Post by Lonely on Jan 1, 2021 11:34:13 GMT
General Knowledge:
1/- In the bay of which city is the prison Robin Island?
a/- New York
b/- Sydney
c/- Cape Town
d/- Bristol
2/- What is the final event in the decathlon?
a/- 110m hurdles
b/- 1500m
c/- 800m
d/- Pole Vault
3/- Which English sitcom actress was appointed to the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority?
a/- June Whitfield
b/- Jennifer Saunders
c/- Penelope Keith
d/- Victoria Wood
4/- What sort of creature is a sidewinder?
a/- A poisonous lizard
b/- A sub-Saharan wolf
c/- A snake
d/- An eel
5/- To what is hay fever an allergic reaction?
a/- Dust mites
b/- Animal hair
c/- Horses
d/- Pollen
6/- Tom Burke and Holiday Grainger returned for a new four-part BBC adaptation of J K Rowling’s
detective novels – what was it called?
a/- Strike: Legal Right
b/- Strike: Total Sight
c/- Strike: Lethal White
d/- Strike: Real Fright
7/- What was the first name of American jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington?
a/- Edward
b/- Howard
c/- Thomas
d/- Michael
8/- In which American city is the Smithsonian Institution?
a/- New York
b/- Washington DC
c/- Detroit
d/- Los Angeles
9/- In what year was Return to Oz, the sequel to The Wizard of Oz released?
a/- 1975
b/- 1982
c/- 1985
d/- 1991
10/- Which green pigment present in organisms is responsible for photosynthesis?
a/- Algae
b/- Leaves
c/- Isotopes
d/- Chlorophyll
11/- In which form of horse racing are horses required to jump obstacles?
a/- Sprint Running
b/- Steeple Chase
c/- Flat Racing
d/- One-mile dash
12/- Which South African mammal is also called a suricate?
a/- Leopard
b/- Meerkat
c/- Giraffe
d/- Wildebeest
13/- Which artist painted Nude Descending a Staircase?
a/- Stanley Spencer
b/- Natalia Goncharova
c/- Marcel Duchamp
d/- Mikhail Lariono
14/- Which British soldier and writer died in a motorcycle accident in Dorset in 1935?
a/- Rudyard Kipling
b/- T S Eliot
c/- D H Lawrence
d/- T E Lawrence
15/- What kind of animal is the cartoon character Sylvester?
a/- Dog
b/- Cat
c/- Mouse
d/- Bird
Answers:
1/- C 6/- C 11/- B
2/- B 7/- A 12/- B
3/- C 8/- B 13/- C
4/- C 9/- C 14/- D
5/- D 10/- D 15/- B
1/- In the bay of which city is the prison Robin Island?
a/- New York
b/- Sydney
c/- Cape Town
d/- Bristol
2/- What is the final event in the decathlon?
a/- 110m hurdles
b/- 1500m
c/- 800m
d/- Pole Vault
3/- Which English sitcom actress was appointed to the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority?
a/- June Whitfield
b/- Jennifer Saunders
c/- Penelope Keith
d/- Victoria Wood
4/- What sort of creature is a sidewinder?
a/- A poisonous lizard
b/- A sub-Saharan wolf
c/- A snake
d/- An eel
5/- To what is hay fever an allergic reaction?
a/- Dust mites
b/- Animal hair
c/- Horses
d/- Pollen
6/- Tom Burke and Holiday Grainger returned for a new four-part BBC adaptation of J K Rowling’s
detective novels – what was it called?
a/- Strike: Legal Right
b/- Strike: Total Sight
c/- Strike: Lethal White
d/- Strike: Real Fright
7/- What was the first name of American jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington?
a/- Edward
b/- Howard
c/- Thomas
d/- Michael
8/- In which American city is the Smithsonian Institution?
a/- New York
b/- Washington DC
c/- Detroit
d/- Los Angeles
9/- In what year was Return to Oz, the sequel to The Wizard of Oz released?
a/- 1975
b/- 1982
c/- 1985
d/- 1991
10/- Which green pigment present in organisms is responsible for photosynthesis?
a/- Algae
b/- Leaves
c/- Isotopes
d/- Chlorophyll
11/- In which form of horse racing are horses required to jump obstacles?
a/- Sprint Running
b/- Steeple Chase
c/- Flat Racing
d/- One-mile dash
12/- Which South African mammal is also called a suricate?
a/- Leopard
b/- Meerkat
c/- Giraffe
d/- Wildebeest
13/- Which artist painted Nude Descending a Staircase?
a/- Stanley Spencer
b/- Natalia Goncharova
c/- Marcel Duchamp
d/- Mikhail Lariono
14/- Which British soldier and writer died in a motorcycle accident in Dorset in 1935?
a/- Rudyard Kipling
b/- T S Eliot
c/- D H Lawrence
d/- T E Lawrence
15/- What kind of animal is the cartoon character Sylvester?
a/- Dog
b/- Cat
c/- Mouse
d/- Bird
Answers:
1/- C 6/- C 11/- B
2/- B 7/- A 12/- B
3/- C 8/- B 13/- C
4/- C 9/- C 14/- D
5/- D 10/- D 15/- B