GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 99

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17. Vienna, Salzburg
27. Rob Roy

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37 myanmar
45 all knighted

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42. Ok another try, University Challange

correct pete

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17. Vienna, ....correct Salzburg...incorret
27. Rob Roy....correct

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37 myanmar....correct
45 all knighted...incorrect

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9 Bus Stop

47 he had a few, but Pandora Braithwaite was the main one

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9 Bus Stop

47 he had a few, but Pandora Braithwaite was the main one

correct trev

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45 Going out on limb here but were they all Doctors?

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45 Going out on limb here but were they all Doctors?

CORRECT TREV

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Q5 - Christchurch

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Q5 - Christchurch

correct gdb

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20. Sheena easton?

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36. John Aldridge?

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20. Sheena easton?

CORRECT CP

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36. John Aldridge?

CORRECT CP

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339. waterloo

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339. waterloo

questions only go up to 50 WGT .....................incorrect by the way

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last days for this quiz

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1 What was Richard Burton's real surname?
JENKIND
2 What D is the name of the Flintstone’s family pet?
DINO
3 With which song did Katrina And The Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest?
LOVE SHINES A LIGHT
4 By what colourful name was Diana Moran known on TV?
THE GREEN GODESS
5 Which New Zealand city is known as “The Garden City”?
CHRISTCHURCH
6 Who was the first artist to have three UK No 1 hits in the same year?
FRANKIE LAINE
7 Which element was named after a 1781 discovery?
URANIUM
8 What is the first name of the character played by David Jason in Open All Hours?
GRANVILLE
9 What title connects a hit for The Hollies and a film starring Marilyn Monroe?
BUS STOP
10 What creature boasts the heaviest brain in the animal kingdom?
SPERM WHALE
11 Appropriately what was the first ever song played on MTV?
VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR
12 Who was the first boxer to beat Lennox Lewis in a pro fight?
OLIVER MCCALL
13 Colonel K is the boss of which cartoon character?
DANGERMOUSE
14 Domino, Cardinal and Inverness are all types of what?
CAP OR CLOAK
15 Which Dickens character adopted Oliver Twist?
MR. BROWNLOW
16 What is the name of the beaver in Wacky Races?
SAWTOOTH
17 In terms of population what are the three largest cities in Austria?
VIENNA - GRAZ - LINZ
18 From which language does the word alphabet derive?
GREEK
19 Who lived next door to the Goods in The Good Life?
THE LEADBETTERS
20 Which pop star played the wife of Don Johnson in Miami Vice?
SHEENA EASTON
21 Who wrote the song Blue Suede Shoes?
CARL PERKINS
22 Opened in 1957 what was Britain’s first safari park?
LONGLEAT
23 In which city is the world famous Kronk Boxing Gymnasium?
DETROIT
24 By what three-letter name is the wildebeest also known?
GNU
25 What title is shared by a 1961 film and a 1996 UK No 1 hit?
BREAKFAST AT TIFFINAYS
26 What was the first city in the world to have two TV stations?
NEW YORK
27 Which Scottish outlaw was the subject of a Walter Scott novel and a Liam Neeson film?
ROB ROY
28 In which TV series did Dirk Benedict play Lieutenant Starbuck?
BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA
29 In which 1991 film did Kurt Russell play a fire fighter?
BACKDRAFT
30 What name has been used for three Scottish Kings, eight Popes and three Russian Tsars?
ALEXANDER
31 In London what is nicknamed The Street of Ink?
FLEET STREET
32 Which British newspaper was endorsed on TV by Eric Cantona?
THE GUARDIAN
33 Which was the first Beatle to become a granddad?
RINGO STARR
34 In 1688 what became the first British city to have pavements?
EDINBURGH
35 Which famous car company was founded by William Lyons?
JAGUAR
36 Who was the first player to miss a penalty in a Wembley FA Cup Final?
JOHN ALDRIDGE
37 Which three countries beginning with M border China?
MONGOLIA - MYANMAR - MACAU
38 Which European capital city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1755?
LISBON
39 What was Abba’s last No 1 hit in the UK?
SUPER TROOPER
40 Who wrote the play Man and Superman?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
41 In which US sitcom does Ted Danson play a bad tempered doctor?
BECKER
42 In which TV programme, first broadcast in 1964 did Leeds beat Reading in the first show?
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
43 What is the name of the school attended by Sandy and Danny in the film Grease?
RYDELL HIGH
44 Of Blackpool’s three piers, which is the longest?
NORTH PIER
45 What is the connection between WG Grace, David Owen and Roger Bannister?
ALL DOCTORS
46 What four-letter word is the name given to the ankle of a horse?
HOCK
47 What is the name of Adrian Mole’s girlfriend?
PANDORA
48 Which religious groups HQ is called Watchtower House?
JEHOVAH'S WITNESS
49 With which team did Michael Jordan win six NBA basketball titles?
CHICAGO BULLS
50 Who married Soon Yi Previn in 1997?
WOODY ALLEN

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

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