General Knowledge 41

Question 1

What type of boat shares its name with a currency unit previously used in the Republic of Ireland?

Answer 1

Punt

Question 2

In which month does the full moon known as a “strawberry moon” occur?

Answer 2

June

Question 3

What gesture is an anagram of “aligns”?

Answer 3

Signal

Question 4

A pacemaker regulates which organ of the body?

Answer 4

The heart

Question 5

The character of Duchess and her three kittens feature in which 1970 animated film?

Answer 5

The Aristocats

Question 6

Which rapper had a 2018 hit with Yikes?

Answer 6

Kanye West

Question 7

What nationality was the inventor Thomas Edison?

Answer 7

American

Question 8

In February 2020, which English player became the most successful wicket-taker in the history of the Women’s T20 World Cup?

Answer 8

Anya Shrubsole

Question 9

What colour are mistletoe berries?

Answer 9

White

Question 10

What is the name of Danny Dyer’s EastEnders character?

Answer 10

Mick Carter

Question 11

In which English county is the town of Congleton situated?

Answer 11

Cheshire

Question 12

What word can mean both a protective part of a car and “very large”?

Answer 12

Bumper

Question 13

A melodica is what type of musical instrument?

Answer 13

A wind instrument

Question 14

Who wrote the 2018 memoir Becoming?

Answer 14

Michelle Obama

Question 15

Which is the second-smallest planet in the solar system?

Answer 15

Mars

Question 16

What term is given to the rubber or plastic covering on an electric wire that prevents it causing electric shocks?

Answer 16

Insulation

Question 17

Which type of dog has breeds including Bearded, Rough and Smooth?

Answer 17

Collie

Question 18

In the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence, what is the pocket full of?

Answer 18

Rye

Question 19

Which children’s author wrote The Tale of Ginger and Pickles?

Answer 19

Beatrix Potter

Question 20

What shape of gemstone shares its name with a bakery product?

Answer 20

Baguette

Question 21

The Lyell Centre features in which crime drama series?

Answer 21

Silent Witness

Question 22

By what name is the BFI Southbank also known?

Answer 22

National Film Theatre

Question 23

The Taj Mahal is clad in what type of stone?

Answer 23

Marble

Question 24

In what type of building was the 2020 Back in Time … series set?

Answer 24

A corner shop

Question 25

Miami Beach in Florida is particularly noted for an area of buildings in which architectural style?

Answer 25

Art Deco

Question 26

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, famously removed a frieze from which ancient Athenian building?

Answer 26

The Parthenon

Question 27

Which device originated in mills, allowing bags of grain to pass up through floors and not fall back down?

Answer 27

Trapdoor

Question 28

In which US city is the concert venue Carnegie Hall?

Answer 28

New York

Question 29

The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was an example of which order of Greek architecture?

Answer 29

Doric

Question 30

In what type of building would you find a nave and a transept?

Answer 30

A church

Question 31

To the nearest hundred, how many steps are there between Whitby Abbey and the town?

Answer 31

0 (199)

Question 32

The Bling Bling building is located in which UK city centre?

Answer 32

Liverpool

Question 33

The National Trust property of Ham House lies on the River Thames just south of which town?

Answer 33

Richmond

Question 34

In which decade was the Space Needle in Seattle built?

Answer 34

1960s (1962)

Question 35

Which is the largest inhabited castle in England?

Answer 35

Windsor Castle

Question 36

The Pompidou Centre lies in which European capital city?

Answer 36

Paris

Question 37

How many stainless steel spheres are there on the Atomium in Brussels?

Answer 37

Nine

Question 38

What is the name of the London building that houses both the House of Commons and the House of Lords?

Answer 38

The Palace of Westminster

Question 39

A proscenium is found in what type of building?

Answer 39

A theatre

Question 40

The 2020 TV series Secrets of the Museum featured which London institution?

Answer 40

The V&A Museum