percent; Time flies like an arrow; They acted like they were scared; Like, man, that was far out; I like to sleep in late on weekends. 8. envy 9. d 10. two lips 11. a mountaineer 12. European Community 13. shallow 14. ear 15. elephant 16. repair, anchor, arrange, focus, manipu- late, get revenge on 17. strange 18. windscreen wipers 19. Keanu Reeves 20. an accountant 21. When in Rome... 22. Mosque 23. United Nations
  • 7. 282 GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 24. a bartender 25. A bird in the hand... 26. narrow 27. shoelaces 28. unhappy 29. The Pyramids (Egypt), The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Iraq), The Lighthouse of Alexandra(Egypt), The Colossus of Rhodes(Greece), The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus(Turkey), The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus(Turkey), The Statue of Zeus (Greece) 30. e 31. shell 32. Gagarin 33. vacuum cleaner 34. zero, naught, nought, oh, nill, cipher 35. till 36. Pacific 37. miscellaneous 38. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge-Japan(2 kilome- ters) 39. goalkeeper, goaltender or goalie) 40. b 41. I stink 42. Russell Crowe 43. Taipei 101-Taiwan (101 floors-508 meters) 44. n 45. the hot air balloon 46. the Vikings 47. Koran 48. unemployed 49. Arctic 50. 1961 51. Ronaldo-Brazil(8 goals) 52. electronic mail 53. Hiroshima-Japan 54. Julius Caesar 55. guilty 56. Da Vinci 57. Sherlock Holmes 58. knockout 59. Canberra 60. brother-in-law 61. People in glass houses... 62. nephew 63. 100 degrees Celsius 64. unsuitable 65. Fleming 66. Wright Brothers-American-1903 67. Porto 68. Bombay 69. alligator 70. Superior Lake-North America 71. Oxygen 72. l 73. boxing 74. great-aunt 75. the DJ; Disk Jockey 76. blue 77. zookeeper 78. Brasilia 79. e 80. A fool... 81. George Washington 82. right 83. Descartes 84. unfair 85. Oh Canada 86. 1977 87. an ice man 88. s 89. Helsinki 90. down 91. yolk 92. Los Angeles 93. Nairobi 94. Shakespeare 95. a clown 96. miners 97. Starley-English-1885 98. Vatican City 99. Copenhagen 100. er 101. Thames 102. Kilimanjaro 103. a bee 104. unqualified 105. That's tough! 106. Julius Caesar 107. Monaco 108. ice cream 109. Birmingham 110. Ottawa 111. black and white 112. est. 2 million 113. Pyrenees 114. 1914 115. Washington 116. left 117. Big Ben 118. New York-8.000.000 119. The White House 120. Q 121. Eagles-The Greatest Hits (28.000.000) 122. Gladiator 123. red, blue and yellow 124. California-35.000.000 125. 3 minutes 126. 7 127. 5; a e i o u 128. Wall of China 129. Mt.Everest 130. Edinburgh 131. Brazil
  • 8. 283GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 132. Armstrong 133. Istanbul;18.000.000 134. 1945 135. English and French 136. Concorde 137. newspapers 138. 5 139. Chinese 140. 64 141. 6 142. red,yellow,green,blue,black 143. no compulsory service, just voluntary 144. 7 145. 8 146. 100 147. Mercury 148. red and blue 149. diamond 150. Death 151. 1986 152. Nepal/Tibet border 153. South America 154. Montevideo 155. France/Paris 156. Spanish 157. Mexico 158. Komodo Dragon 159. 7 (I,V,X,L,D,C,M) 160. Azerbaijan 161. Bless you. 162. The first powered flight was by Wilbur Wright in 1903 It lasted 12 seconds. 163. Toyota Corolla (25 million vehicles sold in 142 countries) 164. George Orwell 165. Train, car, coach, bus, tram, ship, boat, motorcycle etc. 166. England, Ireland, USA, Canada, India, Kenya, Singapore, Barbados, South Africa, Pakistan etc. 167. Chest, leg, arm, shoulder, foot, knee, fingers, toes, thigh, shin, ankle etc. 168. Vasco de Gama 169. Lira 170. Edison 171. Bell 172. Portugese 173. Blind 174. Mecca-Saudi Arabia 175. 1966 176. CN Tower-Canada (553 meters) 177. Genova, Italy 178. Italian 179. A chemical plant explosion in India caused 3849 deaths in 1984. 180. Titanic-600 Million Dollars 181. Yen 182. In 1931 a flood caused nearly 3.700.000 deaths in China. 