General Knowledge 52

General Knowledge

Quiz 52 
ALL THE ANSWERS INCLUDE SOME FORM OF CONVEYANCE

Which 1939 western, in which he played the Ringo Kid propelled John Wayne to stardom - Stagecoach
What was Jack Duckworth's job when he first appeared in Coronation Street - Taxi driver
Who is missing from the four members of The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel and Rob Newman - Steve Punt
Which river based sitcom starred Nigel Davenport and Sheila White - Don't Rock the Boat
What song did Jasper Carrott take into the top ten in 1975 - Funky Moped
What were the characters doing during the song Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Riding a bike
What name is given to a small robust timepiece enclosed in a glass-sided metal frame, usually with a handle at the top - Carriage clock
Which US President committed an unpardonable sin by kissing the Queen Mother on the lips - Jimmy Carter
What film was John Candy making when he died - Wagons East
In the Monty Python TV series what is the name of the superhero played by Michael Palin - Bicycle Repair Man
What is the actual property used in the BBC TV drama series Monarch of the Glen - Ardverikie Estate
What nickname was given to the Manchester Utd team in the 50s - Busby Babes
What was Barry Sheene's job before he turned to motor cycle racing - Lorry driver
What part did Anthony Hopkins play in Bram Stoker's Dracula - Van Helsing
What part did Nicolas Colosanto play in the American sitcom Cheers - Coach
What is the nickname of the Muppet Simon Smith - Scooter
What was the title of the 1990 film starring Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon as medical students experimenting with near death experiences - Flatliners
Who was the lead singer with Roxy Music Bryan - Ferry
Where did Bachmann and Turner get the Overdrive part of their name - Trucking magazine
In which 1930's film did Marie Dressler play Annie Brennan - Tug Boat Annie

General Knowledge 51

General Knowledge

Quiz 51
1. SLEEPIEST MINT KILLERS (anagram of a song title) - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Gary Anderson and Wesley Harms both denied doing what during a match at the grand slam of darts in November 2018 - Passing wind!
3. In 1999, who was voted European Player of the Century - Johann Cruyff
4. Who was the busty blonde female star of the 50's musical film The Girl Can't Help - It Jayne Mansfield
5. What diet must you go on if you are allergic to wheat - Gluten free
6. In Scotland what is meant by peely wally - Pale and unwell
7. The terms crutching, wigging and ringing refer to elements of which animal process, prevalent in - Australia and New Zealand Sheep shearing
8. Joshua Pascoe plays which character in Eastenders - Ben Mitchell
9. What word links news, carbon and wall - Paper
10. Which British screen legend served as a commando in WW2, won an Oscar in 1958 for 'Separate Tables' and hosted the Oscars more than once - David Niven
11. In what 1970 Joni Mitchell song do we learn that they paved paradise and put up a parking lot - Big Yellow Taxi
12. Complete the proverb “There is a thin line” - Between love and hate
13. What would an American call a hair grip - Bobby pin
14. Which petrol brand's logo is a white star in a red circle - Texaco
15. Janine Duvitski, Jake Canuso and Johnny Vegas all appeared in which sitcom - Benidorm
16. What colour is the fairy that grants Geppetto's wish to bring Pinocchio to life - Blue
17. What was used to conduct an orchestra before the introduction of the baton - Violin bow
18. What are the main ingredients of a Bloody Maria - Tequila and tomato juice
19. Which London thoroughfare runs from Buckingham Palace along the south side of Saint James Park - Birdcage Walk
20. Who sang about a Smooth Operator in 1984 - Sade

