General Knowledge Quiz for 24 February 2010
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1
Who became the oldest Oscar winner in the history of the Academy Awards in 1976, aged 80?
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2
What is the name of the Moslem prayer that adherents repeat 5 times daily?
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3
Which game uses six sets of coloured pieces, ten of each colour, whereby a piece moves either to an adjacent spot or, by a “jump” over another piece?
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4
What character was the child of the character played by Tom Hanks in the film "Sleepless in Seattle"?
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5
Which of these is a fork-tongued lizard found in South Africa, South Asia and Australia?
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6
The Exxon Valdez oil spill, considered one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters ever to occur at sea, happened on 24 March 1989 in the Prince William Sound, in which state of the USA?
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7
Which of these Mexican cities is closest to the Gulf of Mexico?
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