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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

General Knowledge 5

General Knowledge

Quiz 5
1 HEADLINE TOOTH (anagram of something to eat)? - Toad in the hole
2 Which country represented by Sandra Kim won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986? - Belgium
3 Who directed Midnight Express and the film version of Evita? - Alan Parker
4 What word was coined to describe lemonade and cider beverages spiked with alcohol? - Alcopops
5 What is the largest and heaviest living lizard in the world? - Komodo dragon
6 What do the letters AOL stand for in the Internet provider? - America On Line
7 What type of car was driven by Dennis Waterman in Minder? - Ford Capri
8 What was the former name of the New Zealand city of Wellington? - Britannia
9 Who succeeded George H W Bush as President of the USA? - Bill Clinton
10 Smiley Burnette was which cowboy's sidekick? - Gene Autry
11 What is zephyr the poetic name for? - The West Wind
12 Which of DH Lawrence's books is set in Australia? - Kangaroo
13 Which musical instrument is associated with jazz musicians Barney Bigard and Buddy de Franco? - Clarinet
14 Who won an Oscar for playing Jimmy Malone in the 1987 film The Untouchables? - Sean Connery
15 The tea house Mellow Yellow opened in which European city in 1972, pioneering the legal sale of cannabis Amsterdam
16 The milk of which animal is used in the French Rocamadour cheese? - Goat
17 What is the name of the teapot in Disney's Beauty and the Beast? - Mrs Potts
18 What does the cockney rhyming slang Adam and Eve it mean? - Believe it
19 Who is credited with starting the jogging boom? - James F Fixx (he died of a heart attack while out jogging)
20 In the 2007 British TV series Hunter each episode is the song title of a song by which British band? - Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark

General Knowledge 4

General Knowledge

Quiz 4
1. I AM THIS NERD (anagram of someone in the art world)? - Damien Hirst
2. Which Hollywood actress played Lola Lasagne in the Batman TV series? - Ethel Merman
3. Who might use BSL? - Deaf people it stands for British Sign Language
4. With whom do we associate the phrase I wanna tell you a story? - Max Bygraves
5. In which country does the football team Airbus play its home games? - Wales
6. Which comedy crime series was a spin off from Canned Carrott? - The Detectives
7. In the poem Kublai khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge what was the name of the sacred river of Xanadu? - Alph
8. Which RAF rank is comparative with a Captain in the Royal Navy? - Group Captain
9. Bray Studios, near Windsor in Berkshire, was home to which famous brand of films? - Hammer Horror
10. What is the main diet of the white rhinoceros? - Grass
11. Who joined Bananarama on their first two hits? - Fun Boy Three
12. What colour is the triangle on the Czech republic flag? - Blue
13. Which American city is also sometimes known as Queen City? - Charlotte
14. Who won the Best Actor BAFTA in 1983 for his part in Educating Rita? - Michael Caine
15. What does a 30-year-old European male have that is on average 2.2 inches long and sticks out 1 inch? - Nose
16. What became compulsory in cars on Britain's roads in 1932? - Rear view mirrors
17. Which novel was ceremoniously burned by a thousand Muslims in 1989? - The Satanic Verses
18. On the night that ITV began broadcasting who was killed off on BBC radio? - Grace Archer
19. What was the first name of Madame Marie Curie's husband? - Pierre
20. Who had a number one in the seventies with Wandrin' Star? - Lee Marvin

General Knowledge 3

General Knowledge

Quiz 3
1. ADVANCING YEAST (anagram of a TV sitcom)? - Gavin And Stacey
2. In American law what does DA stand for? - District Attorney
3. What was the name of Raffles sidekick in the books and TV series? - Bunny Manders
4. Which country was the first to begin the car hire business? - America
5. Which future pop star played Beth Brennan in Neighbours? - Natalie Imbruglia
6. Which Ernest Hemingway novel was set in Italy during the last year of WW1? - A Farewell to Arms
7. Who is Fulchester Rovers goalkeeper in the comic Viz? - Billy The Fish
8. What is the name of Kings Lynn's speedway team? - King's Lynn Knights
9. Which insects chew wood to make their nests? - Wasps
10. In a celebrity edition of Stars In Their Eyes who did Penny Smith do? - Debbie Harry
11. In which novel or film would you find all of the following characters Wamba, Hugh de Bracy, Rowena, Cedric, Brain de Bois and Rebecca? - Ivanhoe
12. In which country was Vanessa Mae born? - Singapore
13. What animal appears on the coat of arms of the city of Madrid? - Bear
14. Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) was the world's first what? - Nuclear reactor
15. What was the code name for the allied invasion of Sicily in WW2? - Operation Husky
16. Who played Johnny Cash in the 2005 biopic I Walk The Line? - Joaquin Phoenix
17. In American CB jargon what was A Credit Card Machine? - Narrow Two Lane Bridge
18. What nationality is author Jo Nesbo? - Norwegian
19. What did author Frederick Forsyth choose as his luxury on his 1975 appearance on Desert Island Discs? - Bow and arrows
20. Bob Marley, Eric Clapton and Warren G have all recorded which song? - I Shot the Sheriff

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