General Knowledge Quiz 1

Questions

1. How did soul singer Otis Redding die in 1967?

2. Which actress appears with Jarvis Cocker in Pulp's video, Common People?

3. How many labours were performed by Hercules?

4. Which late MP owned Saltwood Castle in Kent?

5. In which London pub did Ronnie Kray murder George Cornell?

6. What date is Trafalgar Day?

7. What is the birthstone for April?

8. What does 'E' represent in E = MC2?

9. What note do orchestras typically tune up to?

10. Which English cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1666?

11. Who shot and killed Billy the Kid in 1881?

12. What was the first name of Dustin Hoffman's female character in Tootsie?

13. Which UK store was first to have an escalator installed?

14. In which year (or decade) were luncheon vouchers introduced in the UK?

15. Yeomen Warders at the Tower of London are commonly known by what other name?

16. Who invented the revolver (handgun)?

17. In which ocean is Ascension Island?

18. What is the USA state capital of California?

19. In which country was cricketer Ted Dexter born?

20. Who was the first English monarch to abdicate?

21. At which railway station was the film Brief Encounter made?

22. Who was the first British person to walk in space?

23. Which designer (brand created the Kelly bag?

24. What is the largest flatfish species?

25. What is the green pigment found in most plants that is responsible for absorbing light energy?

26. What note do orchestras typically tune-up to?

27. In which year (or decade were luncheon vouchers introduced in the UK?

28. Who invented the revolver (handgun?

29. Who became Germany's first female chancellor?

30. Which designer (brand) created the Kelly bag?

31. Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable?

32. By what name is the Gravelly Hill Interchange better known?

33. The Galápagos Islands are a provincial territory of which South American country, 600 miles away on the same equatorial latitude?

34. Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is sub-titled The Slave of Duty?

35. Who succeeded Sir Clive Woodward as England's rugby union coach?

36. What is a baby oyster called?

37. What is Bill Clinton's middle name?

38. In which country are the Sutherland Falls?

39. In the US TV comedy show Everybody Loves Raymond, what is Raymond's brother's first name?

40. What is the largest flat fish species?

41. Apart from a battle, what did Nelson lose at Tenerife in 1797?

42. What's the oldest university in the USA?

43. In which year were TV licences introduced in the UK?

44. Who wrote The Railway Children?

45. Who played the Ringo Kid in the original Stagecoach film?

46. Which artist painted The Potato Eaters?

47. In architecture, what is a lancet?

48. Which singer's original name was Elaine Bookbinder?

49. Turin lies on which river?

50. Which country has the international car registration RA?

51. A methuselah of wine holds the equivalent of how many bottles?

52. Launched in 1960, what was the name of the first US communications satellite?

53. Who invented jeans?

54. What does a cartophilist collect?

55. Which European city had the Roman name Lutetia?

56. What is the green pigment found in most plants that is responsible for absorbing light energy?