General Knowledge 15

General Knowledge

Quiz 15 
1. NULL EROTICA (anagram of a form of transport) - Renault Clio
2. What is the hottest planet in the solar system Venus - (not Mercury because Venus has an atmosphere Mercury doesn't
3. Which car safety feature was invented by Daimler Benz in 1981 - Airbag
4. Which American soap was set in Pine Valley - All My Children
5. Golden Knob and Gascoynes Scarlet are varieties of which fruit - Apples
6. What is the only stringed instrument in an orchestra that is not played with a bow - Harp
7. In the original Happy Families card game what was the name of the Gardener - Spade
8. Who was the voice of Jim Moriarty in The Goon Show - Spike Milligan
9. What type of drink is bohea - Tea
10. How many points of the compass are there - Thirty two
11. Who played Adolf Hitler in the Bunker - Anthony Hopkins
12. What is the largest house in Yorkshire - Castle Howard
13. Who scored England's only try in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final - Jason Robinson
14. Who had a UK number one in 2015 with Writing's On The Wall - Sam Smith
15. On which island did Paul Gaugin paint some of his best works - Tahiti
16. The pigment sepia is obtained from which sea creature - Cuttlefish
17. In which capital city is the famous Crazy Horse Saloon that was famous for its Apache dancers - Paris
18. In which area of London was The TV comedy drama Budgie set - Soho
19. Which bird's name of four letters long can be put after "bit" to produce another bird's name - Tern
20. What is Enterology - The art of getting into confined spaces

General Knowledge 14

General Knowledge

Quiz 14
1. HEAR ARSENAL(anagram of a sportsman) - Alan Shearer
2. On a Monopoly board what colour is Leicester Square - Yellow
3. What is the road system called that links 17 capitals in South America - Pan American Highway
4. Which blood group can receive blood from any other - AB
5. Who starred as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe in the film The Longest Yard - Burt Reynolds
6. In which country did doughnuts originate - Netherlands
7. Who said Give us the tools and we will finish the job (February 1941) - Sir Winston Churchill
8. What sport did Clive Everton commentate on - Snooker
9. Which three words complete the proverb, The nearer the bone the - Sweeter the meat
10. Which soap village is situated in the Valley of the river Am - Ambridge
11. What is singer Neil Young's home town - Toronto
12. What were great danes originally bred for - Boar and bear hunting
13. Whose fourth novel featuring Robert Langdon, is a mystery thriller called Inferno - Dan Brown
14. What word links these: chestnut, chicken, pot - Roast
15. Who had a UK number one in 2015 with Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
16. Where in 1972 did John Young set a speed record of 11.2 mph - The Moon
17. How many masts has a carrack - Three
18. What does the French culinary term dore mean - Brushed with egg yolk
19. What town has been known as the Toyshop of Europe - Birmingham
20. What was Sir Robin Day's job before he became a full time TV interviewer and presenter - Barrister

General Knowledge 13

 

General Knowledge

Quiz 13
1. FLEE HIM WILDCAT (anagram of a TV series) - Call The Midwife
2. Where is Trafalgar - Off the southern coast of Spain
3. For her part in which 1951 film did Vivian Leigh win the Oscar for Best Actress - A Streetcar Named Desire
4. Which website, particularly popular in the Noughties, was born from an idea invented by Steve and Julie Pankhurst from Barnet, North London - Friends Reunited
5. Who created the Detective Maigret - Georges Simenon
6. Who is actor Arthur White's more famous actor brother - David Jason
7. What prevents a spider from sticking to its own web - Oil on its body
8. Who was the biggest person in the twentieth century to have a UK number one - Demis Roussos
9. Which football league side was once known as West Herts - Watford
10. What was the sequel to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Smiley's People
11. If you asked for white steak in Israel what would you be given - Pork (seemingly it is very popular and certainly not kosher)
12. Which Antiques Roadshow expert helped to reunite owners with their stolen property on Crimewatch UK - Eric Knowles
13. If you portage a canoe, what are you doing - Carrying it
14. Cobweb, Moth, and Mustard Seed are all characters in which Shakespeare play - A Midsummer Night's Dream
15. In heraldry what term is given to a sun with a face on surrounded by rays - A splendour
16. What type of food is taleggio - Cheese
17. With whom was the music hall song My Old Man Said Follow The Van associated - Marie Lloyd
18. What word links these: basket, lunch, site - Picnic
19. What is a twelfth wedding anniversary known as - Silk/linen
20. The Aga cooker originated in which country - Sweden