General Knowledge 50

General Knowledge

Quiz 50 - 100 questions
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1 AIM AT NUISANCES (anagram of a sixties TV series) - Man in a Suitcase
2 The title of which 1961 Joseph Heller novel has passed into common usage as a phrase meaning a no-win situation - Catch-22
3 What is the nickname given to older internet enthusiasts - Silver Surfers
4 How many years do you have to be married to celebrate a diamond wedding - Sixty
5 Who was the voice of Danger Mouse - David Jason
6 What kind of nuts are used in a bar of Cadbury's Fruit And Nut - Almonds
7 Who had a number one in the eighties with True - Spandau Ballet
8 What is the main diet of grass snakes - Frogs
9 What is Selenology the study of - The Moon
10 Who was Shakespeare's gloomy Dane - Hamlet
11 Which architectural term is defined as 'an ornamental building or structure built purely for decoration' - Folly
12 What was Wild Bill Hickock's middle name - Butler (and his first name was James not Bill)
13 What were kept in ossuaries - Bones
14 To which battle was Churchill referring when he said we never won a battle before and never lost one after it - El Alamein
15 For what type of crimes was Tom Keating jailed - Art forgery
16 What was Papa Doc's real name (former president of Haiti) - Dr François Duvalier
17 What is the longest race in the heptathlon - Eight hundred metres
18 What is the fastest running creature on two legs - Ostrich
19 Which member of the Monkees had a successful country music career afterwards - Mike Nesmith
20 What are a karezza, a pavane, the black bottom, a cotillion and a quadrille - Dances
21 What does the abbreviation SOGAT stand for - Society of Graphical and Allied Trades
22 John, Lionel and Ethel were part of which early twentieth century acting family - Barrymore
23 What is the name of the crispbread traditionally eaten by Jews at Passover - Matzo
24 In which board game do players take turns placing disks on an 8x8 board. - Othello
25 Which product advertised itself as "A little dab'll do ya" - Brylcreme
26 Whom did film star Grace Kelly marry in 1956 - Prince Rainier of Monaco
27 In which country was the first ever floodlit cricket match played - Australia
28 If a car was displaying the international registration plate TR from which country would it have come - Turkey
29 What type of hand held device was used to put out incendiary bombs in WW2 - Stirrup pump
30 What is the society EXIT concerned with - Euthanasia (mercy killing)
31 What is the earliest known device for telling the time - Sundial
32 What was the name of the first storm officially given by the Met Office in 2015 - Abigail
33 Used in torture what were pilliwinks for - Crushing fingers
34 What do the letters PC mean on an Ordnance Survey map - Public convenience
35 In which English county is Rugby - Warwickshire
36 Which of Picasso's paintings painted in 1937 depicts an event from the Spanish Civil War - Guernica
37 What do Foyles of London sell - Books
38 As a hobby what would a pucillovist collect (we all probably have at least one) - Egg cups
39 What name is given to a male lobster - Cock
40 From which song do these lyric come: My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die - The Show Must Go On by Queen
41 Early Market, Perfect Gem and Scarlet Intermediate are all types of which vegetable - Carrots
42 Who joined the Monty Python team for The Secret Policeman´s Ball in 1979 - Rowan Atkinson
43 The 18th Amendment introduced Prohibition in the United States, but which amendment abolished it - 21st Amendment
44 What animal is on the badge of Rome - Wolf (female)
45 Lake Eyre is the largest lake in which country - Australia
46 Which island did Christopher Columbus actually reach on his first voyage to the new world - Guanahani island in the Bahamas on October 12. He renamed it San Salvador.
47 What name is given to a long low chair with a back and a single armrest - Chaise longue
48 What is a rabbit's tail called - A scut
49 Which actress was born Adrianne Munker - Jodie Foster
50 Which duo call their style of music Rockney - Chas n' Dave
51 What colour is vermilion - Scarlet
52 In place names such as Barnstaple what does staple mean - Post
53 What was the name of The Lone Ranger's horse - Silver
54 Four out of five Indian restaurant owners are from which country - Bangladesh
55 What does the musical term dolente mean - Sadly
56 Who was the Norse god of the sky and thunder - Thor
57 What colour is a white rhino - Dirty brownish grey it comes from the Afrikaans word for wide in this case the lips
58 What is Arachnophobia the irrational fear of - Spiders
59 From which country do basketball team Honka Espoo hail - Finland
60 What happens in the game of Monopoly when you throw three successive doubles - Go to Jail
61 What was Europe's first wide bodied airliner - Airbus A300
62 Which car company manufacture the Nubira - Daewoo
63 What is the state capital of New York - Albany
64 What colour is the cross on the flag of the Dominican republic - White
65 What Part of France did the Romans call Vasconia - Gascony
66 In American slang how much is a sawbuck - Ten dollars
67 In which English city is Temple Meads railway station - Bristol
68 What is the penalty in golf for lifting your ball out of casual water - No penalty
69 What is a white ant better known as - Termite
70 FIDE is the governing body of which game - Chess
71 What spirit is added to red wine to create port - Brandy
72 Who wrote Shirley Valentine - Willy Russell
73 What activity is featured in the magazine Winkers World - Tiddlywinks
74 Who starred with John Travolta in the film "Broken Arrow" - Christian Slater
75 What is the collective noun for Caterpillars - Army
76 Which office other than Pope does the Pope automatically hold - Bishop of Rome
77 I is the chemical symbol for which element - Iodine
78 Who succeeded Matthew Kelly on You Bet - Darren Day
79 What is said to be the UK's loudest bird - Bittern
80 What colour flag in motor racing means an ambulance is on the track - White
81 What is New Mexico's state flower - Yucca
82 Which author lived in a house called Chawton - Jane Austen
83 What would have been your job in times gone by if your surname was Hind - Farm labourer
84 In the early 2000's The Birds Eye brand had a make-over, losing its famous logo in favour of the now familiar red eye logo. What was the old logo - Albatross
85 How many seconds are there in an hour - Three thousand six hundred
86 If you were put on Allopurinol what illness would you be likely to be suffering from - Gout
87 What was former Labour Party leader Michael Foot's middle name - Mackintosh
88 What is the motto of the Stock Exchange - My Word is my Bond
89 Where are the European headquarters of the International Monetary Fund - Geneva
90 “Earth has not anything to show more fair" is the first line of a poem by whom - William Wordsworth
91 Which Law of Physics states that the extension or compression of a spring is directly proportional to the force
applied to it - Hookes Law
92 How many times a year does the moon go round the sun - Once
93 What is the ancient counting frame using wires and beads called - Abacus
94 What is a yurt - Mongol tent
95 The Waterloo Cup is contested in which two sports - Bowls and Greyhound Racing
96 Which Hollywood actress was paid £2,000,000 for saying one word in a Simpson cartoon - Liz Taylor
97 With which sport would you associate David Broome - Show jumping
98 What landmark marks the eastern end of the South Downs - Beachy Head
99 What was the name of the cruise ship seized by hijackers in the Mediterranean in 1985 - Achille Lauro
100 What is the nickname of the Royal Signals Motorcycle Display team - The White Helmets

