2014 General Paper

What is the largest inland lake in South America?

Is heartsease?

Expression for to warm and gratify deepest feelings “To warm…”

What percentage of all the marriages in the world are arranged

The French Tennis Open is played at which venue?

In which city is a Midsummer Nights Dream set?

Which Greek king turned all he touched into gold?

What name is gven to a traingular or fan like river?

Which country did fireworks originate?

When did the Bronze Age begin?

What is the chemical symbol for silver?

What name is given to the fruit of an oak tree?

What name is given to the vertical bar of a window?

What is the name of the controversial novel that was written by Salmon Rushdie?

How many kilograms are there in ten tonnes?

What does ‘annus mirabilis’ mean

Which city does the White Nile meet the Blue Nile?

What is the collective name for a litter of Piglets?

What measure is used for sound or noise?

How many teeth should a normal healthy – adult have?

Which desert is the driest on earth?

Which precious stones are found in the Namib desert in Africa?

In 1988, how many Chinese lived in caves? In which organ of the body is Insulin produced?

In which organ of the body is insulin produced?

Where were the 1992 Winter Olympics held’

In which century was Joan of Arc burnt at the stake?

How is it known when a new Pope has been elected?

What is the meaning of the Latin phrase prima facie?

Which sport is played in a Velodrome?

Which vitamin is produced by the action of ultraviolet light on the skin?

What is the capital of Paraguay’?

How many times was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected US president?

Hymen was the Greek god of what?

What is the Decalogue usually called?

What does a somnambulist do?

What is Harley Davidson famous for manufacturing?

What is the French national anthem called?

Who wrote a brief history of time?

Which movie studio has a roaring lion as its company symbol?

If you were at Geneva airport, in which country would you be?

What is the middle of a frequency distribution?

What describes  an angle between 90  and 180 degrees?

What are the American universities Yale, Harvard and Prince town collective known as?

Which is the only Country through which both the equator arid the tropic Capricorn pass?

Which metal is liquid at room temperature?

Which is the third planet from the sun?

What is the only English anagram of the word SECTIONAL

What do ichthyologists study?

What happens to Pinocchio every time he tells a lie?

Who was the Roman god of war?

What is the name of the people, language and culture of Madagascar?

An underground layer of porous rock that contains water is called what?

In June 2009, which ruler began his second decade as king of Morocco?

What does the word dinosaur mean?

Born with the last name Ayew, which striker is the top international scorer for Ghana?

Which lead singer of Queen was born in Zanzibar?

Who wrote ‘Wuthering Heights’?

Which major trading bloc has Swaziland, Angola and Egypt among its members?

Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon all border Which lake named after a fourth nation?

Which geological event occurs when tectonic plates slide and the ground shakes?

Wole Soyinka’s “Death and the King’s Horseman” is which of writing?

In which career are the terms ‘defense mechanism’ and “paranoia” used?

In which year did a new constitution end apartheid in South Africa?

In February 2008, Mizengo Pinda became Prime Minister of which nation?

Slate is which type of rock that has been changed by extreme heat and pressure?

Whom did Muhammad Au fight against in the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle’?

Where do the Niger, Gambia and Senegal Rivers all have their source?

Who led the Central African Republic to independence in 1960?

Libya, the Central African Republic and Sudan all border which other country?

In 2009, Pakistan began an offensive to reclaim which valley from the Taliban?

Yams provide which vitamin, called retinol, that’s crucial for night vision?

Who was Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit?

Galileo was an Italian astronomer who

The Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the Nobel Prize for

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel prizes in

Kabul is the capital of which troubled country

Banjul is the capital of which of following countries

How many tentacles does an Octopus have?

Who was the goddess of Love in Roman mythology?

Who was the goddess of Love in Greek mythology?

The only city in the world to lie between continents is?

The acronym DVD stands for

What is a group of lions called?

Which planet is nearest to the sun?

Who among the following was the first to set foot on the Moon?

The world’s largest producer of diamond is

The renowned author of the Harry Porter series is

The first Black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was

Which character created by Washington Irving fell asleep for 20 years?

What name is given to magic used with evil intent?

What was the Greek hero Achilles only Vulnerable part?

Which planet has the highest surface temperature?

Which is the fastest of all birds?

What is the heaviest of all human organs?

