General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 What was the nickname of 18th-century landscape designer Lancelot Brown?

2 A former Catholic excommunication ceremony for one who had committed and…” grievous sin was known as “Bell, book an what?

3 Who was the first president of the United States?

4 Benazir Bhutto was elected prime minister of which country in 1988 and 1993?

5 Which pre-decimal British coin was worth 21 shillings?

6 What was the original name given to New York before English occupation and later American independence?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Seth Brundle, played by Jeff Goldblum, has his DNA spliced accidentally with what type insect in an eponymous 1986 film?

8 According to the chorus of the Proclaimers hit, how many miles would they walk in total to “fall down at your door”? 9 Which 1966 film follows survivors of a plane crash in the Sahara who attempt to build a plane from the wreckage?

10 Which 1989 comedy features the famous line “I’ll have what she’s having” delivered by an old lady in a Manhattan deli?

11 Who recorded the 1973 album Tubular Bells music from which featured in The Exorcist?

12 Which 1993 comedy starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as cantankerous neighbours?

SCIENCE

13 Which number system uses combinations of just the digits 1 and 0?

14 Haemoglobin carries which gas?

15 What is the smallest unit of an organismable to function independently called?

16 Which heavy metal is commonly used as a radiation shield?

17 What is the medical name for the windpipe?

18 In morse code, which letter is represented by three dashes?

SPORT & LEISURE

19 Which sport is Ivan Lendl associated with?

20 How many pockets does a snooker table have?

21 Which tennis stadium hosts the French Open

22 Yngling is a class in which sport?

23 In rugby union, how many points are scored for a penalty?

24 In netball, a player playing in which position must remain in the attacking third?

GEOGRAPHY

25 The city of Pretoria is in which country?

26 The Seychelles are located off the coast of which continent?

27 In which country is the city of Strasbourg located?

28 Which sea is Cyprus located in?

29 Which country is the Suez Canal locatedin?

30 Which country is Gstaad located in?