General knowledge quiz

POT LUCK

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In the Peanuts cartoon strip, Schroeder plays which musical intrument? Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are adopted sisters in which children’s book? Cuba libre is a cocktail made with which alcoholic spirit? The foundation of which international organisation was inspired by a speech given by Mrs Adelaide Hoodless in Stoney Creek, Ontario in 1897? Born in Poland, Barbara Hulanicki created which fashion brand from a boutique founded with her late husband in 1964? What number comes next in the following sequence: 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31…?

BELIEFS

Which of Christ’s disciples was the brother of Simon Peter? Tom Cruise and John Travolta are among the members of which religious organisation? In Ancient Greek mythology, the god Helios was the personification of which heavenly body? In which African country, according to Rastafarians, will Zion, or paradise, be created? The Maha Mantra is most closely identified with which movement, established by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada? Which evangelical Protestant association, formed in 1899, is dedicated to the distribution of bibles throughout the world?

SPORT

Which famous footballer was sent home from the 1994 World Cup in disgrace after testing positive for ephedrine? The remains of which Grand National-winning horse are buried alongside the winning post at Aintree racecourse? Which fast bowler, former star of the England team, left Yorkshire to join Leicestershire in 2009? The Iffley Road track, now named after Roger Bannister who broke the four-minute mile there, is in which English city? Which golf club staged the Open Golf Championship in 2019? Which sport takes its name from a large country house in Gloucestershire, the home of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century?

LANGUAGE

Nadsat is a fictional language invented by Anthony Burgess in which dystopian novel of 1962? Which European country is formally known in its own language as Republika e Shqiperise? What name is given to the two dots sometimes placed over a vowel in German language to indicate a change in pronunciation? Assassinated in 1968, which civil rights activist defined a riot as ’the language of the unheard’? In cockney rhyming slang, what is a pig’s ear? Tagalog is a language spoken by over 20 million inhabitants of which country?

FILM

Forky is a character in which 2019 children’s film? Who appeared in and sang the title song for the 1967 Sidney Poitier movie To Sir with Love? Regis Toomey shared a three minute-long kiss with which actress, the first wife of Ronald Reagan, in the 1941 film You’re in the Army Now? Jim Broadbent appeared on screen in 2001 as the father of which diarist? Which American actor, star of the 1967 film In Cold Blood and the TV series Baretta, was acquitted in 2005 of murdering his wife? Which actor voiced Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come in the 2009 animated version of A Christmas Carol?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record