General Knowledge 37

Question 1

Which German bacteriologist gave his name to a dish used in laboratories?

Answer 1

Petri

Question 2

In the radio phonetic alphabet, what is the code word for the first vowel?

Answer 2

Alpha

Question 3

What is the capital of Tasmania?

Answer 3

Hobart

Question 4

How is the midwinter described in the title of a well-known carol?

Answer 4

Bleak

Question 5

What is the former name of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City?

Answer 5

Saigon

Question 6

Whom did Muhammad Ali beat in the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’?

Answer 6

George Foreman

Question 7

Which ten-letter word for a colour combines two words to do with water?

Answer 7

Aquamarine

Question 8

My Sweet Lord was a 1971 hit for which member of the Beatles?

Answer 8

George Harrison

Question 9

In which century was Abraham Lincoln born?

Answer 9

19th century

Question 10

What kind of creature is an anchovy?

Answer 10

A fish

Question 11

What does the initial ‘E’ in E-number stand for?

Answer 11

Europe

Question 12

In the painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, what is the goddess standing on?

Answer 12

A shell

Question 13

Which ship was crushed by pack ice in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915?

Answer 13

Endurance

Question 14

Which former name of an Israeli port is spelt like a land measurement?

Answer 14

Acre

Question 15

How many tricks make up a grand slam in bridge?

Answer 15

13

Question 16

Which actor starred in the 1980 film Raging Bull?

Answer 16

Robert De Niro

Question 17

After whom were teddy bears named?

Answer 17

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 18

Which duo topped the charts in 1984 with Freedom?

Answer 18

Wham!

Question 19

Which side of a ship is on the right as you face forward?

Answer 19

Starboard

Question 20

Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Michael Caine starred in which 1972 film?

Answer 20

Sleuth

Question 21

Where did the little boy live in Baa Baa Black Sheep?

Answer 21

Down the lane

Question 22

Where did Miss Muffet eat her curds and whey?

Answer 22

On a tuffet

Question 23

Who marched ten thousand men up and down a hill?

Answer 23

The Grand Old Duke of York

Question 24

Tom the piper’s son stole which animal before running away?

Answer 24

Pig

Question 25

Which profession follows tinker, tailor and soldier in a nursery rhyme?

Answer 25

Sailor

Question 26

In the rhyme This Little Piggy, what did the third little piggy eat?

Answer 26

Roast beef

Question 27

Who stole the tarts made by the Queen of Hearts?

Answer 27

The Knave of Hearts

Question 28

Who cut off the tails of the three blind mice?

Answer 28

The farmer’s wife

Question 29

What did the Incy Wincy Spider climb up?

Answer 29

A water spout

Question 30

Little girls are made of which substances, according to the traditional rhyme?

Answer 30

Sugar and spice and all things nice

Question 31

After Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, who tried but failed to put him back together?

Answer 31

The king’s horses and king’s men

Question 32

Who was told to 'put the kettle on'?

Answer 32

Polly

Question 33

Which musical instrument is mentioned in Little Boy Blue?

Answer 33

Horn

Question 34

Where does the Muffin Man live?

Answer 34

Drury Lane

Question 35

In Sing a Song of Sixpence, what was the Queen eating in her parlour?

Answer 35

Bread and honey

Question 36

What did Little Jack Horner pull out of his pie after he stuck his thumb in it?

Answer 36

A plum

Question 37

In Hickory, Dickory, Dock, which creature ran up the clock?

Answer 37

Mouse

Question 38

When Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch water, what did Jack break when he fell down?

Answer 38

His crown

Question 39

After Little Bo Peep lost her sheep, what was she advised to do?

Answer 39

Leave them alone

Question 40

What did the girls do when Georgie Porgie kissed them?

Answer 40

Cry

Question 41

An image of which Australian animal can be found on the tail of a Qantas aeroplane?

Answer 41

Kangaroo

Question 42

Who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?

Answer 42

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 43

Which group were Rockin’ All Over the World in 1977?

Answer 43

Status Quo

Question 44

What are the first and last planets in our solar system, listed in order of their distance from the Sun?

Answer 44

Mercury and Neptune

Question 45

Which 'ology' is concerned with the study and treatment of crime?

Answer 45

Criminology

Question 46

In films what do the letters PG stand for?

Answer 46

Parental Guidance

Question 47

Which actor played Frank Drebin in Police Squad! and the Naked Gun films?

Answer 47

Leslie Nielsen

Question 48

In the 15th century, which teenage girl led the French army against the English?

Answer 48

Joan of Arc

Question 49

What number is represented by the Roman numeral M?

Answer 49

1000

Question 50

The programme Any Answers gave listeners the chance to comment on which programme?

Answer 50

Any Questions

Question 51

Who played Vito Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather?

Answer 51

Marlon Brando

Question 52

Guiseppe Verdi is most famous for which type of musical work?

Answer 52

Opera

Question 53

What is the name of the rocky headland at the southern tip of South America?

Answer 53

Cape Horn

Question 54

In which year was Ashes to Ashes a hit for David Bowie?

Answer 54

1980

Question 55

Who was the brother of Cain in the Bible?

Answer 55

Abel

Question 56

What colour is Noddy’s hat?

Answer 56

Blue

Question 57

Murray Walker commentated on which sport?

Answer 57

Motor racing

Question 58

Where is a cummerbund worn?

Answer 58

Around the waist

Question 59

Fountains Abbey is in which county?

Answer 59

North Yorkshire

Question 60

Which Dutch cheese is famously round and red?

Answer 60

Edam