St. Andrew's General Knowledge Super-Brain Swim Gala 2019Quiz

Question 1

The rarest blood type is AB- positive

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

5 Presidents of the United States of America have been assassinated whilst in office.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

What is the national flower of the Bahamas?

Accepted Answer

Yellow Elder

Question 4

Which of these is an igneous rock?

Accepted Answer

Granite

Question 5

There are only 2 words in the English language that contain all the vowels, only once, in alphabetical order?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

There are over 360 islands that make up the Exumas.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Both Donald Trump and Barack Obama are left-handed.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

In music, a baritone voice is deep.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

A cow has 4 stomachs

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Human babies are born with the ability to breathe underwater?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which of these movies starred Sir Sidney Poitier?

Accepted Answer

In The Heat Of The Night

Question 12

The deoxyribonucleic acid molecule has a single helix form.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

The Russian Cyrillic alphabet contains more letters than the English alphabet.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Where was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated on 28th June 1914?

Accepted Answer

Sarajevo

Question 17

Which English band released the single 'Kashmir' in 1975?

Accepted Answer

Led Zeppelin

Question 18

Which of these classical composers is Austrian?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 19

How many zeroes are in a googol?

Accepted Answer

100

Question 20

The Kingdom of Bhutan is the World's smallest country

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

What is the currency of Denmark?

Accepted Answer

Krone

Question 22

Which of these words means 'truth' in Latin?

Accepted Answer

Veritas

Question 23

Which of these is the largest freshwater lake, by volume, in the world?

Accepted Answer

Lake Baikal

Question 24

You only use 10% of your brain

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

The Bahamas would be second in an Olympic medal table that ranks according to ratio of medals to population.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Which of these is a noble (inert) gas?

Accepted Answer

Radon

Question 27

In which country was Freddie Mercury born?

Accepted Answer

Tanzania

Question 28

What is the minimum ocean temperature required for a hurricane to form?

Accepted Answer

26.5 C

Question 29

Which 20th century artist painted 'Guernica'?

Accepted Answer

Picasso

Question 30

Botanically, the tomato is a fruit.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

In which year did The First Gulf War start?

Accepted Answer

1990

Question 32

In which continent would you find the Atlas mountain range?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 33

On average, how many bombs per minute were dropped on Vietnam during the Vietnam war (1964-1973)

Accepted Answer

8

Question 34

Which of these philosophers is known as 'The Father of Economics?

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith

Question 35

In which country is the ancient city of Timbuktu situated?

Accepted Answer

Mali

Question 36

The notebooks of Marie Curie are radioactive and will remain so for how many more years?

Accepted Answer

1,500

Question 37

What is the approximate depth of the deepest part of the ocean, the Marianas Trench?

Accepted Answer

7 miles

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