General Knowledge 12

General Knowledge

Quiz 12
1 A LION HAD SEX (anagram of a singer) - Alesha Dixon
2 What is the nearest city to The famous Colditz Castle - Dresden
3 Which group had a top ten hit in 1990 with Love Shack - B-52s
4 Who presented the documentary The First Eden - David Attenborough
5 Which cake shares its name with a Goon Show character - Eccles
6 ISO appears on camera film what does it stand for - International Standards Organisation
7 In Scotland what is a plouk - Pimple
8 What was the name of the club that Bertie Wooster belonged to - The Drones
9 Which Sutton United goalkeeper hit the headlines in February 2017 when he ate a pie on camera - Wayne Shaw
10 What is a mixture of 75% potassium nitrate, 13% charcoal and 12% sulphur called - Gunpowder
11 What type of nuts are usually in a bar of nougat - Almonds
12 The Sweet Adelines International music organization is involved in which type of music - Barbershop
13 What name links the second largest city in Argentina by population, a department of Colombia, a province of Spain, and a Central American currency - Cordoba
14 The Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles was the first what in the world - Discotheque
15 Who played Harrison Ford's wife in the film Mosquito Coast - Helen Mirren
16 Who founded the National Viewers and Listeners Association - Mary Whitehouse
17 What flavour is Crème de Menthe - Peppermint
18 The emblem of Queen Elizabeth 1 is now often used as a pub sign, what was it - Falcon
19 Which British car manufacturer made the Kitten - Reliant
20 Which William led a gang called The Outlaws - William Brown (Just William)

 

General Knowledge 11

General Knowledge

Quiz 11
1 ODD COUPLE TAKE MONEY ORDER (famous entertainment duo) - Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
2 Born in 1964, she is a lawyer by profession and her maiden name was Michelle LaVaughn Robinson. How is she better known - Michelle Obama
3 Complete the proverb please. You can't make a silk purse - Out of a sow's ear
4 What is the emblem of the Saint John's Ambulance Brigade - Maltese Cross
5 What is the correct name for the Jumbo Jet - Boeing 747
6 Which singer had a UK number two hit single in 1986 despite having been dead for 20 years - Sam Cooke (Wonderful World)
7 What are babies born on 29th February known as - Leaplings
8 King Robert Baratheon and Queen Cersei Lannister are characters in which US TV fantasy drama series - Game of Thrones
9 What is the smallest capital city in the European Union - Valletta (Malta)
10 Who designed Sydney Opera House - Jorn Utzon
11 What is the collective noun for unicorns - Blessing
12 Which footballer holds the record for the fastest hat trick in the Premiership - Sadio Mane Southampton v Aston Villa two minutes fifty six seconds
13 Which British cartoon strip character is known as Willi Wacker in Germany - Andy Capp
14 Americans would call it a diaper what would we call it - Nappy
15 Christopher Waitz won Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his part in which 2013 film - Django Unchained
16 Ginger and Algy were the best friends of which children's book hero - Biggles
17 In which country is Schooner Maritime Lager brewed - Canada
18 What is the name of the Vatican's Army - The Swiss Guard
19 What is the more popular name of the painting by Whistler officially called Arrangement In Grey and Black - Whistler's Mother
20 Where are the headquarters of the Fleet Air Arm - Yeovilton

