10 General Knowledge Questions

10 General Knowledge Questions

Question 1 of 10

What did David Livingstone name the famous waterfall he came across when navigating the Zambezi river?

Question 2 of 10

Who sang the famous song "Respect" (1967) ?

Question 3 of 10

Known for a blackface minstrel character called Gus, who had a monster hit with George Gershwin's "Swanee," from his show "Sinbad"?

Question 4 of 10

Paul Westerberg was the front man for which band originally named The Impediments?

Question 5 of 10

What was the first name of 50s actor and playwright Mr Coward?

Question 6 of 10

Raymond Damadian's company spent an estimated $290,000 on full-page newspaper ads demanding what Nobel prize, for his work on MRI scanning?

Question 7 of 10

Which word is spelled incorrectly?

Question 8 of 10

As Gordon Gekko in Wall Street, who summed up the 1980s by saying, "Greed is good"?

Question 9 of 10

Listen up. "Consider yourself" at home, because we have lots of "food, glorious food." Just don't "pick a pocket or two." What musical is this?

Question 10 of 10

If you study cryogenics, why might you be handy in your dorm?

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