GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 3

By TRIVNET


1. Who directed the movies 'Jaws', 'Schindler's List' and 'Jurassic Park'?

    

2. What is the largest country, by area, in the European Union?

    

3. Who wrote 'Three Men In A Boat'?

    

4. Aboard which US warship did the Japanese sign their surrender in World War II?

    

5. What is the minimum number of points required to win a tennis tie-break?

    

6. How many stars are on the flag of the European Union?

    

7. Which two countries have only won the football World Cup once?

    

8. What was the name of the theatre where US president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

    

9. Which American criminal was named 'Public enemy number one' by the FBI in the 1930's?

    

10. What do the initials FBI stand for?

    

11. Which car company has manufactured models called Scorpio and Orion?

    

12. In which year was Nelson Mandela released in South Africa, after 27 years in prison?

    

13. Which band released the album 'Kid A' in 2000?

    

14. Which US State has the nickname 'The Sunshine State'?

    

15. Which mountain range separates France and Spain?

    

16. When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon and said his famous pre-written line, he missed out an important word. What word was it?

    

17. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1901 for discovering X-Rays?

    

18. How is Nitrous Oxide better known?

    

19. Which British duo were the first people to fly across the Atlantic Ocean non-stop?

    

20. Which famous author proclaimed at New York customs, 'I have nothing to declare but my genius'?