GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 70
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:14 pm1. What was Arthur Daley's favourite tipple?
VODKA AND TONIC
2. What is the full title of the 'South Park' movie?
SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER UNCUT
3. What is unusual about 'Paternoster' lift / elevator?
IT DOESNT STOP
4. Who was the first footballer to be sent off twice while playing for England? (also the first £100,000 footballer?
ALAN BALL
5. By what name is the laxative Magnesium Sulphate better known?
EPSOM SALTS
6. In 1870, who opened a home for boys in Stepney?
DR. BARNARD
7. What body parts did the Bionic Woman have replaced?
2 LEGS - 1 EAR - 1 ARM
8. In the vegetable world, what are 'black diamonds'?
TRUFFLES
9. The Top 20 music charts were originally based on sales of what?
SHEET MUSIC
10. What shapes were the windows in 'Play School'?
ROUND ,SQUARE ARCHED
11. What instrument was Benny Goodman associated with?
CLARINET
12. What country does Gorgonzola cheese come from?
ITALY
13. In the middle ages, how would an eel be used as a punishment?
AS A WHIP
14. What was unusual about 'Ilfurin', the Celtic equivalent of hell?
IT IS FREEZING COLD
15. According to the proverb, which vessels make the most noise?
EMPTY
16. What were the first three top 10 hits for 'The Kinks'?
YOU REALLY GOT ME / ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT / TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU
17. In which century did a British monarch first step onto US soil?
20TH CENTURY - GEORGE VI
18. What family of birds does the Chough (chuff) belong to?
CROW
19. Which motorway connects the M6 to Blackpool?
M55
20. In rhyming slang, what is a 'Sherman Tank'?
A YANK
21. How many old pennies were in a half crown?
30
22. Which Scottish castle stands on an old volcano?
EDINBURGH
23. In which sport does actress Geena Davies compete?
ARCHERY
24. What colour eyes did the 'Little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu, have?
GREEN
25. Which song contains the lyric: "The night goes into morning, just another day. Happy people pass my way"?
MANDY / BARRY MANILOW
VODKA AND TONIC
2. What is the full title of the 'South Park' movie?
SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER UNCUT
3. What is unusual about 'Paternoster' lift / elevator?
IT DOESNT STOP
4. Who was the first footballer to be sent off twice while playing for England? (also the first £100,000 footballer?
ALAN BALL
5. By what name is the laxative Magnesium Sulphate better known?
EPSOM SALTS
6. In 1870, who opened a home for boys in Stepney?
DR. BARNARD
7. What body parts did the Bionic Woman have replaced?
2 LEGS - 1 EAR - 1 ARM
8. In the vegetable world, what are 'black diamonds'?
TRUFFLES
9. The Top 20 music charts were originally based on sales of what?
SHEET MUSIC
10. What shapes were the windows in 'Play School'?
ROUND ,SQUARE ARCHED
11. What instrument was Benny Goodman associated with?
CLARINET
12. What country does Gorgonzola cheese come from?
ITALY
13. In the middle ages, how would an eel be used as a punishment?
AS A WHIP
14. What was unusual about 'Ilfurin', the Celtic equivalent of hell?
IT IS FREEZING COLD
15. According to the proverb, which vessels make the most noise?
EMPTY
16. What were the first three top 10 hits for 'The Kinks'?
YOU REALLY GOT ME / ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT / TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU
17. In which century did a British monarch first step onto US soil?
20TH CENTURY - GEORGE VI
18. What family of birds does the Chough (chuff) belong to?
CROW
19. Which motorway connects the M6 to Blackpool?
M55
20. In rhyming slang, what is a 'Sherman Tank'?
A YANK
21. How many old pennies were in a half crown?
30
22. Which Scottish castle stands on an old volcano?
EDINBURGH
23. In which sport does actress Geena Davies compete?
ARCHERY
24. What colour eyes did the 'Little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu, have?
GREEN
25. Which song contains the lyric: "The night goes into morning, just another day. Happy people pass my way"?
MANDY / BARRY MANILOW