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General Knowledge 49

General Knowledge

Quiz 49
1. STRETCHY ICEMAN (sporting anagram) - Manchester City
2. Which British rock band's original line-up consisted of Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, John Steel and Bryan 'Chas' Chandler - The Animals
3. What was banned by the King in 15th century Scotland for interfering with archery practice - Golf
4. Who starred in and directed the 1990 film The Two Jakes - Jack Nicholson
5. In the TV documentary Death on the Rock which rock were they referring to - Gibraltar
6. What kind of birds sing When I See an Elephant Fly from Disney's animated cartoon Dumbo - Crows
7. Which character in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, always insisted that he was 'very umble - Uriah Heap
8. Throughout the 1960s all American astronauts famously drove what make of car - Corvette
9. How many League Championship winners medals did Bryan Robson win - None
10. Which American trio released the album Nimrod - Green Day
11. Which car manufacturer made the Visa - Citroen
12. What can be flats, brights, rounds, longs, or filberts - Artists paintbrushes
13. In The American sitcom Cheers who did Woody played by Woody Harrelson replace as barman - Coach (played by Nicolas Colosanto)
14. What do flamenco dancers traditionally hold in their hands - Castanets
15. Which commentator said, Henry Horton's got a funny stance. It looks as if he's shitting on a sooting stick." - Brian Johnston
16. Which type of bird holds the flight height record of over 9,000 metres - Goose
17. Which mineral element can be obtained from seaweed - Iodine
18. What does the VO in Seagrams VO stand for - Very Old
19. Which politician said that he had to sit on the floor of a London to Newcastle Virgin train when CCTV footage showed several empty seats - Jeremy Corbyn
20. In terms of transport, what is a zodiac - An inflatable boat

General Knowledge 48

General Knowledge

Quiz 48
1 NEVER RISK A SNOG, SON (sporting anagram) - Sven-Goran Eriksson
2 What is the ninth event in the decathlon - Javelin
3 Issac and Willian Fuld invented and patented what in 1892 which has given some people pleasure and terrified others - Oiuja Board
4 Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo that was established in 1925 as Africa's first national park
was created mainly to protect what animal - Gorilla
5 In the sixties Batman TV series who played a villain called The Joker - Cesar Romero
6 What would an American call the first floor - Second floor
7 Which statesman, born at Schonhausen in Brandenburg in 1815, became the first Chancellor of the German Empire - Bismarck
8 Don Lockwood was a character in which musical film - Singing in the Rain
9 According to Tolkien what is the favourite food of Hobbitts - Mushrooms
10 Bogyphobia is the fear of what - Demons and goblins etc
11 Whose fictional TV assistant is Geoffrey Shorecross - Hetty Wainthropp
12 In distilling what is known as the angel's share - Amount lost by evaporation through the casks while
maturing (about 2%)
13 In which country is the coastal state of Tabasco - Mexico
14 Which British group were banned from performing in the US for four years in the 1960's - The Kinks
15 By what name did Walker Smith become famous in sporting circles - Sugar Ray Robinson
16 Which group had a top ten hit in 1964 with 5-4-3-2-1- - Manfred Mann
17 By what name was Fiji previously known - The Cannibal Isles
18 Whose face is on an American five dollar bill - Abraham Lincoln
19 Who wrote the TV sitcoms Men Behaving Badly and Frank Stubbs Promotes - Simon Nye
20 What is Dennis the Menace's surname - Mitchell

