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General Knowledge

Quiz 40
1 NO UNTIDY CLOTHES (anagram of a type of place) - The nudist colony
2 An anchovy is a member of which fish family - Herring
3 What is the smallest type of grand piano - Baby grand
4 The devil is typically characterized as having what sort of foot - Cloven
5 The term tercentennial represents how many years - Three hundred years
6 How did Frank James, Jesse's brother die - Old age
7 In 1998, which song gave Cher her second UK number one - Believe
8 What is the Diagram Prize awarded for each year at the Frankfurt Book Fair - Oddest title
9 Where on the body would you find the philtrum - Groove between your nose and your lips
10 Who presented BBC TV's Ski Sunday for 19 years - David Vine
11 The Hall of Fame at Owensboro Kentucky is dedicated to which type of people - Cowboys
12 By what name have we come to know Stephanie Clifford - Stormy Daniels
13 Which great Colombian football star will be remembered as much for his big hair as his ability - Carlos Valderrama
14 Which British aircraft manufacturer made the Lancaster bomber - Avro
15 In which children's TV series did the character Mr Turnip appear - Whirligig
16 In music who would use colophony -A string player it is bow resin
17 Lyrics: One shaft of light that shows the way, no mortal man can win this day - A Kind Of Magic
18 What is the name of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier which was launched in 2017 - HMS Queen Elizabeth
19 What happened to George Reeves the original Superman of the 50's - Shot himself because he could not get any other roles
20 Which group's only hit was with Funky Town in 1980 - Lipps Inc

General Knowledge

Quiz 27
1 URBAN CHIMNEY (anagram of a football team) - Bayern Munich
2 In motor advertising what does FFSR stand for - Factory Fitted Sun Roof
3 What is the correct name for the ankle bone - Talus
4 Who had a top ten hit in the seventies with Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
5 According to a 2008 survey what is Britain’s favourite biscuit - Custard cream with bourbons second
6 How does the Bishop of Durham sign his name - Dunelm
7 Who plays the main character DCI Janine Lewis in the TV series Blue Murder - Caroline Quentin
8 What is a third divided by a half - Two thirds
9 Which film star's name is the only one defined in the Oxford dictionary - Mae West
10 Which American state is nicknamed the Big Pineapple - Hawaii
11 According to Yorkshire superstition what happens if you cut both ends off a loaf - The devil would fly over the house
12 For which 1949 film did Anton Karas write and perform the music using a zither - The Third Man
13 What is the only Shakespeare play with an English place name in the title - The Merry Wives of Windsor
14 What kind of instrumentalist would use a hi-hat - Drummer
15 No.1 Blue, No.2 Blue with red stripes, No.3 Green with red stripes. What world syndicated children´s TV programme are we referring to - Thomas The Tank Engine
16 In Spaceballs what does the bumper sticker say on the back of Lonestar's ship - I Love Uranus
17 What has been done to Dartmoor ponies to stop them getting hit by cars - Glow in the dark paint added
18 Yuri Gargarin was the first Russian in space, who was the second - Gherman Titov
19 Which two football clubs located in the South of England play in what is sometimes called the M23 Derby - Crystal Palace and Brighton And Hove Albion
20 What is the capital of Crete - Iraklion

General Knowledge

Quiz 25 
1. LET CHEAT FIX is an anagram of which cartoon character - Felix the Cat
2. How many strings does a banjelele have - Four
3. Which Roman god was always shown holding a bunch of grapes - Bacchus
4. In adverts who wanted to buy his book on fly fishing - JR Hartley
5. What is the name of Hong Kong's main airport - Chep Lap Kok
6. Which character murdered Bruce Wayne's parents in Batman Begins - Joe Chill
7. Alma, Brown Turkey, Desert King, Italian Black, and Kadota are types of which fruit - Figs
8. Which album in 2013 became the first film soundtrack to top the UK album charts since Evita in 1997 - Les Miserables
9. What is the term used when an article is rejected by the editor - It is said to have been "spiked"
10. What is a person who is said to be dextral - Right handed
11. Lovely Day was a 1978 top ten hit for which American soul singer - Bill Withers
12. Which first lady was known as the Smiling Mamba - Nancy Reagan
13. Who produced Cilla Black's number one hits - George Martin
14. If a man is suffering from diphallic terata what is wrong with him - He has two penises
15. Which American vice president was awarded the Ig-Nobel prize for demonstrating better than anyone else the need for science education - Dan Quayle
16. Which TV comedy pair had a 1963 hit single with At The Palace (Parts 1 and 2) - Wilfred Brambell and Harry H Corbett
17. What is the upper cc limit for speedway motor cycles - Five hundred cc
18. For what would you train at White Lodge - Ballet dancing
19. What is meant by the musical term subito - Immediately
20. What during WW2 was 'Operation Bernard Germany' forging - British banknotes