183. Bolivia 184. Morocco 185. A 186. John F. Kennedy 187. 1952 188. 8.848 meters 189. You were executed because cats were sacred 190. Both Pompeii and Herculaneum were covered by ash from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD 191. Nike 192. Alabama; Arizona: Arkansas; Alaska 193. Bangkok 194. The Mongols 195. Southampton 196. Fat 197. Bruce Wayne 198. France, Spain & Morocco 199. Lego 200. Afghanistan or Azerbaijan 201. Red, white and blue 202. 6,670 for the Nile 203. Jesus 204. The Thames 205. In 1556, an earthquake caused 830.000 deaths in China. 206. Whale shark 207. Eight 208. Spider-man 209. Alexander Fleming 210. Salto Angel in Venezuela - 979 meters 211. The UK: 240,937 km; France: 547,026 km; Spain: 504,782 km 212. Margaret Thatcher, 1979-90 213. QWERTY 214. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 215. Elevator 216. Mohammed 217. He was born in Germany, then became a Swiss citizen, and later took American citizenship. 218. Gold. 2,900°C; silver: 2,210°C; lead: 1.740°C 219. Nairobi 220. Sikorsky-American-1935 221. 1928 222. Archery 223. 1-Russia, 2-China, 3-Canada, 4-USA, 5-Brazil 224. Tokyo-Japan (26.500.000) 225. (MD] 226. Cleopatra 227. Hakan Sukur-Turkey (He scored in the 11th second in 2002) 228. Havana 229. In 1996, a school fire caused over 500 deaths in India.
  • 9. 284 GGEENNEERRAALL KKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEE QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 230. Austria 231. Polo 232. Yuri Gagarin 233. A bronze medal 234. It hit an iceberg in Northern Atlantic in 1912 235. Berry Atanosov-American-1942 236. Sinclair-English-1987 237. 1-China (1.304.000.000), 2-India (1.065.000.000), 3-USA (294.000.000), 4-Indonesia (219.000.000), 5-Brazil (178.000.000) 238. Long Island in New York State, contain- ing Brooklyn, Queens and John F Kennedy Airport 239. He made tires with air in them for his child's bicycle 240. In 1970 a tornado caused nearly 300.000 deaths in Bangladesh. 241. Ben Johnson 242. 32 243. Nobel Prizes 244. 'Cheese!' Then they look as though they are smiling. 245. Seven o'clock in the morning 246. Star Trek in 1979-$46,000,000 247. 100' centigrade 248. Frowning 249. 36.89Degrees 250. Cinderella 251. Adrenaline 252. Aristotle 253. A teacher 254. Nicolas Cage 255. Because New York is the Empire State 256. Germany, 2002 257. Saxophone 258. George Stevenson 259. Yoghurt 260. 10 in each 261. Tooth Enamel 262. United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway 263. South Africa 264. Oxford 265. India in 1981-Over 800 deaths 266. Ethiopia 267. broth 268. Boxing 269. White and Yellow 270. Senegal 271. The sun 272. Alaska 273. Russia 274. China 275. Brazil 276. Ukraine 277. Robin Hood 278. David Beckham 279. Nixon 280. Haiti, Honduras and Hungary 281. 12. The number of stars will not change when new members are admitted 282. Coca-Cola 283. Detroit in 1919 284. Basketball 285. Wellington 286. A Pan-American plane collided on run- way in Canary Islands in Spain and caused 583 deaths in 1977. 287. Africa 288. Amazon/Nile 289. Indian Ocean 290. The marathon 291. The bodyguard 292. Black 293. Ferrari 294. Beethoven 295. Elton John 296. Ottoman Empire 297. A thermometer 298. Carbon dioxide 299. Octagon 300. Botany 301. Brazil 302. Colombo 303. Tropical 304. Galatasaray-Turkey 305. A volcano 306. The South Pole 307. An overloaded Senegalese ferry capsized in ocean of Gambia in 2002 and 1863 passengers passed away. 308. Boxing 309. Tiger Woods 310. Puerto Rico 311. Kidneys 312. Jupiter 313. Albert Einstein 314. Light waves 315. Asia 316. Africa 317. Knock out 318. Five 319. The Andes 320. Tim Duncan-San Antonio 321. San Antonio Spurs 322. Michael Jordan(32.292 points) 323. Michael Schumacher 324. Pavel Nedved-Juventus 325. Neptune 326. Photosynthesis 327. Ornithology 328. Turkey 329. Venezuela 330. Earthquake 331. Atlantic/Pacific 332. Boca Juniors