General Knowledge 32

Question 1

In the human body, the bone called the tibia is part of which limb?

Answer 1

Leg

Question 2

Who was leader, in Britain, of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1981 to 2000?

Answer 2

Arthur Scargill

Question 3

What links Walker, Jefferson, Wilson, Earl, Rudolph, and Milhous amongst others?

Answer 3

Middle names of US Presidents

Question 4

Which chocolate sweets were first produced in 1941 in a collaboration between Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie?

Answer 4

M&M’s

Question 5

Name five movies directed by Steven Spielberg with one-word titles.

Answer 5

Firelight, Duel, Jaws, 1941, Always, Hook, Amistad, Munich, Lincoln

Question 6

In which city is the Museo del Prado?

Answer 6

Madrid

Question 7

According to the lyrics of a popular song, which mountain ‘rises like Olympus over the Serengeti’?

Answer 7

Kilimanjaro

Question 8

The monk, based in Jarrow, whose ‘Ecclesiastical History of the English People’ is considered the foundation of English history, was the Venerable ________?

Answer 8

Bede

Question 9

Which Himalayan kingdom’s only international airport is Paro International Airport?

Answer 9

Bhutan

Question 10

Name five US states whose names derive specifically from European royalty.

Answer 10

Louisiana, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, New York

Question 11

Who was the original presenter of ‘Newsround’ on BBC TV?

Answer 11

John Craven

Question 12

Which period of the Mesozoic era fell between the Triassic and Cretaceous?

Answer 12

Jurassic

Question 13

Who was the third ‘Amigo’ alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short in the 1986 film?

Answer 13

Chevy Chase

Question 14

In French, what irritation is known as ‘Le Pourriel’ or ‘Le Pollupostage’?

Answer 14

Spam

Question 15

In Northern and Southern Ireland combined, there are, officially, 12 cities - six in the North, six in the Republic. Excluding Dublin and Belfast, name five of them.

Answer 15

Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny, Derry/Londonderry, Newry, Lisburn, Armagh, Bangor

Question 16

What perilous activity takes its name from the Greek for ‘high walking’?

Answer 16

Acrobatics

Question 17

Who was the first member of the English/British royal family to get a divorce?

Answer 17

Henry VIII

Question 18

A size zero in US measurements is equivalent to which size of ladies’ clothes in the UK?

Answer 18

Four

Question 19

What is the name of the little boy in Raymond Briggs’ ‘The Snowman’?

Answer 19

James

Question 20

Name five novels by Charles Dickens which contain the name of a character in the title.

Answer 20

The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Little Dorrit, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Question 21

Jacob Zuma is a former President of which country?

Answer 21

South Africa

Question 22

What is the name of the Society of London Theatre’s annual awards (named after a famous British actor)?

Answer 22

Oliviers (The Laurence Olivier Awards)

Question 23

Which country’s flag has been officially changed 26 times since it was introduced in the 18th century?

Answer 23

USA

Question 24

Which 1954 film ends with the line ‘I now pronounce you men and wives’?

Answer 24

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Question 25

Name the four independent countries in the world with a unique last letter.

Answer 25

Luxembourg, Bangladesh, Denmark, Iraq