General knowledge quiz

1 2 3 4 5 6 In a standard pack of playing cards, the king in which suit has no moustache?

The goosander belongs to which large family of birds? ’Tarragon’ is an anagram of which other eight-letter word? Formosa was an 18th-century republic occupying an island now known by which name?

In the Bible, who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage?

Who is the captain of the Australian national cricket team? 7 8 9 10 11 12 Which British musician composed the theme songs for the TV shows Pet Rescue and EastEnders? ’You look neat, talk about a treat! You look so dapper from your napper to your feet’ is a lyric from which music hall song? Which singer-songwriter was a featured artist on the top 10 singles Rather Be and Not Letting Go? Hautbois is a French term for which instrument?

In 2015, Lark Rise to Candleford’s John Dagleish took to the stage as which rock star?

Which actress was married for four months to country singer, Kenny Chesney? 13 14 15 16 17 18 Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe hails from which English city? Hugo Drax is a villain in which James Bond novel?

So Anyway... is the title of an autobiography by which Monty Python star?

The title of the U2 song Shadows and Tall Trees is borrowed from a chapter heading in which 1954 novel?

P L Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins, was born in 1899 — in which country?

The literary hero Sir Percy Blakeney is otherwise known as the title character of which play and novel, first published in 1905? 20 22 23