General knowledge quiz

POT LUCK

1 The Minor Arcana of the tarot card pack is made up of Cups, Pentacles, Wands and which other suit?

New York was named after Britain’s Duke of York, later to become which monarch? What is the penultimate letter of the Greek alphabet?

The leader of which political party contested the Holborn and St Pancras seat at the 2015 General Election? According to the proverb, whose wife ’must be above suspicion’?

What’s the connection between the words also, regalia, pure, chain and moan? TELEVISION

7 Broadchurch is a fictional town in which English county?

Which former Bond actress replaced Sylvia Anderson as the voice of

Lady Penelope in the revival of the 1960s series Thunderbirds Are Go? The theme tune for the drama series

The Equalizer was written by which American musician?

Hilda Braid has starred as the mother of the girlfriend of which urban hero? Which British radio presenter and actress plays the role of Tahani in Michael Schur’s fantasy-comedy series The Good Place? What was Fred and Wilma Flinstone’s baby daughter called?

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HISTORY

19 Which 11th-century Fenland hero led a revolt against William the Conqueror?

In the year of the General Strike,

’not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day’ became the slogan of the union representing which workers?

Which monarch, known as the Sun King, ruled from the Palace of Versailles until his death in 1715?

Lost after a siege in 1558, which port had been the last British possession on mainland Europe?

Jan Paderewski — Poland’s prime minister in 1919 — had previously found fame in which capacity?

Which Irish political party has a name meaning ’we, ourselves’?

FILM

25 What was the title of the first animated film to be given an X-certificate by the Motion Picture Association of America? In which 2015 childrens’ movie do Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez voice the characters of Tip and Lucy Tucci?

Which 1997 science-fiction film stars

Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman and Milla Jovavich?

Which father and son won Oscars as

Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre?

The 2001 film Hannibal finds Dr Lecter working as a curator in which country?

30 Which American actress was cast in the role of Anastasia Steele in the film adaptation of the E L James novel Fifty Shades of Grey?

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Solutions in Monday’s Irish Mirror