General Knowledge Quiz 12

Questions

1. Which US city hosted the 1985 Live Aid concert?

2. What is the medical term for the shoulder blade?

3. Who played Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives?

4. Whose autobiography is entitled Zero to Hero?

5. Who is the Greek god of music?

6. Who would be put into a panopticon?

7. John Glenn became which US state's first four-term senator?

8. What is the birth stone for November?

9. Who wrote the opera Madama Butterfly?

10. Which town is the administrative centre of Shetland?

11. In the TV comedy Dad's Army what is Captain Mainwaring's first name?

12. Pershore, Victoria and Washington are types of which fruit?

13. Mrs Malaprop is a character in which of Sheridan's plays?

14. What did Tim Berners Lee invent?

15. How many hearts does an octopus have?

16. What is the fatty substance found naturally on sheep's wool called?

17. Haptic relates to which of the five senses?

18. Mal de Mer is the French term for which ailment?

19. Who played the original Daisy Duke in TV's Dukes Of Hazard?

20. What is the second largest island in the world?

21. How many times in succession did Bjorn Borg win the Men's Tennis Singles at Wimbledon?

22. What was the title of the 1999 album released by Madness?

23. What religious movement was founded by Mary Baker Eddy?

24. What type of animal is a Saki?

25. Who plays Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives?

26. Who would be put into a panoptican?

27. How many times in succession did Bjorn Borg win the Men's Tennis Singles at Wimbledon?

28. The Cenotaph is situated in which London street?

29. The Thinker is the work of which sculptor?

30. On which river are the Victoria Falls?

31. In the UK military what does SAS stand for?

32. From which type of wood are cricket bats traditionally made?

33. On which part of the body would you wear a sabot?

34. What date of the year is St Swithin's Day?

35. What is an archer's arrow case called?

36. What is the largest planet in our solar system?

37. What type of creature is an avadavat?

38. What is the name of the prison in the British TV comedy series Porridge?

39. Who became the First Minister of Northern Ireland in 1998?

40. What is the largest city in Australia?

41. Who directed the 1995 film Casino?

42. Which team won the 2006 Superbowl?

43. What is the title of the lowest order of the British nobility?

44. What is the plant hamamelis commonly known as?

45. What is the name of the substance used for clarifying beer or wine?

46. If a dish is 'en papillote' it is cooked or served in what?

47. Who shot and killed John Lennon in New York, 1980?

48. What was the title of the first talking film?

49. Which British disc jockey's nickname was 'Fluff'?

50. The Blue Boy is a work by which artist?

51. In which year was the MOT test introduced in UK?

52. Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

53. Who discovered the rabies vaccination?