General knowledge quiz
POT LUCK 1 The Palme d’Or is awarded at which film festival? 2 In computing, what is the meaning of the acronym RAM? 3 The headquarters of Interpol is located in which French city? 4 Which musical notation indicates that a note has been lowered in pitch by one semitone? 5 Who married King Henry VIII three weeks after his divorce from Anne of Cleves? 6 Which comedian provided the voice for Dr Nefario in the 2010 film Despicable Me?
TELEVISION 7 Charlie, Alan and Jake Harper are the central characters in which US sitcom? 8 Citizen Khan and Peaky Blinders are both set in which British city? 9 Tom Waits’ Way Down in the Hole became the theme music for which American crime drama series? 10 Robin Ellis and Aidan Turner have appeared as which title character in two popular TV adaptations of Winston Graham novels? 11 Which The X Factor finalists formerly performed under the name Menn on Point? 12 Bobby Grant, Jim Pratt and Jim Royle are TV roles associated with which actor?
NATURAL HISTORY 13 Coelodonta was an ice age creature belonging to which genus of mammals? 14 Known botanically as Solanum tuberosum, which vegetable belongs to the nightshade family? 15 Which gaseous element constitutes approximately 21 per cent of atmospheric air? 16 What type of rock can be seen in approximately 40,000 hexagonal columns at the Giant’s Causeway? 17 Including some mosses and ferns, epiphytes are plants having which particular common growing habit? 18 The furcula is a clavicular bone of a bird, more commonly known — especially in poultry — by which name?
GEOGRAPHY 19 Which European country changed its official name from the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991? 20 Never successfully climbed, Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain of which Asian country? 21 Enclosed by Arnhem Land and the Cape York Peninsula, which broad inlet of the Arafura Sea indents the northern coast of Australia? 22 The River Severn flows into the Atlantic Ocean through which channel that divides England from South Wales? 23 Which city served as the capital of Nigeria before Abuja? 24 The flag of the Isle of Man shows a triskelion of three legs on a background of which colour?
USA 25 Now part of the National Civil Rights Museum, the Lorraine Motel — where Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968 — is in which US city? 26 What was the name of the 19th-century Chiricahua Apache chief who led the defence of his homeland against Mexican and US Forces? 27 Which 1927 Hollywood musical is regarded as the first feature-length ’talkie’? 28 Washington’s Birthday or Presidents’ Day is observed as an annual federal holiday in the USA in which month of the year? 29 Which two former US presidents
died on the same day in 1826? 30 Which US state is nicknamed
the Hoosier State?
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