General knowledge quiz
POT LUCK 1 What would a palaeobotanist study? 2 In classical mythology, what name is given to the female birdlike monsters sent to snatch away food from tables? 3 Born in Switzerland, Gianni Infantino was, in 2016, elected president of which international organisation? 4 Mild with a crumbly texture, Leicester is a cheese nominally associated with which colour? 5 Which town in Berkshire lends its name to a style of wooden chair with a semicircular back supported by upright rods? 6 In the nursery rhyme, to which place can you ’ride a cock horse, to see a fine lady upon a white horse’?
HISTORY 7 In what century did Louis Pasteur devise his groundbreaking germ theory? 8 The Tamworth manifesto was a declaration of political ideology issued in 1834 by which British prime minister? 9 The Mau Mau Uprising was an armed nationalist rebellion during the 1950s against British colonial rule in which country? 10 Which 20th-century African activist was portrayed on screen by Denzel Washington in the movie Cry Freedom? 11 Which English monarch was crowned King of France in 1431? 12 Who, in 1892, became the first Independent Labour MP to take a seat in the House of Commons?
MUSIC 13 In the lyrics of which song, dating from 1907, do ’the brass bands play tiddely om pom pom’? 14 What is the title of David Bowie’s final album? 15 Violetta Valery is the principal character of which three-act opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi? 16 Which singer won the 2018 Brit Award for British female solo artist? 17 Jazz musicians Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young are all most associated with which instrument? 18 The Streak was a 1974 chart-topping novelty song originally recorded by which American singer and comedian?
BOOKS AND AUTHORS 19 Briony Tallis is the central character of which 2007 film adaptation with Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave sharing the role? 20 Which book tells the true-life story of Saroo Brierley, a child lost at an Indian railway station who used online maps to trace his way back home 25 years later? 21 French-born writer, Anais Nin was, from 1932, the lover of which American novelist, author of Tropic of Cancer? 22 What is the name of the book which was originally the first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, but was published as its sequel? 23 TV series Cadfael was based on a series of stories by Edith Mary Pargeter, the historical novelist known by which pen name? 24 Is It Just Me? and Peggy and Me are books by which British comedian?
FASHION 25 Which brand of sunglasses — designed by Bausch and Lomb — includes the ’Aviator’ and ’Wayfarer’ styles? 26 What’s the surname of American fashion model sisters Gigi and Bella, the daughters of Yolanda? 27 Popular in the USA in the 1950s, what was butch wax? 28 Which type of breeches take their name from a former state of northwest India? 29 Fashionable after the 16th century, what were chopines? 30 Which Scottish fashion designer established his own label with the cooperation of his sister, Tammy?
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