General Knowledge

Quiz 1a

1 In which year did the Titanic Sink?
2 Who is the current and 25th Prime Minister of Australia?
3 Which UK motorway links Endinburgh and Glasgow?
4 How should 113 be correctly written in Roman Numerals?
5 Which country is represented by the international car regestration of P?
6 What word represents the letter R in the Phonetic Alphabet?
7 What cheese would normally accompany Potatoes and Lardons in a Tartiflette?
8 Which sign of the Zodiac is symbolised by an Archer?
9 If listed alphabetically by surname, which cluedo character would be listed first?
10 On which Island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?

Quiz 1b

1 What nickname was given to the day when over £100 billion was wiped off the value of shares in London?
2 In which british town did Michael Ryan run riot killing 14 people?
3 Which is the First animal listed in the Oxford English Dictionary
4 What does the Acronym SCUBA stand for?
5 By what name was the Scottish outlaw and hero Robert McGregor betterr known?
6 What are the flat treeless plains of Argentina called?
7 In the nursery rhyme how many blackbirds were baked in a pie?
8 What is the capital of Iran?
9 Which US state is nicknamed the Lone Star State?
10 Which spanish city can you travel to by ferry from Portsmouth?

Quiz 2

1 Which peak overlooks Cape Town
2 What word is used in international radio communications to denote the letter L
3 Which british driver won the British Grand Prix in 1999
4 Anne Frank hid from the Nazi's in Amsterdam, but in which country was she born
5 What is the capital city of ethiopia
6 What do the initials RSPB stand for
7 How many side does a dodecahedron have
8 Greenland is a self governing territory of which european country
9 Mohair is made from the hair of what breed of animal
10 In jungle book what sort of creature was Baloo

Quiz 3

1 Which former England international footballer of the late 80s and early 90s now works as a postman in Reading?
2 You are in a cold dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
3 In what country is timbuktu? Mali, Peru, Nepal
4 With which sport would you most associate the commentator Ted Lowe?
5 The Blue Cornflower is the french equivalent to what in england?
6 By what name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known?
7 Which is the only vowel on a standard english keyboard that is not on the top line of letters?
8 What is the 'perfect score' in a game of Ten Pin Bowling?
9 What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair?

Quiz 7

1 How do you say "no worries" in Swahili?
2 When did the Euro banknotes and coins officially become currency in Europe?
3 Which organisation has the motto: Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity?
4 What is a more common name for a polygraph?
5 Which is the third letter of the greek alphabet?
6 The Valkyries are the nine handmaidens of whom?
7 What's the connection between Mashed Potato, the Loco-Motion and the Funky Chicken?
8 What are Mizaru, Mikazaru, and Mazaru?
9 What does a circle with a cross through it mean on a clothing label?
10 Who is Bibendum better known as?

Quiz 9

1 Donald F. Duncan introduced in 1929 a toy based on a weapon used by 16th-century Filipino hunters. What is it called?
2 Where is the cloth denim, used in jeans, originally come from?
3 What is the collective name for Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La La and Po?
4 What is signified by a red triangle on an Ordnance Survey map?
5 Which US city has a NFL football team known as the Cowboys?
6 Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are the principal gods of which religion?
7 What is optophobia a fear of?
8 “They dined on mince, and slices of quince, which they ate with a runcible spoon” are amongst the closing lines of which famous poem?
9 which South American weapon consists of two or three heavy balls or stones tied to interconnected cords or strings?
10 Do penguins live wild in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere?

Quiz 10

1 Alphabetically, which of the Seven Dwarfs is listed last?
2 Which country’s vehicles are represented by the International Car Registration Code of BR?
3 What is the name of the rooster that appears on boxes of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
4 In ‘Blackadder Goes 4th’, Baldrick's poem called 'The German Guns' contained which single word repeated numerous times
5 What is the second longest suspension bridge in the United States
6 Which of the ‘Teletubbies’ is yellow in colour
7 What is the capital city of El Salvador
8 Which music mogul owns the TV production company Syco
9 It was a famous tales of the Montagues and Capulets – but which family was Romeo a member of
10 Who played the character Carlos Rey in the 1981 movie ‘Escape to Victory’

Quiz 10c

1 When are pancakes traditionally eaten?
2 Who is the Roman God of Love?
3 What type of domestic cat has no tail?
4 Where was the Magna Carta signed?
5 What is the collective term for a group of geese?
6 Which country has the international car registration 'D'?
7 Which English county is known as the Garden of England?
8 In which sport would you find an epée?
9 What is 1000 + 30 + 1000 + 60 + 2000 + 10?
10 What has got a light side and a dark side and hold the universe together

Quiz 10b

1 What is the Roman numeral for 50?
2 Jack Bauer is the main character in which TV series?
3 What is the sign of the Zodiac represented by a crab
4 Tactile relates to which of the senses?
5 What is a camel with one humps called?
6 What was the name of the character played by Eddie Murphy in the 1984 film Beverley Hills Cop?
7 What is the common name for nitrous oxide?
8 Which vegetables are hash browns made from?
9 Which country is Red Stripe lager originally from?
10 What is the name of the space station first launched by the Soviet Union in 1986?

Quiz 10a

1 What word is derived from the french terms meaning Twice Baked
2 Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable?
3 By what name is the Gravelly Hill Inter-change better known?
4 What term used to tell someone to be quiet, came about during the days of the Gramaphone
5 Who invented jeans?
6 Which is the nearest planet to earth?
7 Who shot and killed Billy the Kid in 1881?
8 What was Manfred von Richtofen's nickname?
9 Who played Simon Templar in the 1997 film 'The Saint'?
10 Who directed the film 'Alien'

Quiz 12a

1 In which country was margarine invented?
2 In the TV show ‘Neighbours’ what profession is the character Karl Kennedy?
3 Which female dog was the very first ‘Blue Peter’ pet?
4 Taekwondo is a martial art originating from which country?
5 What middle initial does the author Iain Banks add to his name when writing science fiction books?
6 In the human body what is the Axilla commonly known as?
7 In the Bible's New Testament what was the last battle between good and evil before the day of judgement?
8 What was Hiram Hackenbacker's nickname in Thunderbirds?
9 Who was the 'teacher' in TV's Rock School?
10 What are kept in an apiary?

Quiz 12b

1 In which year did the Titanic Sink?
2 Who is the current and 25th Prime Minister of Australia?
3 Which UK motorway links Endinburgh and Glasgow?
4 How should 113 be correctly written in Roman Numerals?
5 Which country is represented by the international car regestration of P?
6 What word represents the letter R in the Phonetic Alphabet?
7 What type of food would you be eating if you were having a fondue bourginione
8 Which sign of the Zodiac is symbolised by a Fish?
9 If listed alphabetically by surname, which cluedo character would be listed first?
10 On which Island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?