TNPSC Group 2 Exam Dates with study materials 2014
General Knowledge Questions with Answers
1Name the actor who played Ben Casey (both Names)Vince Edwards2What links Elvis Presley, Bruce Willis, Richard Ge reMarried in Las Vegas
3What - advertised phrase "Even your best friends wont tell you"Listerine mouth wash
4Who wrote Don't count your chickens before they are hatched Aesop - Milkmaid and her Pail
5Last Words I am Dying with the help of too many Physicians Alexander the Great
6Man shall not live by bread alone - Which NT book Matthew 4.4
7RL international car registration plate which country Lebanon
8Which dinosaurs name translates as double beam Diplodocus
9Which SF author wrote The Day it Rained Forever Ray Bradbury
10Who said "The die is cast" (on crossing the Rubicon)Julius Caesar
TNPSC Group 2 Exam Dates with study materials 2014
11Who composed Peter and the Wolf in 1936 (both names)Sergio Proof12Who painted the Water Lilly Pond in 1899 (both names)Claude Monet
13Magazine wrote "Fighting for peace" is like ducking for chastity Knave March 1977
14In what film was line A mans Ota do what a mans ota do Alan Laded Shane
15Which famous whore said - God is love but get it in writing Gypsy Rose Lee
16Jenny Von Westphalia was married to who Karl Marx
17What city is closest to Coachman beach Rio de Janeiro
18Who wrote the music for the film ET (both names)John Denver
19In Greek legend what was Pygmalion's kingdom Cyprus
20What was the first penal colony in New South Wales Botany Bay
21In Hamlet who is Ophelia's anthropoids
22Guru Nan ak founded which religion Sikhism
23What was unusual about the Gossamer Albatross airplane (pedal) powered
24What country is nearest to the North Pole Greenland
25If you were in Lou Grants office what city are you in Los Angeles
26Who wrote Private Lives - 1930 - Billy Spirit 1941 (both names)Noel Coward
27For which company did Elvis Costello program computers Elizabeth Arden
28In what Hitchcock film did Shirley Masculine debut in 1956The trouble with Harry
29The original Peeping Tom had what job Tailor
30What song is sung the most Happy Birthday
31What city is known as The worlds chocolate capital Hershey Pennsylvania
32What is detective Hercules Porto's brothers armadillo
33To what family does the hippopotamus belong Pig
34Smith most common USA name what's second Johnson
35Who secretly married Sara Blondes in November 1965Bob Dylan
36The Mufti tribe in Africa are the worlds what Shortest race
37Grace Metal ious wrote which famous novel (and TV show)Python Place
38Who said Old age ism’t so bad - considering the alternative Maurice Chevalier
39Who composed the opera Billy Buddy in 1951 (both names)Benjamin Britain
40What film was a California cinema showing when it went on fire The Towering Inferno
41What phantom ship is said to haunt The Cape of Good Hope The Flying Dutchman
42In which city is the worlds oldest tennis court from 1496Paris
43What word appears over 46000 times in the Bible And
44What food dishes name translates as pepper water Mulligatawny – from India
45In 1891 what city held the first weightlifting world championship London
46In what magazine does Alfred E Newman appear MAD
47What amateur Reached Wimble don Semi final in 1977John Cero (aged 18)
48Who said Politics is the art of the possible 11 Au 1867Otto Von Bismarck
49What advertised phrase Born 1820 still going strong Johnnie Walker
50Hugh O' Brian played the lead in what Old Western series Wyatt Earp
51What dinosaurs name translates as roof lizard Stegosaurus
52In which country did Turkeys originate USA
53What is Radar from MASH home town - Iowa
54In Mac beth what witch speaks first The first witch
55What fabled monster has a lions head and a serpents tail Chimera
56CH car international registration plate which country Switzerland
57Who said - Give us the tools and we will finish the job Feb.. 1941Winston Churchill
58In The Marriage of Friar - who did Friar Marissa
59What state was founded by Mohammed Ali Minneapolis
60What nationality are the most immigrants to the USA Mexican
61Who steals the Pink Panther in the original film The Phantom
62What is Hallmarked - often plaited
63Cher Amid saved the Lost Battalion in 1918 what was it Pigeon
64Whose girlfriend was Virginia Hill - he killed her B Hills 1947Bugsy Siege
65What is the oldest known alcoholic beverage Mead
66In 1986 Grace land was the Grammy album of the year – who’saul Simon
67Bob Cummings played which character (both names)Maxwell Smart
68Complete advertising phrase from 1935 My Goodness My Guinness
69Who said - "The bigger they come the harder they fall" 1899Bob Fritzes
70What is Lillian's surname in Vladimir Taboos novel Haze
71From what country does the Elkhound originate Norway
72An shovel on a map joins place of equal what Sunshine
73A Regatta is a boat races - where was the original Regatta Venice
74In England what would you buy or get at a Mop Fair Servants for Hire
75Who was the little gentleman in velvet - death William IIIA Mole
76From what country does soave wine originally come Italy
77Antipater of Sid on first listed what 2nd Century AD7 Wonders World
78What are Limerick, Round Bend, Aberdeen and Octopus Fishing Hooks
79What fluid ran through the Greek Gods instead of bloodshot
80Who is Oscar, Zoroastrian, Hading, Isaac, Norman,Hinkle,Wizard of Oz
Emmanuel, Ambrose Digs
81The Marie Celeste sailed from which port New York
82In Milton's Paradise Lost what was the lowest point of Hell Pandemonium (Hells
capitol)
83Pat Reid wrote which book - filmed and TV often The Cold Story
84How was William Buskins killed in 1830 - first ever Run over by Railway
Train
85In which country is Zeus – smallest
Canton
86Who was captured and kept in a cage by Strobe
87Which USA record producer played maracas Stones 1st album Phil Sector
88Who was nicknamed The Breton Bomber Rocky Marcia no
89Name the Hotel in Arthur Haley's novel / film of same name St Gregory
90Frank and Jesse James father had what job Minister
91What was the Grammy album of the year in 1967 (Full name)Beatles Sergeant
Peppers
92McLean Stevenson played which character in MASH Colonel Blake
93Which company slogan was "We're No 2 We try harder"Avis rent a car
94Who said the quickest way of ending a war is to lose it George Orwell
955 items a Sikh must have Comb Dagger Hair Metal Bracelet and Knee length
under shorts 5Ks
96Edward Teach became famous as hogback the Pirate
97To which dog was a statue erected in Edinburgh Bobby
98What does a Puissance event test in sojourning Jump wall
99Who wrote the music to the film The Odessa File Andrew Lloyd
Webber
100Which Dickens novel features Wax ford Supersonic Mickey
