Brain Raid Quiz 1000 Questions and Answers: Volume 2

By Moira McDermott

This book contains 1000 interesting and entertaining general quiz questions.

- Great entertainment for everyone of all ages!
- Test your general knowledge and keep your mind sharp!
- A great travel companion or fun to read at home!

• Language: English
• Publisher: eBookIt.com
• Release date: Sep 6, 2019
• ISBN: 9781456633653

Moira McDermott

Moira McDermott is an avid reader and loves writing, especially stories for children. Previously has written a mega quiz book with 5000 question and answers providing fun, entertainment and education for all. Moira also has a science degree from Curtin University in Western Australia. Moira is a mother of three, grandmother of six, and a great grandmother of one. Hobbies include swimming, reading, writing and playing piano.

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TWO

QUESTIONS: QUIZ BOOK TWO

NAME THE EXPLORER WHO IN 1801-1803 CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND AND SO PROVED AUSTRALIA TO BE AN ISLAND CONTINENT?

WHAT WOMAN WON THE NOBLE  PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY IN 1964?

U SHAPE AND V SHAPE ARE TYPES OF WHAT GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE?

THE PRESIDENT’S CUP IS AWARDED FOR WHAT SPORT?

EDEN GARDENS IS A CRICKET GROUND IN WHICH COUNTRY?

WHAT FILM STUDIO WAS FOUNDED IN 1919 BY CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS?

THE US MILITARY BUILDING IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA ARE KNOWN BY WHAT SHAPE-BASED NAME?

WHICH AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN?

HOW MANY TIMES DID JACK BRABHAM WIN THE WORLD MOTOR RACING CHAMPIONSHIP?

LAPLAND IS A CULTURAL TERRITORY STRETCHING ACROSS WHICH REGION?

WHO WROTE FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE?

WHERE DID ERNEST HEMINGWAY WRITE THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA?

THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA WAS ORIGINALLY WHAT?

RACK OF LAMB COMES FROM WHAT PART OF THE ANIMAL?

THE PASCAL IS A UNIT OF WHAT MEASUREMENT?

WHO PLAYED EVA PERRON IN EVITA?

QUEEN ELIZABETH IS ON WHAT AUSTRALIAN NOTE?

WHAT IS THE CURRENCY FOR POLAND?

LETTISH IS ANOTHER NAME FOR WHAT LANGUAGE?

WHAT GAME IS PLAYED WITH A FLAT STICK CALLED A KIP?

WHAT IS IKEBANA ASSOCIATED WITH?

TECTONICS IS THE STUDY OF WHAT?

TO WHAT FAMILY DO THE OCELOT BELONG?

WHAT ARE THE MAGIC FLUTE & THE BARBER OF SEVILLE?

WHAT SPORT IS KNOWN AS THE SWEET SCIENCE?

WHO SAT ON PEACOCK THRONE?

A DOUBLE TENNIS COURT IS HOW MUCH WIDER THAN A SINGLE COURT?

IN THE PAINTING THE HAYWAIN BY JOHN CONSTABLE WHO OWNED THE COTTAGE DEPICTED  IN THE PAINTING?

WHO WAS THE ONLY PRIME MINISTER IN BRITAIN TO BE ASSASSINATED?

NAME THE LONG SUFFERING WIFE OF FRANK SPENCER IN SOME MUM’S DO HAVE THEM?

WHAT TIME DID MR. BROWN IN THE TV SERIES DAD’S ARMY GO OFF TO TOWN?

WHAT IS THE SEQUEL TO THE CARPETBAGGERS WRITTEN BY HAROLD ROBBINS?

WHO SAID DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND?

WHO WROTE THE HANDMAID’S TALE?

DURING WORLD WAR 11 THE ROYAL AIR FORCE PILOT’S BLAMED EVERYTHING THAT WENT WRONG WITH THEIR AIRCRAFT ON WHO?

YELLOWSTONE PARK IS LOCATED WHERE?

IN WHICH US STATE IS THE FAMOUS PEBBLE BEACH GOLF CLUB?

WHAT DOES THE C IN THE ACRONYM OECD STAND FOR?                                                                                   

NAME THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE BRITISH ISLES?

WHICH GAS IS USED IN WELDING?

IN WHICH FICTIONAL TOWN WAS THE BRITISH POLICE DRAMA HEARTBEAT SET?

NAME THE GERMAN WARSHIP BUILT PRIOR TO WW11?

PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT REPORTS  DESIGNED FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION IS WHAT COLOUR?

WHERE IS OXLEY HIGHWAY IN AUSTRALIA?

THE NOVEL KITE RUNNER IS SET IN WHICH COUNTRY?

YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME IS A SONG FROM WHICH ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN MUSICAL?

FRESCO IS A SPECIAL PAINTING TECHNIQUE APPLIED TO WHAT TYPE OF SURFACE?

WHAT GROUP HAD A HIT WITH STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER?

WHAT MYTHICAL CREATURE HAS THE BODY OF A LION, HUMAN HEAD AND A TRUMPET-LIKE VOICE?

BEES THAT COLLECT POLLEN FROM A VARIETY OF UNRELATED PLANTS ARE CALLED?

MASSETER IS A MUSCLE IN THE BODY INVOLVED WITH WHAT?

WIMBLEDON IS THE HOME TO LAWN TENNIS AND WHAT OTHER SPORT?

WHO WROTE LOLITA?

THE CAMP DAVID AGREEMENT WAS BETWEEN WHICH TWO COUNTRIES?

WHERE IS ALBORZ MOUNTAIN RANGE?

ENACTED IN 1791…THE US CONSTITUTION’S WHAT NUMBERED AMENDMENT PROTECTS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION?

WHAT COLOUR IS THE RUSSIAN FLAG?

BUCK WHEAT IS RELATED TO WHAT OTHER PLANT?

WHEN DID CUBA GAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN?

NAME THE LARGEST DESERT IN AUSTRALIA?

GREENLAND IS A SELF GOVERNING TERRITORY OF WHICH KINGDOM?

WHICH OF THE COMMERCIAL JET AIRCRAFT HAS THE GREATEST PASSENGER CAPACITY?

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