General Knowledge

Quiz 24
1 - How many candles does a menorah have in all? - 9

2 - What are the two chambers of the Canadian Parliament called? - Senate and House of Commons

3 - Which number in Morse code is represented by five dots? - 5

4 - On which day is Thanksgiving celebrated in the United States? - The fourth (not last) Thursday in November

5 - In mythology, who killed the 9-headed Hydra? - Heracles (or Hercules in Roman mythology)

6 - What is the meaning of the word 'Bible'? - The Books (from the Greek 'ta biblia')

7 - Who historically lives in 11 Downing Street? - The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Second Lord of the Treasury)

8 - What is biblioclasm? - Destroying books usually ceremonially
9 - The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a cartel of twelve countries which has its headquarters in which city? - Vienna

10 - In mythology, who was the first (and last) person to solve the Riddle of the Sphinx? - Oedipus

11 - According to legend, who was the tallest of Robin Hood's men and the only one with him when he died? - Little John

12 - The Penny Black was the first modern postage stamp in the world but the Penny Red was the first to have what? - Perforations

13 - Tenzin Gyatso was born on the 6th of July 1935 in Qinghai, People's Republic of China. By what title is he better known? - The (14th) Dalai Lama

14 - In the United States, who is second in presidential line of succession after the vice president? - The Speaker of the House of Representatives

15 - What do Aspirin, Dry Ice, Kerosene and Linoleum have in common? - They were all trademarks

16 - SEAT, the car manufacturer, is an acronym of what? - Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo

17 - The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which crown? - The Netherlands

18 - In which country is the Court of Justice of the European Communities, usually called the European Court of Justice (ECJ)? - Luxembourg

19 - The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. By what name are they better known? - Tony Awards

20 - The European Parliament meets in which two cities? - Strasbourg and Brussels

General Knowledge

Quiz 17 
1 BEWARE CURLY HIGH is an anagram of what Paralympic sport - Wheelchair rugby (
2 If a literary work is said to be Shavian who wrote it - George Bernard Shaw
3 What was the ship depicted on the old pre decimal halfpenny - Golden Hind
4 Which chocolate factory was bought by Kraft in 1993 and closed in 2005 - Terry's of York
5 Valentine's day is the bingo call for what number - Fourteen
6 What does an Australian mean by shoot through - To leave in a hurry
7 Titled 'The Four Feathers', released in 1929, what was special about this film - The last silent film made
8 What hairstyle did Chris Evert sport in her first US Open Tennis champions - Pigtails
9 What was Elsie Tanner's maiden name in Coronation Street - Grimshaw
10 Cheetos are a type of snack but how do we know them in the UK - Wotsits
11 What did Dover Street tube station change its name to - Green Park
12 Complete the proverb: Knowledge in youth is - Wisdom in age
13 People born between about 1960-1980 are often referred to as Generation what - X
14 Glenn Durant became 2017 World Champion in which sport - Darts
15 In jazz parlance what is a flat footed floozy with the floy floy - Overworked prostitute
16 If actors are said to chew up the scenery what are they doing - Overacting
17 What is an Albany doctor - Cooling breeze
18 Who was the first female member of the Magic Circle - Debbie McGhee
19 What is a half of a half of a half of a half - Sixteenth
20 What TV western star was once the highest paid, highest scoring professional lacrosse player in Canadian history - Jay Silverheels--Tonto on " The Lone Ranger