Statistics for General Knowledge #18

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which animal is sometimes described as ‘Man’s best friend’?	Dog	100%
Orthodontics is a medical speciality related to which part(s) of the body?	Teeth and jaws	96%
Europe’s busiest port, Rotterdam, is in which country?	The Netherlands	94%
What is the largest island country in the Caribbean Sea?	Cuba	91%
What kind of meat is used in the traditional French dish Coq Au Vin?	Chicken	89%
What name is given to the central religious text of Islam?	Quran	87%
Quicksilver is a common alternative name for which chemical element?	Mercury	85%
In a regular English language Scrabble set how many points is a K tile?	Five points	81%
Jack Daniels is a whiskey made in, and associated with, which US state?	Tennessee	74%
‘Edelweiss’ and ‘The Lonely Goatherd’ are songs from which musical?	The Sound of Music	72%
Which sport were the Marquess of Queensberry rules written for?	Boxing	57%
The south transept of which London building is called Poet’s Corner?	Westminster Abbey	52%
Who played Josiah Bartlet in the US television series The West Wing?	Martin Sheen	37%
Who composed the piece of music popularly known as The 1812 Overture?	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	35%
In which 1959 film did Cary Grant play advertising man Roger Thornhill?	North By Northwest	31%