GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 63
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:25 pm1 Which pop group’s music features in the stage show We Will Rock You?
QUEEN
2 Which city has a name that literally translates into English as “River of January”?
RIO DE JANERIO
3 Was Dawn French born in England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland?
WALES
4 Which of the remaining 7 planets is nearest in size to Earth?
VENUS
5 Name the Scottish born singer who won a Best Song Oscar in 2004.
ANNIE LENNOX
6 Which cheese is made in reverse?
EDAM
7 Who appeared in the greatest number of Alfred Hitchcock films?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK HIMSELF
8 What first name features in the title of seven Shakespeare plays?
HENRY'S
9 Which stew dish is the national dish of Hungary?
GOULASH
10 Which comedian, who died in 1968, later had a statue unveiled in his memory outside a Birmingham blood donor centre?
TONY HANCOC.K
11 What word can be defined as animal fat or to weep uncontrollably?
BLUBBER
12 In 2004 who became the first spin bowler to take 500 Test wickets?
SHANE WARNE
13 In which film did Tommy Steele sing, Flash Bang Wallop?
HALF A SIXPENCE
14 Which New York river is spanned by the Brooklyn Bridge?
EAST RIVER
15 In the early days of British TV which equine puppet danced on a piano played by Annette Mills?
MUFFIN THE MULE
16 What variety of banana shares its name with the title of a Bond movie?
GOLDFINGER
17 John Entwistle, who died in 2002, was a member of which rock band?
THE WHO
18 In what year did Halley’s Comet last orbit the Earth?
1986
19 Which role has been played on film by many actors including Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Peter Cushing and Hugh Jackman?
PROFEEOR VAN HESLING
20 The TV shows Big Brother and Room 101 owe their titles to which novel?
1984
21 Name either of the two months that the star sign Virgo encompasses.
AUGUST AND SETEMBER
22 The Queen Alexandra Birdwing is the world’s largest species of what?
BUTTERFLY
23 Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premiership goals. Who was the second?
ANDY COLE
24 Which member of the Rat Pack died on Christmas Day, 1995?
DEAN MARTIN
25 What are the first names of the three Lloyd brothers who have played tennis at Wimbledon?
JOHN, DAVID AND TONY
QUEEN
2 Which city has a name that literally translates into English as “River of January”?
RIO DE JANERIO
3 Was Dawn French born in England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland?
WALES
4 Which of the remaining 7 planets is nearest in size to Earth?
VENUS
5 Name the Scottish born singer who won a Best Song Oscar in 2004.
ANNIE LENNOX
6 Which cheese is made in reverse?
EDAM
7 Who appeared in the greatest number of Alfred Hitchcock films?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK HIMSELF
8 What first name features in the title of seven Shakespeare plays?
HENRY'S
9 Which stew dish is the national dish of Hungary?
GOULASH
10 Which comedian, who died in 1968, later had a statue unveiled in his memory outside a Birmingham blood donor centre?
TONY HANCOC.K
11 What word can be defined as animal fat or to weep uncontrollably?
BLUBBER
12 In 2004 who became the first spin bowler to take 500 Test wickets?
SHANE WARNE
13 In which film did Tommy Steele sing, Flash Bang Wallop?
HALF A SIXPENCE
14 Which New York river is spanned by the Brooklyn Bridge?
EAST RIVER
15 In the early days of British TV which equine puppet danced on a piano played by Annette Mills?
MUFFIN THE MULE
16 What variety of banana shares its name with the title of a Bond movie?
GOLDFINGER
17 John Entwistle, who died in 2002, was a member of which rock band?
THE WHO
18 In what year did Halley’s Comet last orbit the Earth?
1986
19 Which role has been played on film by many actors including Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Peter Cushing and Hugh Jackman?
PROFEEOR VAN HESLING
20 The TV shows Big Brother and Room 101 owe their titles to which novel?
1984
21 Name either of the two months that the star sign Virgo encompasses.
AUGUST AND SETEMBER
22 The Queen Alexandra Birdwing is the world’s largest species of what?
BUTTERFLY
23 Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premiership goals. Who was the second?
ANDY COLE
24 Which member of the Rat Pack died on Christmas Day, 1995?
DEAN MARTIN
25 What are the first names of the three Lloyd brothers who have played tennis at Wimbledon?
JOHN, DAVID AND TONY
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