GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 43

[JAS]

Oh dear...never mind I have another

Q37 James Joyce

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JAS

incorrect jas

Hmmmmm

WB Yeats by any chance

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JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Oh dear...never mind I have another

Q37 James Joyce

Regards
JAS

incorrect jas

Hmmmmm

WB Yeats by any chance

Regards
JAS

NUP

[JAS]

Q37 Oh well must be Sean O'Casey then

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JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

:-k

Q37 Oh well must be Sean O'Casey then

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JAS

he is the one

[JAS]

Phew...glad that one's over with

Q49 I remember an angry Norman Tebit saying that but don't know if he was pinching a quote from someone else.

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JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Phew...glad that one's over with

Q49 I remember an angry Norman Tebit saying that but don't know if he was pinching a quote from someone else.

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JAS

CLOSE ENOUGH JAS
IT WAS HIS FATHER

[magpie in the 80's]

JUST 13Q'S TO ANSWER

[magpie in the 80's]

1. What bay does the Golden Gate Strait lead into?
SAN FRANCISCO BAY
2. How did Carole Lomabard die?
PLANE CRASH
3. What theory did John T Scopes teach, contrary to Tennessee law in 1925?
EVOLUTION
4. What beautiful youth pined for the love of his reflection?
NARCISSUS
5. What do frogs have in their mouth that toads don’t?
TEETH
6. What Sinatra hit did he ‘dooby dooby do’ in?
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
7. Who was the first British prime minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
8. How many zero’s are there in a British Billion?
TWELVE
9. What river is Gateshead on?
THE TYNE
10. Who wrote Catch 22?
JOSEPH HELLER
11. What sort of fruit is a Laxton's Superb?
APPLE
12. Bagpuss sits in whose shop window?
EMILY'S
13. In the rhyme about magpies, one is for sorrow; two is for joy, what are 6 for?
GOLD
14. Which Strait separates Sri Lanka from India?
PALK STRAIT
15. Who was obsessed with killing Moby Dick?
CAPTAIN AHAB
16. Glyndebaume Opera house is in which county?
SUSSEX
17. What appeared in the Times for the first time in Sept 1860?
WEATHER FORECASTS
18. What does vernal mean?
TO DO WITH SPRING
19. Who created the detective Phillip Marlowe?
RAYMOND CHANDLER
20. What was Billy the Kid's REAL name?
HENRY PATRICK MC CARTY
21. At the start of a game of draughts, how many squares are not covered by pieces?
FORTY
22. What are the international vehicle registration letters for Gibraltar?
GBZ
23. In the show ‘The Music Man’ how many cornets followed the trombones in the ‘big parade’?
110
24. On which river does Durham stand?
WEAR
25. What name is given to agriculture in a soiless environment?
HYDROPONICS
26. Who was the infamous resident of 10 Rillington Place?
JOHN CHRISTIE
27. Which Tennis Player has been sued by his own fan club?
JIMMY CONNERS
28. The Wattle is official symbol of which country?
AUSTRALIA
29. The term Vortage is used in which sport?
SKIING
30. The Dusenberg motor car comes from which country?
U.S.A.
31. Who was the founder of Singapore?
STAMFORD RAFFLES
32. What is the county town of Powys in Wales?
LLANDRINDOD WELLS
33. Who became the first secretary General of the UN in 1945?
TRYGVE LIE OF NORWAY
34. Egyptian Pharaohs carry 2 items to signify power, name either?
CROOK OR FLAIL
35. What is the hobby of a campanologist?
BELL RINGING
36. Who was the last Aztec ruler of Mexico?
MONTEZUMA II
37. Which Irish Dramatist wrote Juno and the Paycock?
SEAN O'CASEY
38. What was the real name of the Red Baron?
MANFRED VON RICHTHOFFEN
39. Who discovered the source of the river Nile?
JOHN HANNING SPEKE
40. Which scientist famous wrote his notes in a mirror to avoid detection?
LEONARDO DA VINCI
41. Morel shitake and oyster are types of which food?
MUSHROOMS
42. In 1974, which county was created out of parts of Durham and Yorkshire?
CLEVELAND
43. On which program did Peter Fenn use to appear as the shows organist?
SALE OF THE CENTURY
44. How was Burl Ivanhoe better known?
BURL IVES
45. Which building has the largest telephone switchboard in the world?
THE PENTAGON
46. Who was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London Mayor election?
SUSAN KRAMER
47. Hampton House in Belfast, 3 Northgate in Glasgow, India Buildings in Newport and Aragon Court in Peterborough, what is the connection between these addresses?
ALL OFFICES OF THE BRITISH PASSPORT AGENCY
48. Which tropical disease was named after a Nigerian village where it was first reported in the 1960s?
LHASSA
49. Who "got on his bike and looked for work"?
NORMAN TEBBITT'S FATHER
50. Which shipping forecast area has a name meaning literally end of the earth?
FINISTERRE

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

END OF QUIZ