General Knowledge 26

General Knowledge

Quiz 26
1 DEMON WHITE MICE (anagram of a TV series) - Come Dine with Me
2 What is a young elephant seal called - Weaner
3 If you were a chalkie in Australia, what would your job be - A teacher
4 Which county in Northern Ireland is sometimes known as Ireland's Lake District - Fermanagh
5 Who made up the word chortle - Lewis Carroll (Chuckle and snort)
6 What is the skin that peels off after a bad sunburn called - Blype
7 "I met a devil woman. She took my heart away. She said, I've had it comin' to me. But I wanted it that way" are the opening lines to which 1974 song - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
8 Name the USA Gymnastics national team doctor sentenced in 2018 to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing more than 150 gymnasts - Larry Nassar
9 What institution located in Berkshire, near Windsor in England has been called 'the chief nurse of England's statesmen' - Eton
10 What type of sea creature is a Crown-of-Thorns - Starfish
11 In the Thomas the Tank Engine stories what is the name of the barge - Bulstrode
12 In stamp collecting what is the name given to a horizontal or vertical row of three or more joined stamps - A strip
13 Which Yorkshire born artist painted A Bigger Splash (1967) - David Hockney
14 What colour are the flowers of a tomato plant - Yellow
15 Who, in 1813, famously described his soldiers as "scum of the earth" - The Duke of Wellington
16 Which actor played Abdul in the Beatles film 'Help!' - Warren Mitchell
17 What is the name of the fictional brewery in Emmerdale's Woolpack - Ephraim Monk
18 What was the capital of West Germany from 1949 until 1990 - Bonn
19 Complete the proverb: Ale sellers should not be - Tale tellers
20 Name one of the only two top ten UK hits by Ella Fitzgerald - Swinging Shepherd Blues and Mack the Knife

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