General Knowledge 47

General Knowledge

Quiz 47
1. I'LL MAKE A WISE PHRASE (anagram of a writer) - William Shakespeare
2. What was Raquel's job when she first met Del Boy - A stripagram
3. Moderna Tider is a newspaper in which country - Sweden
4. You broke my heart, 'Cause I couldn't dance, you didn't even want me around' – are the opening lyrics to which 1962 song - Do You Love Me
5. In cockney rhyming slang what is a jam jar - Car
6. Name the two colours at either end of the spectrum that are invisible to the naked eye - Infra-red and ultra violet
7. Who was the wine expert of the TV series Food and Drink - Jilly Goolden
8. In Finnish cuisine what type of food is makkara - Sausages
9. Who played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the Doctor series of films - James Robertson Justice
10. What was Cat Stevens first top 40 hit in 1966 - I Love My Dog
11. Who is the male presenter of the Krypton Factor - Gordon Burns
12. If you sold a Bonham in Ireland what have you sold - A piglet
13. A Victoria Cross is allegedly struck from the gun metal of Russian cannons captured at which battle (this is not totally true) - Sebastopol
14. All Creatures Grunt and Smell and All Humans Tall and Small appeared in which British comic that ran for forty years - Buster
15. Who was film director Billy Wilder talking about when he said she had t*ts like granite and a brain like a Swiss cheese - Marilyn Monroe
16. Dating back to 1801, what is the more common name for a circle graph - Pie Chart
17. What was the name of the Woolpack regular in Emmerdale Farm who never spoke - Walter
18. What is the collective noun for young oysters - Set
19. Who composed the soundtrack for The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams
20. What girl's name was punningly chosen first when the UK decided in 2015 to 'name' its storms - Abigail (a big gale)

General Knowledge 46

General Knowledge

Quiz 46
1 SNIGGER BAWDILY is an anagram of which Olympic gold medallist - Bradley Wiggins
2 How is something cooked that is described as 'a la king' - In mushrooms and cream sauce with green peppers
3 We have all heard of Wi-Fi but what does it stand for - Wireless Fidelity
4 Who starred as Bill in the TV sitcom 2.4 Children - Belinda Lang
5 Which mainland country has the longest coastline on the Caribbean - Venezuela
6 How old do you have to be to get a tattoo - Eighteen
7 In the original Happy Families card game what was the name of the Milkman - Mr Mug
8 In which country did the longbow originate - Wales
9 Who had a UK number one in 2011 with Glad You Came - Wanted
10 Which Greek Goddess has an owl as her emblem - Athena
11 In which book of the Bible is a fiery red dragon with seven heads mentioned - Revelations
12 What is the only patented "uniform" or "costume" in the USA Playboy - Bunny Outfits
13 What is the connection between William Tell, The Beatles and Isaac Newton - Apple
14 Which is the only tennis grand slam played on clay - French
15 What type of creature are Hermans, Marginated and Horsefields - Tortoises
16 The Singing Butler is a work by which Scottish artist - Jack Vetriano
17 Who did Judi Dench play in the 2011 film My Week With Marilyn - Sybil Thorndyke
18 Nena had ninety nine of these Dave Clarke only had one - Red Balloons
19 What happens to you when reverse peristalsis takes place - You vomit
20 An alternative to petrol what does LPG stand for - Liquid Petroleum Gas

