General knowledge quiz

POT LUCK

1 Dulse is an edible species of which type of plant?

2 In Cockney slang, what’s a kettle and hob? 3 In which British comic do the Bash Street Kids appear? 4 What is the value of x in the algebraic equation 2x - 3 = 7? 5 Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym used by the creator of which currency system, first used in 2009? 6 ‘Save from wrath and make me pure,’ is a line from which Christian hymn composed in 1763?

FASHION

7 What kind of accessory is the Novak, introduced in 2005 by Alexander McQueen?

8 Born Mary O’Brien, which UK singer helped to popularise the beehive hairstyle in the 1960s?

9 Originally popular in the 1950s and 1960s, what type of clothes are pedal pushers? 10 The editor of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, was born in which country? 11 Philip Treacy is most closely associated with the design of which fashion items? 12 My Love Affair with Jewelry is a book published in 2002 by which British-born Hollywood actress?

HISTORY

13 The Cape of Good Hope was formerly known by which name bestowed upon it by Bartolomeu Dias when he circumnavigated the southern tip of Africa in 1488?

14 Which US celebrity was nicknamed ’Hanoi Jane’ after her visit to North Vietnam in 1972 to protest against American policy in the war? 15 Charles Darwin shares his birthday, 12 February 1809, with which US president?

16 London’s Admiralty Arch was commissioned to honour the life of which monarch?

17 Which 12th-century heiress was married first to Louis VII of France and then to England’s Henry II? 18 Between 1911 and 1943 Libya was occupied by which European power?

FILM

19 The budding talents of which Hollywood star are supposed to have been dismissed in a 1930s studio report that read: ‘Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little’? 20 Which 2018 Marvel film follows the adventures of a hero named T’Challa? 21 Daddy Longlegs, Heaven Knows What and Good Time are films made by which New York siblings?

22 A former wife of Steven Spielberg, which US actress voiced the song Why Don’t You Do Right? in

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

23 When Robert Culp was Bob, Natalie Wood was Carol and

Elliott Gould was Ted, who was Alice? 24 In the 2017 film The Emoji Movie, the Emojis live in which digital city inside Alex’s phone?

USA

25 Which US state is known as

The Last Frontier?

26 Which American desert occupies large parts of Nevada and Utah?

27 The US TV series American Gods is based on a novel of the same title by which British author?

28 The white silhouette of an American bison appears on the flag of which US state? 29 Berry Gordy Jr founded Motown Records in 1960 in which American city? 30 Which US president was nicknamed ‘Old Hickory’?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror