GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 62
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:37 am1 Hyalography is the art of writing on what?
GLASS
2 By what name is Patrick Clifton better known?
POSTMAN PAT
3 Which was the only act to perform at Woodstock, Live Aid and Live 8?
THE WHO
4 After which Pope was the Sistine Chapel named?
SIZTUS IV
5 Which Disney character has the first names of Abraham, Delacey, Giuseppe, Casey, Thomas?
THOMAS O'MALLEY IN THE ARISTOCRATS
6 A sute is the collective noun for which breed of dog?
BLOOD HOUND
7 Where is Julius Caesar flanked by Birmingham and Hell?
ON THE MOON. ALL NAMES OF LUNAR CRATERS
8 In 2006, Cassius Taylor is ranked at number 26. Who is number one?
PRINCE CHARLES
9 What connects a galago in the animal kingdom with two US Presidents?
BUSHBABY
10 In France she is called Mademoiselle Rose. What is she called in Britain?
MISS SCARLET IN CLUDO
11 In a 2005 survey conducted by Radio 4, who was voted the world’s greatest ever philosopher?
KARL MARX
12 Created in 1922, Peppy the Polar Bear is the logo of what?
FOX'S GLACIER MINTS
13 Richard, Charles and Jiles all died together. Explain!
DIED IN THE SAME PLANE CRASH
14 By population what is the largest town/city never to have had a team in the Football League in England?
WAKEFIELD
15 Which was the first British pop group to record three number one hit singles?
THE SHADOWS
16 Which football team were formerly called Christ Church FC?
BOLTON WANDERERS
17 On whose novels was the TV series Worzel Gummidge based?
BARBARA EUPHANTODD
18 Which TV character lived at 3 Stable Mews?
STEED FROM THE AVENGERS
19 Which detective created by Harry Blythe first appeared in a story entitled Union Jack?
SEXTON BLAKE
20 Which popular British sitcom was adapted from a one off play called The Banana Box?
RISING DAMP
21 Which deceased rock star has a statue dedicated in his honour in Vilnius, Lithuania?
FRANK ZAPPA
22 Which drink has been advertised to the tune of Force of Destiny by Puccini?
STELLA ARTOIS
23 Darren Spooner is an alter ego of which British pop star?
JARVIS COCKER
24 If an object is described as sagittate what is it shaped like?
ARROW SHAPED
25 The title character of which TV series lives at 1630 Revello Drive?
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
26 What is the only nationality that is a palindrome?
NAURUAN
27 What connects the words Bolivia, Canada, Dismay and Concertina?
ALL END WITH GIRLS NAMES
28 By what name are members of the Grand Lodge of All England otherwise known?
FREEMASONS
29 In 1874, Alfred Packer became the first American to be convicted of what crime?
CANNIBALISM
30 Which half of a famous double act penned the autobiography Still on My Way to Hollywood?
ERNIE WISE
GLASS
2 By what name is Patrick Clifton better known?
POSTMAN PAT
3 Which was the only act to perform at Woodstock, Live Aid and Live 8?
THE WHO
4 After which Pope was the Sistine Chapel named?
SIZTUS IV
5 Which Disney character has the first names of Abraham, Delacey, Giuseppe, Casey, Thomas?
THOMAS O'MALLEY IN THE ARISTOCRATS
6 A sute is the collective noun for which breed of dog?
BLOOD HOUND
7 Where is Julius Caesar flanked by Birmingham and Hell?
ON THE MOON. ALL NAMES OF LUNAR CRATERS
8 In 2006, Cassius Taylor is ranked at number 26. Who is number one?
PRINCE CHARLES
9 What connects a galago in the animal kingdom with two US Presidents?
BUSHBABY
10 In France she is called Mademoiselle Rose. What is she called in Britain?
MISS SCARLET IN CLUDO
11 In a 2005 survey conducted by Radio 4, who was voted the world’s greatest ever philosopher?
KARL MARX
12 Created in 1922, Peppy the Polar Bear is the logo of what?
FOX'S GLACIER MINTS
13 Richard, Charles and Jiles all died together. Explain!
DIED IN THE SAME PLANE CRASH
14 By population what is the largest town/city never to have had a team in the Football League in England?
WAKEFIELD
15 Which was the first British pop group to record three number one hit singles?
THE SHADOWS
16 Which football team were formerly called Christ Church FC?
BOLTON WANDERERS
17 On whose novels was the TV series Worzel Gummidge based?
BARBARA EUPHANTODD
18 Which TV character lived at 3 Stable Mews?
STEED FROM THE AVENGERS
19 Which detective created by Harry Blythe first appeared in a story entitled Union Jack?
SEXTON BLAKE
20 Which popular British sitcom was adapted from a one off play called The Banana Box?
RISING DAMP
21 Which deceased rock star has a statue dedicated in his honour in Vilnius, Lithuania?
FRANK ZAPPA
22 Which drink has been advertised to the tune of Force of Destiny by Puccini?
STELLA ARTOIS
23 Darren Spooner is an alter ego of which British pop star?
JARVIS COCKER
24 If an object is described as sagittate what is it shaped like?
ARROW SHAPED
25 The title character of which TV series lives at 1630 Revello Drive?
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
26 What is the only nationality that is a palindrome?
NAURUAN
27 What connects the words Bolivia, Canada, Dismay and Concertina?
ALL END WITH GIRLS NAMES
28 By what name are members of the Grand Lodge of All England otherwise known?
FREEMASONS
29 In 1874, Alfred Packer became the first American to be convicted of what crime?
CANNIBALISM
30 Which half of a famous double act penned the autobiography Still on My Way to Hollywood?
ERNIE WISE
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