General Knowledge 45

General Knowledge

Quiz 45
1 CRAZY ROYAL HAT (is an anagram of a former American president) - Zachary Taylor
2 Which crime writer wrote the novel Sparkling Cyanide - Agatha Christie
3 By what name do we know Quentin Cook - Fatboy Slim
4 Which newsreader and TV presenter was voted Rear of Year for 2010 - Fiona Bruce
5 Which chef wrote Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger - Nigel Slater
6 What is the traditional alcoholic ingredient in the cocktail Snowball - Advocaat
7 What was the name of Donald Duck's rich uncle - Scrooge McDuck
8 What is the anatomical name for the womb - Uterus
9 Who was the winner of BBC's Music, Sound of 2019 - Octavian
10 Who had a hit in the two thousands with The Love of Richard Nixon - Manic Street Preachers
11 What kind of animal is a Wessex saddleback - Pig
12 Who was the first footballer to move between two English clubs for £150,000 - Alan Clarke (1968)
13 What was the first outdoor sport in which women competed equally against men - Croquet
14 Which institution awards the Pulitzer Prizes - Columbia University
15 What is the Latin term that means things to be done". Originally comparable to a to-do list, an ordered list of things to be done - Agenda
16 What is a second wedding anniversary known as - Cotton
17 How many sides has a pentacontagon - Fifty
18 Who said in an ad campaign you meet the nicest people in a Honda - Twiggy
19 Who starred in The Adventures of Robin Hood made for TV in 1955 - Richard Greene
20 In which country did Ugg boots originate - Australia

General Knowledge 44

General Knowledge

Quiz 44
1. AIM AT NUISANCES (anagram of a sixties TV series) - Man in a Suitcase
2. What was the name of the ship in which Captain James Cook made his second and third voyages of exploration to the Pacific. - HMS Resolution
3. In the motoring world what does FSH stand for - Full Service History
4. What two planets in our solar system are classed as ice giants and or gas giants - Uranus and Neptune
5. In which cartoon does Charley Brown and his dog Snoopy appear in many newspapers - Peanuts
6. Who had a UK number one in 2016 with Stitches - Shawn Mendes
7. People with what surname are often nicknamed Smudger - Smith
8. What is added to a martini to make it dirty - Olive brine
9. In terms of capacity, what is the second largest stadium in the United Kingdom after Wembley Stadium - Twickenham (82,000)
10. What is the English equivalent of the German surname Fassbinder - Cooper
11. What was the name of author A A Milne's son - Christopher Robin
12. Which US Cavalry regiment fought the battle at Little Big Horn - The 7th Cavalry
13. The term "sadism" is derived from the name of what 18th century aristocrat and novelist - Marquis de Sade
14. How many dancers participate in the Dashing White Sergeant - Six
15. In which Devon town is the Britannia Royal Naval College - Dartmouth
16. Which company replaced Thames TV in 1993 - Carlton
17. Which is the only member of the Commonwealth never to have been a British colony or dependency at any time in its history - Mozambique
18. On the human body, a sanguineous crust is better known by what name - Scab
19. Zoophobia is the irrational fear of what - Animals
20. Which artist created the Lobster Telephone which can be seen in the Tate Gallery - Salvador Dali

General Knowledge 43

General Knowledge

Quiz 43
1 AVENUE ROD (anagram of a TV drama series) - Endeavour
2 Name the Government Chief Whip who allegedly directed a volley of abuse at a policeman guarding Downing Street after not being allowed to cycle out of the main gates - Andrew Mitchell
3 Who in 2016 became the first singer-songwriter to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature - Bob Dylan
4 In the Church of England who is the Primate of All England - Archbishop of Canterbury
5 What is the Spanish version of the FA Challenge Cup - Copa Del Rey
6 Which British car maker made the Viva - Vauxhall
7 Dili is the capital of which tiny country - East Timor
8 Which commentator made this statement, There's going to be a real ding-dong when the bell goes - David Coleman
9 Which post WW2 American President was born in Abilene - Eisenhower
10 What is the name of the family who inhabit Downton Abbey - Crawley
11 Which European royal admitted in May 2006 that he loved dogs just slightly grilled or sautéed - Prince Henrik of Denmark
12 In the book Clochmerle the building of what caused ructions - A urinal
13 Who had a top ten hit in the seventies with Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
14 Which shotgun has the smallest bore size 12 bore 16 bore or 28 bore - Twenty eight bore
15 What was Joseph Pujol's (stage name La Petomane) stage act - He passed wind, imitating music etc
16 What is a female gerbil called - Doe
17 According to the Beano comic strip who is Dennis the Menace's favourite TV hero - The Lone Ranger
18 In which film did Steve McQueen star as a cynical sailor on a US gunboat on the Yangtze river - The Sand Pebbles
19 Who was the first private individual to travel into space - Dennis Tito (paid 20 million dollars in 2001)
20 The modern lifestyle acronym MAMIL, which relates to the growth in fitness products and especially cycling, stands for what - Middle-Age Man In Lycra

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