General knowledge quiz
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The brass euphonium is known as the tenor of which family of instruments? The British singer-songwriter Dua Lipa was born to parents from which country? Yours Truly was the debut solo studio album of which American singer? ’Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl!’ is a line from which song? Which Leeds-born entertainer led a succession of all-female showbands from 1939 until 1982? Bernard William Jewry performed and recorded as Alvin Stardust and, previously, under which other professional name? Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record 25 26 27 28 29 30
Which word of five letters might prefix child, wash and wave to make three longer words? Moon Unit and Diva Muffin are the daughters of which musician? Who was asked to come home in the 1902 song whose lyrics include the line, ’I’ll do the cookin’, honey, I’ll pay the rent’? What was the Floss, a trend which went viral in 2017? Which classic children’s novel centres around a girl named Harmony who uses a fifty pence coin to make wishes? Felipe VI is the reigning monarch of which country?
What is the name of the Californian national park which contains Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the United States? Milwaukee is the most populous city in which US state? Engraved beneath the Statue of Liberty, which sonnet by Emma Lazarus includes the words ’Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses’? What name is given to the journey undertaken by the Cherokee Nation from east of the Mississippi to Oklahoma following the Indian Removal Act of 1830? Which large US government building is located in Arlington, Virginia? Along with Sergey Brin, the American entrepreneur Larry Page founded which internet service?
What is the subtitle for The Lego Movie 2, released in 2019? What is the name of the bumbling secret agent played by Rowan Atkinson, who appeared in a third film in 2018? Which Bob Dylan song is played during the opening scene of the movie Watchmen? ’You know the name. You know the number’ was a tagline used to promote which 1995 Bond movie? Which actor married Lisa Marie Presley in August 2002 and filed for divorce 107 days later? Who voiced the titular blue tang fish in the Pixar animated movie Finding Dory?
What was the name of the UK’s first jet bomber, its maiden flight being made on 13 May 1949? Which British Christmas Day tradition was inaugurated in Hyde Park on 25 December 1864? In 1517, Martin Luther nailed a list of 95 theses on indulgences to a church door in which German town? Which two countries came together from 1958 to 1961 to found the United Arab Republic? The American frontiersman, hunter and showman William Frederick Cody became better known by which nickname? Macbeth reigned as king of Scotland during which century?