General Knowledge 10

General Knowledge

Quiz 10
1 WATER LANE LINKS (anagram of a TV game show) - Winner Takes All
2 During WW2 what was a UXB - Unexploded bomb
3 What is a female guinea pig called - Sow
4 Which is the second largest inhabited castle in England - Alnwick (Arundel is next)
5 Which motor manufacturer make the Xsara - Citroen
6 What is the capital of the Canadian territory of The North West Territories - Yellowknife
7 What is Rupert Murdoch's first name - Keith
8 According to the proverb, Keep your friends close and your "what" closer - Enemies
9 Where in the body is the stirrup shaped bone known as the stapes - Ear
10 Who was Liverpool manager when they won the European Cup in 1984 - Joe Fagan
11 What is the name of the bell that calls MP's to vote - Division Bell
12 Which actress played a rookie cop helping Denzel Washington track down a serial killer in The Bone Collector - Angelina Jolie
13 From which song do these lyrics come you’re a rhapsody, a comedy; you're a symphony and a play. You're every love song ever written, but honey what do you see in me - You're In My Heart (Rod Stewart)
14 What was a Sinclair Executive - Calculator
15 In the Game of Thrones what is the Stark family motto - Winter is coming
16 If you bought something made by a company called Revelation what would you probably have bought - Luggage
17 Who wrote the novel East of Eden - John Steinbeck
18 What was a Florentine Girdle - Chastity belt
19 What is the name of the village fishmonger in the Asterix series of cartoons - Unhygienix
20 What kind of meat did a caddy butcher sell - Horse

General Knowledge 9

General Knowledge

Quiz 9
1 STURDY ROYAL GRAPHIC (anagram of a TV show) - Play Your Cards Right
2 In which group did Angus Young wear short trousers - AC/DC
3 The island of Feurteventura lies in which body of water - Atlantic Ocean
4 Who played Rafe McCawley in Pearl Harbour - Ben Affleck
5 Henry Longfellow wrote a famous poem about which Red Indian - Hiawatha
6 What name is given to a film site away from the studio - Location
7 What colour and type of car was Lady Penelope driven round in in Thunderbirds - Pink Rolls Royce
8 For which county does/or did cricketer Joe Root play - Yorkshire
9 Who hosted Hit, Miss or Maybe in the nineties - Zoe Ball
10 What two words complete the proverb "If you can kiss the mistress never kiss - The maid
11 Barbary, Ring, Rock, Collared, Turtle and Stock are all which type of birds - Doves
12 The opening credits of which TV series showed a snake slithering over a mosaic paving - I Claudius
13 In which sea is Venice - Adriatic
14 Which footballer's autobiography was entitled 'Le Magnifique' - David Ginola
15 Which one of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands was killed in an aeroplane crash - Mike Todd
16 Who wrote The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
17 In which British film was the line 'I don't believe this, will everyone stop gettin' shot' used - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
18 Which British aircraft manufacturer made the Hawk Moth - De Havilland
19 Who succeeded George H W Bush as President of the USA - Bill Clinton
20 What type of computer file is a FLAC file: image, audio or text - Audio (Free Lossless Audio Codec)

General Knowledge 8

General Knowledge

Quiz 8
1 RANDOM ADVICE (anagram of a former politician) - David Cameron
2 What type of creature was the Muppet called Harold - Woodpecker
3 What's the world's widest river - Amazon
4 Who played Tarzan in the 1997 film Tarzan and the Lost City - Caspar Van Dien
5 From which part of a pig do we get ham - Upper back legs
6 Which British sixties group were formerly known as Freddie Heath and the Nutters - Johnny Kidd And The Pirates
7 What does the theatrical expression when the ghost walks, mean - Everyone gets paid
8 What herb is used when making the salmon dish gravadlax - Dill
9 What make of car did Mr Wolf drive in Pulp Fiction - Acura
10 Which member of the Monty Python team died in 1989 - Graham Chapman
11 It is called Gustave and is rumoured to have claimed as many as 300 victims from the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Africa and inspired the 2007 movie Primeval - What is it Nile crocodile
12 With which Scottish club did Alan Hansen begin his professional football career - Partick Thistle
13 What is the most popular pizza topping in South Korea - Tuna
14 Which TV presenter was the mother of former Blue Peter presenter Caron Keating - Gloria Hunniford
15 What type of animal was on the sleeve of the album The Fat of the Land - Cat
16 Which film was advertised by the tag line, Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude - Arachnophobia
17 What is the collective noun for Barracudas - Battery
18 In motor advertising what does E/M stand for - Electric mirrors
19 American art collector Henry Huntingdon bought the painting The Blue Boy, but what did he complain about after he bought it - It wasn't blue enough
20 Hg is the chemical symbol for which element - Mercury

