General knowledge quiz

2022-11-12 -

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1 Which American civil rights campaigner was assassinated in Memphis in 1968?

2 Who was the second wife of Henry VIII?

3 Which American silversmith was famous for his night ride to warn the people of Massachusetts of the approach of British troops?

4 The hull of which Tudor warship was raised and placed in dry dock in Portsmouth in 1982

5 Which Greek philosopher was tutor to Alexander the Great?

6 In which 1805 battle was Admiral Nelson mortally wounded?

7 Who played Ripley in the 1979 film Alien?

8 Who recorded the 1986 hit Papa Don’t Preach?

9 Who directed the 1963 horror film The Birds

10 Who sang the 1984 hit Girls Just Want to Have Fun?

11 Who played Danny Zuko in the 1978 film Grease?

12 Which 1984 film famously features the line “I’ll be back”?

13 Which condiment has the chemical formula NaCl?

14 Which well-known British medical journal was established in 1823?

15 What name is given to the apparent brightness of a celestial body in astronomy?

16 What is the most common blood group in the world?

17 Dry ice is a solid form of which gas?

18 What name is given to any muscle with two heads?

19 In which sport are Goal Shooter and Goa Attack positions?

20 With which sport is Jansher Khan associated

21 Which tennis player was stabbed by a spectator in 1993?

22 Which British rower won his fourth Olymp gold medal in 1996?

23 Which Argentinian footballer used his hand score against England in the 1986 World Cup Finals?

24 Which British heavyweight boxer was the first to win three Lonsdale Belts?

25 Which British electronics engineer invented the C5?

26 Which English county used to be divided into sections called ridings?

27 Who headed the Official Monster Raving Loony Party from 1983 to 1999?

28 Which Conservative politician resigned in 1963 following the disclosure of his involvement with Christine Keeler?

29 In which county is Stevenage?

30 What appears in the middle of the flag of Wales?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror