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General Knowledge
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| # | Question | Answer |
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| 34441 | Why Was The City Of Alexandria So Called | After It's Founder Alexander The Great |
| 34442 | What Is The Origin Of The Name Mesopotamia" " | From The Greek Words Meso" (Middle) & Potamus (River) " |
| 34443 | What Does The Name Jerusalem" Actually Mean " | From The 2 Hebrew Words Yeru & Shalom" Meaning City Of Peace " |
| 34444 | What Is The Origin Of The Name Munich | Being Found As A Monestary It Was Called Zu Den Munchen" Or "The 2 Monks" " |
| 34445 | Why Was Portugal So Named | In The Mid 800's It Became Known As Portucale Or The Gateway To Cale" A County Of The Kingdom Of Leon " |
| 34446 | How Did Budapest Get It's Name | In 1873 The 2 Cities Of Buda & Pest On Opposite Sides Of The River Danube Were United |
| 34447 | Why Was Andalucia So Called | Muslim Invaders Of Spain Named It Al-Andalus (Country Of Light In The 8th Century) |
| 34448 | After Whom Was Barcelona Named | From Hamilcar Barca, Hannibals Father |
| 34449 | Which Fruit Gave Its Name To Thailands Capital City | Bangkok Was Originally Named Ban-Cok Or The City Of The Wild Plumb |
| 34450 | After Whom Is Rome Named | After The Twins Romalus & Remus, Romalus Killed His Brother & Then Named The City After Himself |
| 34451 | After What Is Brazil Named | Pau Brazil , A Tree The Wood Of Which Produces A Red Dye |
| 34452 | Why Did William Penn, A Quaker, Name The City That He Founded Philadelphia | It Means City Of Brotherly Loves |
| 34453 | What Is The Name Of The Ancient Manuscripts Found In A Palestinian Cave In 1947 | The Dead Sea Scrolls |
| 34454 | In Which Country Is The Great Slave Lake | Canada |
| 34455 | Where In The Uk Are The Mountains Of Mourne | Northern Ireland |
| 34456 | Which City In Ohio Shares Its Name With A Former English County | Cleveland |
| 34457 | Which Ancient Obelisk Was Erected On Victoria Embankment In 1878 | Cleopatras Needle |
| 34458 | Which City Was The Summer Capital Of Kublai Khans Empire | Xanadu |
| 34459 | Which Nuclear Treaty Did Jimmy Carter Sign | Salt |
| 34460 | What Is The Spanish Name For The Type Of Tower Built Along The South Coast Of England To Guard Against Napoleonic Invasion | Martello |
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| 34461 | What Did The Kings Of Siam Give To People They Didn't Like, Giving Rise To A Popular Phrase | White Elephant |
| 34462 | Which Country Overthrew It's Communist Dictator On Christmas Day 1989 | Romania |
| 34463 | In American Politics Is The Tea Party A Flank Of The Democrats Or The Republicans | Republicans |
| 34464 | How Is Decompression Sickness More Commonly Known | The Bends |
| 34465 | In His 1969 Debut As His Own Director Who Wanted To Take The Money And Run | Woody Allen |
| 34466 | Who Composed The Cabaret Song Money Makes The World Go Round" " | John Kander |
| 34467 | Who Starred As An Ex-Con In The 2000 Film Where The Money Is | Paul Newman |
| 34468 | Which 1976 Truffant Film Begins With A Group Of Children Arriving For School | L'argent De Poche |
| 34469 | How Did Lord Thompson Of Fleet Describe A Stake In Commercial Tv | A License To Print Money |
| 34470 | Where Is It Written That 'The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil' | The Bible (Timothy 6:10) |
| 34471 | What Because Of It's Location Is The Us Stock Market Sometimes Called | Wall Street |
| 34472 | Who Directed L'argent, A Film About A Forged 500 Franc Note Changing Hands In 1983 | Robert Breeson |
| 34473 | Where Is The Oldest Stock Exchange | Antwerp (1460) |
| 34474 | Outside Which London Station Did Buster Edwards The Former Great Train Robber Have A Flower Stall | Waterloo |
| 34475 | What Took Place In The London Stock Exchange On 27 October 1986 | The Big Bang |
| 34476 | Which American Humourist One Commented 'The 2 Most Beautiful Words In The English Language Are Cheque Enclosed' | Dorothy Parker |
| 34477 | By What Name Is The European Currency Unit Better Known | Euro |
| 34478 | How Did The Owl & The Pussy Cat Carry Their Honey & Plenty Of Money | Wrapped In A Five Pound Note |
| 34479 | Who Invented Coinage | The Chinese |
| 34480 | In Which Us State Is Fort Knox | Kentucky |
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| 34481 | Which Peter Sellers Film Is Quoted In The Lyrics Of The Pink Floyd Song 'Money' | Im All Right Jack |
| 34482 | Who First Advocated Monetarism | Milton Friedman |
| 34483 | Who Recorded The Original Version Of Money" With Bern Elliot In 1963 " | The Fenman |
| 34484 | Name The Money Lender In The Merchant Of Venice | Shylock |
| 34485 | What Is The Old Lady Of Thread Needle Street | The Bank Of England |
| 34486 | Who Said 'Time Is Money' | Benjamin Franklin |
| 34487 | What Is The Paris Stock Exchange Called | The Bourse |
| 34488 | Which Band First Recorded Moneys Too Tight To Mention" " | The Valentine Brothers (1983) |
| 34489 | Where Is British Currency Coined | The Royal Mint |
| 34490 | Who Became President Of The Usa When Richard Nixon Resigned | Gerald Ford |
| 34491 | Australia Day Is Celebrated In Which Month Of The Year | January |
| 34492 | Which Narrator Of Hector's House Later Appeared As Alma Sedgewick / Alma Baldwin In ԣoronation Streetö | Amanda Barrie |
| 34493 | What Is The Name Of The Cricket Ground In Canterbury | St Lawrence |
| 34494 | Tragedy Hit The Ô¢usby Babes In 1958 In Which City | Munich |
| 34495 | X-Factor Winner, Alexander Burke Had Hir First Hit With Ԩallelujahö, But Who Originally Released The Song In 1984 | Leonard Cohen |
| 34496 | Who Was The Bass Guitarist With Դhe Beatlesö | Paul McCartney |
| 34497 | Musician Richard Wright Died In September 2008, Which Band Did He Play Keyboards With | Pink Floyd |
| 34498 | What Nationality Is Nobel Prize Winning Author 'Orhan Pamuk' | Turkish |
| 34499 | What Is 'Iron Pyrites' More Commonly Known As | Fools Gold |
| 34500 | Which Range Of Mountains Extends From Slovakia To Central Romania | The Carpathians |
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| 34501 | Which Boxer Was One Of The Captains On The First Series Of 'A Question Of Sport' | Henry Cooper |
| 34502 | Who Directed And Starred In The 70's Western Goin South | Jack Nicholson |
| 34503 | Editor Thomas Bowdler Produced An Expurgated Version Of Which Authors Work | Shakespeare |
| 34504 | What Is The Cockney Rhyming Slang For A Judge | Barnaby Rudge |
| 34505 | What Is The Cockney Rhyming Slang For A Pocket | Sky Rocket |
| 34506 | What Is The Cockney Rhyming Slang For A Hill | Jack & Jill |
| 34507 | What Is The Cockney Rhyming Slang For Your Teeth | Hampstead Heath |
| 34508 | What Is The Cockney Rhyming Slang For Deaf | Mutt & Jeff |
| 34509 | What Is The Cockney Rhyming Slang For A Table | Cain & Abel |
| 34510 | What Is The Cockney Rhyming Slang For Some Flowers | Early Hours |
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