April, 2022 - Free Quiz UK

General Knowledge 63 – freequizuk

1 What is the name given to the people who make sure MPs attend important votes -- Whips
2 Which English county is known as God's Own County -- Yorkshire
3 In which city is Bizet's opera Carmen set -- Seville
4 Which American president abolished slavery -- Abraham Lincoln
5 What is the name of the Metropolitan police chief who resigned last week -- Cressida Dick
6 Which actress played Nurse Sandra May in Carry On Doctor -- Barbara Windsor
7 What Broadway musical was inspired by Cervantes's Don Quixote -- Man Of La Mancha
8 Who was the first jockey to be a team captain on a Question of Sport -- Willie Carson
9 In CB talk what is meant by Crotch Rocket -- Very fast motorcycle
10 In humans traumatic auricular haematoma is the medical term for which sporting injury -- Cauliflower ear
11 What was the Swiss Family Robinson's destination when they were shipwrecked -- North America
12 In which street is London's Tin Pan Alley -- Denmark Street
13 Berlin's Take My Breath Away was featured in which film -- Top Gun
14 In which English county is the TV series Downton Abbey set -- Yorkshire
15 Which lad’s mag which was sold on Tuesdays had the campaign slogan, Women, dont expect any help on a Tuesday -- Nuts
16 As well as being called the morning what other name is given to the period of time before midday -- Forenoon
17 Before leading the Gestapo in WW2, what did Heindrich Himler do for a living -- Chicken farmer
18 Complete the proverb, Many are called -- But few are chosen
19 From which song do the following lyrics come, You placed gold on my finger, You brought love like I've never known, You gave life to our children And to me a reason to go on" -- You're My Best Friend (Queen)
20 SCRAWLER HAND (anagram of a famous historical person) -- Charles Darwin

General Knowledge 62 – freequizuk

TRIPLE CHALLENGE THREE ANSWERS TO EACH QUESTION A POINT FOR EACH

1 Name the three animals mostly associated with the Stock Exchange -- Bulls, bears, and stags
2 Which three chemical elements are magnetic -- Cobalt Iron and Nickel
3 Who were the first three teams to win six FA Cup Finals -- Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Newcastle United
4 What were the first three bands to be labelled Heavy Metal (by Creem magazine writer Lester Bangs) -- Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath
5 What were the first names of Hyacinth Bucket's three sisters in Keeping up Appearances -- Daisy, Rose and Violet
6 What three tartans is the Queen entitled to wear -- Royal Stewart, Hunting Stewart and Balmoral
7 What are the three prizes included in a Nobel Prize -- A gold medal, a diploma and money
8 South Africa is the world's largest producer of which three metals -- Platinum, gold and chromium
9 Which three teams won the FA Cup when the final was held in Cardiff from 2001 to 2006 -- Arsenal (3 times), Liverpool (2) and Manchester United (1)
10 Which three singers with the surname Berry had hits in the sixties -- Chuck, Dave and Mike
11 What are the three terms at Oxford University called -- Trinity, Michaelmas and Hillary
12 In Physics what are the three fundamental states of matter -- Gas, solid and liquid
13 Between 1981 and 1998 who were the three tennis players who were born in Germany to have all won the Wimbledon Men's Singles -- Boris Becker, Michael Stitch and John McEnroe
14 Who were the three original presenters of BBC's Breakfast Time -- Frank Bough; Selina Scott and Nick Ross
15 What are the names of Bear Grylls three sons (bet they won’t thank him when they grow up) -- Jesse. Marmaduke and Huckleberry
16 Which three men sat in the British cabinet in both world wars -- Churchill, Lord Beaverbrook and John Simon
17 Which three planets in the solar system have a smaller diameter than Earth -- Mars, Mercury and Venus
18 In horse racing, which three racecourses stage the five English classics -- Doncaster, Epsom and Newmarket
19 Name all three Kardashian sisters, who were the focus of the TV show -- Kourtney, Kim and Khloé
20 There have been four Norman kings of England, William the Conqueror was 1 one can you name the other three -- William 11 Henry 1 and Stephen