General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 In which London park was the 1851 Great Exhibition held? 2 Which famous American outlaw was shot Sheriff Pat Garrett? 3 By what name was penal reform campaig Frank Pakenham better known? 4 With which Roman statesman is the phra “Veni, vidi, vici” associated? 5 Which British king was beheaded in 1649? 6 Which Egyptian president was assassinat 1981?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Which comic horror film stars Christophe as Callum Chance? 8 Which 1993 film starred Robert Duvall as of Scouts, Al Sieber? 9 Timpani are a set of which type of drums 10 In which horror film did Freddy Krueger f appear? 11 In which decade did punk rock emerge? 12 Which 1994 film featured Beverly Hills 90 star Luke Perry as Rodeo legend Lane Fr

SCIENCE

13 What is the liquid part of blood called? 14 How is myopia more commonly known? 15 Which imperial unit of length is equal to 0.3048 metres? 16 Which English physicist wrote A Brief His of Time? 17 Which explosive mixture of nitroglycerine kieselguhr was devised by Alfred Nobel? 18 In a vacuum, how is the speed of 186,281 per second otherwise known?

WORDS

19 Erin is a poetic name for which island? 20 What does the acronym RADA stand for? 21 What is the science of map and chart ma called? 22 What do the initials GDP stand for? 23 What, in law, do the initials QC stand for? 24 What is a euphonium?

UK

25 What is the name of the scheme that allo people to have part or all of their legal co paid from public funds? 26 What is the second largest city in Wales, b

population? 27 In which English county is Jodrell Bank

situated? 28 Who was Britain’s chancellor of the exche from 1974 to 1979 and deputy leader of th Labour Party from 1980 to 1983? 29 Which Welsh castle was the scene of the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969? 30 Which architect designed the rebuilt St P

Cathedral?

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