General knowledge quiz

2023-04-15 -

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1 Which Conservative MP was dismissed from the shadow cabinet in 1968 after making a speech against immigration?

2 Which Turkish port was the scene of an unsuccessful landing by British and Anzac troops in 1915?

3 Which mountain did Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of in May 1953?

4 In medieval Europe, what name was given to youths who were trained to be squires an knights?

5 Which Germanic people who sacked Rome in 455 gave their name to people indulging in wilful destruction?

6 In which US city did the St Valentine’s Day Massacre take place in 1929?

7 What nationality was the film director Ingman Bergman?

8 Which singer was born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939?

9 Which English actor starred in A Kind of Loving, Far from the Madding Crowd and Women in Love?

10 Which Welsh composer wrote Keep the Home Fires Burning?

11 Which symphonic fairy tale by Prokofiev uses different instruments to represent characters in the story?

12 What nationality was the operatic tenor Beniamino Gigli?

13 Which is the highest prime number below 1000?

14 What did Lewis Edson Waterman invent in 1884?

15 Which metallic element has the symbol Co?

16 Which scientist devised the equation E =mc 2 ?

17 Which part of the body contains the jugular veins?

18 Which country was the Zeppelin airship invented in?

19 Which England footballer had the nickname Gazza?

20 Without any fouls incurred, what is the highest possible break in snooker?

21 Who broke the four-minute mile in 1954?

22 Which county is the Epsom Derby held in?

23 Which country are Juventus football club based in?

24 What is the sports acronym UEFA short for?

25 On which river does Nottingham stand?

26 By what title is the chief law officer of the Crown in England and Wales known?

27 In which West Midlands city was a cathedral opened in 1962 retaining the ruins of the original cathedral bombed in 1940?

28 Who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012?

29 Of which trade union did Arthur Scargill become president in 1981?

30 Which East London borough was created in 1965 from the former metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Stepney, and Poplar?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror