General Knowledge 57 – freequizuk




General Knowledge 57 – freequizuk

1. FLEW FONDANT FIR (anagram of a sportsman) - Andrew Flintoff
2. Who was American president at the turn of the 21st century - Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
3. Which football league side were once known as New Brompton and Excelsior - Gillingham
4. Whose songs were the subject of Jeff Beck's Crazy Legs album - Gene Vincent
5. The C47 was the military version of which American aircraft - DC3 or Dakota
6. The inhabitants of which English town hanged a monkey during the Napoleonic wars - Hartlepool
7. Which British comedian said "My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of The Lone Ranger - Billy Connolly
8. Which order of monks were known as the Black Monks - Benedictines
9. Which Paralympic sport is also known as Murderball - Wheelchair rugby
10. What was the first Michael Jackson music video to air on MTV - Billie Jean
11. In which Welsh town did a young Prince Charles learn Welsh - Aberystwyth
12. After losing his seat in the 2010 general election, Nick Palmer became the first former MP to do what - Go on the dole
13. According to superstition what would be cured by sleeping on stones - Baldness
14. In maths, what is the more common name for a regular hexahedron - A cube
15 .Which member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band had a starring role in the TV series 'The Sopranos' - Steven Van Zandt
16. Which country was the first to make catalytic converters compulsory on cars - Switzerland
17. Clomipramine, an anti-depressant, had which unusual and notable side effect - Orgasm when yawning
18. Who was nicknamed Acid Raine - Countess Spencer (Diana’s stepmother)
19. When Henry Fonda played Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine who played Doc Holiday - Victor Mature
20. Dragon Whiskers is a type of tea from which country - China

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