GENERAL KNOWLEDGE NO. 65

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6. Cat on a hot tin roof?

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11. Lulu

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11. Lulu

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1 Which duo live in the fictional town of Frostbite Falls?
ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE
2 Tapioca is extracted from the roots of which plant?
CASSAVA
3 Which alliterative cartoon character debuted in an animation entitled Dizzy Dishes?
BETTY BOOP
4 The Long John Silver Collection is Britain’s largest collection of what?
SHIPS FIGURE HEADS
5 Which gas has the formula C4H10?
BUTANE
6 For which film did Paul Newman receive his first Oscar nomination?
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
7 Whose life story was chronicled in the biography The Loneliest Millionaire?
ALFRED NOBEL
8 Which chart topping band originally performed under the name of Betty Blue?
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
9 What two word name is given to the tenth day of Tishri?
YOM KIPPUR
10 Who was knighted in 1953 and had a theatre named in his honour in 1994?
JOHN GIELGUD
11 Who was the first Scottish singer to top the UK singles charts?
LONNIE DONEGAN
12 Who penned the autobiography My Life As a Ten Year Old Boy?
NANCY CARTWRIGHT VOICE OF BART SIMPSON
13 The 1st Baronet of Scotney who died in 2003 was better known by what name?
DENIS THATCHER
14 What connects Duane Allman, The Leader of the Pack and Lawrence of Arabia?
ALL DIED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS
15 Which is the only gaseous element with a four letter name?
NEON
16 Mada rosis is the absence or loss of what with regard to the human body?
EYE LASHES
17 Microwave, infrared, ultraviolet. What comes next in the electromagnetic spectrum?
X RAY
18 What was abolished in 1988 after being in existence for 192 years?
DOG LICENSES IN THE UK
19 What is the alternative one word title of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Bunthorne’s Bride?
PATIENCE
20 What connects Paul McCartney, Vic Reeves, Iggy Pop and Ramsay MacDonald?
ALL BORN WITH THE 1ST NAME OF JAMES

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

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