What was Elton John’s first No. 1 solo single?

What male singing voice comes below tenor?

In which continent is Israel situated?

Which North African city has a name meaning White House ‘in Spanish?

How many feet are in a fathom?

How many points are there to the compass?

Who wrote the book Gulliver’s Travels?

Which fruit contains the most calories?

What was the capital of Russia before Moscow?

Which grain is used  to make malt whiskey?

Which country covers 10% of the globe’s land surface?

Which monster first made the headlines in 1933?

On the flag of which country would you find the most stars?

Between 1820 and 1990, the majority of immigrants to the USA came from which two countries?

What is the most northerly city in the world?

In which capital city would you literally be living in peace?

Which European country has the highest tax rate?

Which two countries share the’ longest border in the world, around 6,400km?

Which of the following countries is NOT on the shores of Lake Victoria

What is the name of the deepest lake in Africa?

Tanzania is the only country in the world with a unique gemstone called:

In West Africa is a Lake shared by 4 countries. What is this Lake called

The 4 countries that share the Lake Chad are one of the  following sets

How many countries share borders will Africans largest country, Sudan?

The River Nile takes its source from one of these countries:

Which country singer Angelique Kidjo from?

Zimbabwe attained Independence in the year

World War II commenced in

World War I started in

Which country suffered the heaviest in World War II?

Which part of the world is named after the goddess of winter and the hunt?

In Greek mythology, who was responsible for slaying the Amazon queen Penthesilea?

What does the lachrymal sac hold?

Which poem deals with the events surrounding the Trojan War?

Which synthetic food was named by its inventor after the Greek word for pearl?

What type of foodstuff is sorghum, used as a staple diet in Africa and parts of Asia

An excursion for pleasure made by an official at the expense of the tax payer

Which is a sculptural representation of a person from the chest up?

Which city’s Staples Center hosted the memorial service for Michael Jackson?

A caldera is found at the top of which of these?

The word “burning” in the phrase “a burning candle” is which type of word?

Uganda’s idi Amin was ousted in 1979 by the army of which neighbour?

Goree, Bunce, Lamu and Robben are which kind of natural feature?

In May 2009, Sri Lank as government announced the defeat of which rebel group?

Peanut and alfalfa plants contain bacteria that add which nutrient to the soil?

What was Karl Marxs nationality?

The war of American Independence was fought between

Capitalism is characterized by all below EXCEPT

Which of the following is not correct about the African National Congress (ANC)

Which of the following helps in clothing of blood?

The total volume of blood in a normal adult human being is

Red blood corpuscles are formed where?

How  many bones are there in an adult human being?

Tibia is a bone in the human

The largest part of the human  brain is the

The main function of the kidney is

Which is the largest gland in the human Body’?

What do the letters D.C. in Washington D.C. stand for’?

Which is the only country that borders the White Sea?

On what continent would you find the Republic of Mauritania?

Muscat is the capital city of

Which US state is known as the Sunshine State?

In which country was the city of Natal (“Christmas’) founded on 25th December 1599?

Which is the least populated country in the world?

What is the largest country in Africa?

Which country has four cities in the list of the ten hottest cities in the world?

In which city would you find the largest Japanese community outside of Japan?

Who is the Roman god of wine?

Which country was the last to occupy a United States territory with its soldiers?

The world’s shortest war in history lasted just 38 minutes. It was fought in 18% between Zanzibar and which European nation?

While Rome was burning in 64AD, Nero allegedly was playing on his

Which Christian order did St. Ignatius of Loyola found in 1534?

Before becoming President of the USA, Ronald Reagan was governor of which US state?

What was “Che” Guevara’s first name

In which century was the Seven Years’ War fought’!

In what century did the Hundred Yea War start?

Which US state was NOT one of the 13 colonies that signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Which period in the development of human culture did not exist:

In what country did Che Guevara die on 9th October 1967?

Since March 1959, the Dalai Lama had lived in exile in which country?

Which affair was documented in the Starr Report in the l990’s: a), b), c), d) or e) Nippelgate”?

Which war was officially ended by the Treaty of Versailles?

Which people created the Cuneiform script

In which country was OPEC founded in 1960

On 6th October of what year was Egyptian president Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat assassinated?

On 26th December of what year was the USSR officially dissolved?