General Knowledge 7

General Knowledge

Quiz 7
From which English county do we get Delabole slate - Cornwall
On a British Ordnance Survey map what does SB stand for - Signal box
Which character did James Stewart play in the 1952 film, The Greatest Show On Earth - Buttons the Clown
Who, in 1968, became the first footballer to be sent off while playing for England - Alan Mullery
Vegetarians do what more than carnivores and omnivores - Fart, pass wind etc
Which former Leader of the Conservative Party won the Spectator Parliamentarian of the year award in 1998 - William Hague
What is the distance between the thread ridges of a screw or bolts called - The pitch
What is the only one of the seven wonders of the modern world in England - Stonehenge
Which entertainer's daughter composed the 1988 UK Eurovision song contest entry - Bruce Forsyth
Who said all political careers end in failure - Enoch Powell
What would a hobophilist collect - Garden gnomes
In The film Blazing Saddles, what is the surname of everybody in the town of Rock Ridge - Johnson
What's round in London and Paris but square in New York - Underground railway tunnels
The Saltire has been flown from all government buildings in Scotland since 2002 following a change to regulations. Why is the Union flag still flown from Edinburgh Castle - It is still an official British Army flag flying station
Who sang Song For Bob Dylan - David Bowie
What colour jackets did the staff wear in Pontin’s holiday camps - Blue
According to English law what is the maximum sentence for shortening a shotgun - Five years
How many guns are fired in salute on Prince Philip's birthday - Sixty two
In motor advertising what does PAS stand for - Power assisted steering
The Royal Mint brought out a set of 26 ten pence pieces in 2018 each depicting something beginning with each letter of the alphabet, what is shown on the coin designated M - Mackintosh

General Knowledge 6

General Knowledge

Quiz 6
1. FIRE NEAR CARS (anagram of a North American actor)? - Frasier Crane
2. In which fictional town is Murder She Wrote set? - Cabot Cove
3. What Biblical expression literally means Praise the Lord? - Hallelujah
4. What was the Spanish title of Goodbye Mr Chips? - Adios Mister Chips
5. What would you be served in a Japanese restaurant if you asked for takenoko? - Bamboo shoots
6. In which event did Stephen Redgrave win his first Olympic gold medal? - Coxed fours
7. What does the acronym of the organization ASH stand for? - Action on Smoking and Health
8. In which film it is said, Some dreams come true, some don’t. Keep on dreaming? - Pretty Woman
9. Which poet laureate edited the Shell Guides? - John Betjeman
10. What is the name of the high level road along the French Riviera between Nice and Menton? - Grande Corniche
11. Which writer created the characters Alex Cross, John Sampson and Brianna Stone? - James Patterson
12. What was the TV sitcom The Good Life called in America? - Good Neighbours
13. What type of wine comes from the area bordered by Rheims, Epernay and Chalons sur Marne? - Champagne
14. What is the name of the police constable in the children's TV series Balamorey? - PC Plum
15. Rheostats and potentiometers are examples of which electrical components? - Resistors
16. Who played the part of Captain Billy Tyne in the year 2000 film The Perfect Storm? - George Clooney
17. Which comedian made a record called Me Bruvver? - Terry Scott
18. The Japanese condiment wasabi is produced from what part of the wasabi plant? - Roots
19. Who directed the 2002 film Spiderman? - Sam Raimi
20. Who was the sister of Peter in the musical duo Peter and Gordon? - Jane Asher

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