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Duplicate of Quiz Bowl 2 - General Knowledge
Duplicate of Quiz Bowl 2 - General Knowledge
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A practice Quiz for the 2017 SkillsUSA Quiz Bowl Team
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1
From the following list of games, which one is the odd one out?
Yahtzee
Spades
Rummy
Bridge
2
Located in Southeast Asia, Cambodia shares a border with how many other countries?
2
1
4
3
3
Nobel Prizes are awarded in: literature, chemistry, economic science, physics, medicine and __?
Peace
Technology
Art
Theater
4
"Cavendish" is a variety of what fruit?
Pear
Kiwi
Apple
Banana
5
Making his debut in 1989, who was the first country artist to sell over 10 million albums?
Alan Jackson
Randy Travis
Garth Brooks
Clint Black
6
Carbon and which other element make up steel?
Cobalt
Antimony
Zinc
Iron
7
The fictional character "Captain Ahab" appears in which novel?
Robinson Crusoe
Treasure Island
Moby Dick
Gulliver's Travels
8
Seen as a pest by farmers, what is the name of the wild dogs, which are predators in Australia?
Bulldogs
Dingos
Irukandjis
Taipans
9
Accra is the capital of which nation?
Turkey
Qatar
Ethiopia
Ghana
10
The King Cobra is the national reptile of which nation?
Egypt
Yemen
Nepal
India
11
Which girl group had a 2005 hit with the song "Lose My Breath"?
Cleopatra
The Spice Girls
The Pussycat Dolls
Destiny's Child
12
Who was not one of the "Big Three" Allied leaders of World War II?
Eisenhower
Churchill
Stalin
Roosevelt
13
Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across which body of water in 1875?
Lake Ontario
River Thames
English Channel
North Sea
14
The remote volcanic island named "Easter Island" belongs to which South American country?
Peru
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
15
Played by Kevin Costner, what was the name of the soldier character in "Dances With Wolves"?
Garret Blake
Tom Farrell
John Dunbar
John Logan
16
Originating in France, this dish consists of thin pancakes that are packed with sweet fillings.
Profiterole
Mousse
Crepes
Calisson
17
Weighing up to 850 pounds, which cat is the largest member of the cat species?
Jaguar
Tiger
Lion
Cheetah
18
Which famous figure's autobiography is entitled "My Brief History"?
Albert Einstein
Michio Kaku
Steven Hawking
Carl Sagan
19
Which English novelist and poet wrote under the pen name "Currer Bell"?
Emily Bronte
Jane Austen
Charlotte Bronte
Virginia Woolf
20
Which film hero has a girlfriend named "Marion Ravenwood"?
Harry Potter
Indiana Jones
James Bond
Luke Skywalker
21
Which of the following novels was not written by American author Dean Koontz?
Doctor Sleep
Watchers
Odd Thomas
Fear Nothing
22
What is "Annatto"?
A fish
A spice
A type of horse
A musical instrument
23
Which of the following does the People's Republic of China use for its currency?
Ruble
Peso
Yuan
Krone
24
At approx. 162 million ounces per year, which country leads the world in mining and of silver?
Australia
Mexico
China
Peru
25
A murder is the collective noun for which type of bird?
Vulture
Crow
Heron
Raven
26
What are Ghillies?
Shoes
Rocks
Plants
Dogs
27
Which of the following superheroes was the first to appear in a comic book?
Superman
Batman
Arrow
Crimson Avenger
28
Which German car engineer is acknowledged as the inventor of the internal combustion engine?
Rudolf Diesel
Ferdinand Porsche
Ludwig Elsbett
Karl Benz
29
The European Union was established in which year?
1993
1997
1995
2001
30
Which two letters are worth ten points apiece in the game of Scrabble?
V and Z
J and Z
X and Z
Q and Z
