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