General Knowledge Test No 15

245. What was the name of German terrorist Andreas Baader's female partner?

Ulrike Meinhof.

246. And what was the name of the urban guerrilla organisation they headed?

The Red Army Faction.

247. Which German bacteriologist discovered Salvarsan, a compound used in the treatment of syphilis, before the introduction of antibiotics?

Paul Ehrlich.

248. Which ancient Roman satirist wrote the 16 Satires?

Juvenal.

249. Who became the Queen of Netherlands in 1980?

Beatrix.

250. Who was the last Bristish king to appear in battle?

George II.

251. What is the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models called?

Taxidermy.

252. What is the Beaufort scale used to measure?

Wind speed.

253. What is the technical name for abnormally high blood presure?

Hypertension.

254. What part of eye is responsible for its color?

The iris.

256. The letter RF on a stamp would indicate it is from which country?

France.

257. What is the meaning of the musical term cantabile?

In a singing style.

258. San Juan is the capital of which island in the West Indies?

Puerto Rico.

259. Which profession gets its name from the Latin word for lead?

Plumbing.

260. On which part of the body do grasshoppers have their ears?

Hind legs. 261. Who wrote children's stories about the land of Narnia?

C.S. Lewis.

262. What is the second planet from the sun?

Venus.

263. What is the highest mountain in the Alps?

Mont Blanc.

264. Of which Caribbean country is Port-au-Prince the capital?

Haiti.

265. Which German city is asscociated with the legend of the Pied Piper?

Hameln, or Hamelin.

266. What name is given to the wind pattern that brings heavy rain to South Asia from April to September?

Monsoon.

267. What is the first book of the New Testament?

The Gospel according to Saint Matthew.

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