General knowledge quiz

2024-02-17 -

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1 Which country was ruled by Ivan the Te

2 In which year did Second World War end

3 Which political party was led by Hugh G from 1955 to 1963?

4 Which island country in the West Indies the USA invade in 1983?

5 Which king was married to Lady Elizabe Bowes-Lyon?

6 Which Scottish hero, together with And Moray, won the Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297?

7 Which group had their only UK top ten h It’s Raining Men?

8 What was the name of Ed Sheeran’s firs single?

9 What is the name of Anthony Perkins’ disturbed motel manager in the 1960 Hitchcock horror Psycho?

10 In the 1988 Tom Hanks comedy Big, wh grants 12-year-old Josh Baskin’s wish to big?

11 In the 1992 film Wayne’s World, what is name of Wayne’s friend, played by Dana Carvey?

12 Who had a 1987 No 1 hit with Heaven is Place on Earth?

13 What is the common name for an insec Phasmidae family whose slender body a long legs resemble a twig?

14 When copper is exposed to air or water time what colour does it turn?

15 What is the common name for a decidu conifer of the genus Larix?

16 Brimstone is an archaic term for which element?

17 How many of the eight planets of our so system have no moons?

18 In sunscreen products, for what does SP stand?

19 What type of race is the St Leger Stakes

20 Which Trinidadian cricketer has held the record for the highest individual score i class cricket since 1994?

21 What was the host city of the 1984 Sum Olympics?

22 For which sport is American Tony Hawk famous?

23 Which English football team’s nickname The Red Devils?

24 What nationality is former World No 1 te player Stefan Edberg?

25 What is the capital city of Kenya?

26 What was the standard unit of currency France until 2002?

27 In which country are the MacDonnell Ra

28 Faro is the southernmost city of which European country?

29 Which continent contains the Kalahari Desert?

30 What is the capital city of Turkey?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror