General Knowledge Questions & Answers

Questions:

1. Name the female singer who took religion to the top of the pop scene?
2. The following is the opening lines of which novel? It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife?
3. Who captained England in three football world cups?
4. The English words canyon, patio and rodeo  are borrowed from which European language?
5. In which country was Germany's Adolf Hitler born?
6. Which tiny country is completely bounded by south Africa?
7. Who were the rival captains in Srilanka's inaugural cricket test match?
8. Name the first European to invade India?
9. Laos is a republic in SE Asia. What are the two major languages of Laos?
10. What is the study of weather and climate called?

 Answers:

1. Lena Martel with her number One Day at a Time
2. Jane Austen's pride and prejudice
3. Billy Wright (1950, 54 & 58)
4. Spanish
5. Austria
6. Lesotho
7. Bandula Warnapura for Sri lanka and Keith Fletcher for England
8. Alexander the great of Macedonia Greece
9. Laotian and French
10. Meteorology

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