General knowledge quiz

2024-04-13 -

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1 In which year did women in Britain first gain the right to vote?

2 What was the name of Henry VIII’s first wife?

3 The Hindenburg disaster of 6 May 1937 involved which type of aircraft?

4 In which post-war year did the Empire Windrush ship bring Caribbean migrants to Britain?

5 What, in the 20th century, was a Box Brownie? 6 In which war was the Battle of the Atlantic?

7 Which US rock band had a hit with Teenage Dirtbag?

8 In the 1999 Brad Pitt film, what is the first rule of fight club?

9 What is the name of the little boy who owns cowboy doll Woody in 1995’s Toy Story?

10 In which year did Led Zeppelin release their debut album, Led Zeppelin?

11 The romantic comedies You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle share which two leading actors?

12 Who had a 1966 No 1 hit with You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me?

13 What word can follow Red, English, and Gordon to make the names of three breeds of gun-dog?

14 What is the common name for the surgical term sutures?

15 Which creature lays the largest eggs on land?

16 If something is described as saline, it contains a lot of what?

17 The famous thought experiment about an animal that may be both alive and dead inside a box is called Schrödinger’s what?

18 In mathematics, what word describes an angle of more than 90º but less than 180º?

19 In cricket, which English Test ground has a stand named after former player Eric Hollies?

20 Piquet is a card game for how many people?

21 In which event did America’s Bob Beamon a world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics?

22 Young Boys is a professional football club based in which European country?

23 What nationality is 6ft 11in tennis player Ivo Karlovic?

24 Which former British boxer is known for the catchphrase ‘Know what I mean, ‘Arry’?

25 The Po, the Arno and the Tiber are all rivers in which country?

26 In which Welsh peninsula would you find Rhossili Bay and Worm’s Head?

27 Of which southwest US state is Santa Fe the capital?

28 In which city is the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), home to Crufts?

29 A Muscovite is a native or resident of which Russian city?

30 Acapulco is a resort city on the Pacific coast of which country?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror