General Knowledge Quiz 2

Questions

1. How many sides does a rhombus have?

2. Which is the largest of the Great Lakes?

3. Which British prime minister had a bag named after him?

4. Majestic, Romano and Arran Victory are types of which vegetable?

5. A firkin of beer holds how many gallons?

6. What is the title of the film about a Scottish village that awakens once every 100 years?

7. In which year did Roger Bannister break the four-minute mile?

8. In 1960 Dr Thomas Creighton was the first person to receive what punishment?

9. In which country was actor Mel Gibson born?

10. Whose autobiography is entitled 'Take It Like A Man?

11. What is the lightest metal?

12. What is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet?

13. What did the Warren Commission investigate in the US in the 1960's?

14. What is the Fahrenheit boiling point of water?

15. Who scored England's first goal in the 1998 World Cup Final tournament?

16. Which is the smallest bone in the body?

17. What is Adam's Ale commonly known as?

18. How many syllables are in a Haiku (a type of Japanese verse)?

19. Who served the longest time in office as Poet Laureate?

20. Which is the oldest football (soccer) club in London?

21. What are the two ingredients in Bellini cocktail?

22. Which playwright wrote 'The Crucible'?

23. What do algophobics fear?

24. What is Earth's atmospheric region of charged particles connecting the stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere?

25. What is the number 142 more usually known as?

26. What is the title of the film about a Scottish village that awakens once every 100 years?

27. How many syllables are in a Haiku (a type of Japanese verse?

28. Which is the oldest football (soccer club in London?

29. In which English cathedral is the Bell Harry Tower?

30. Which two countries are connected by the Simplon Pass?

31. What is the US state capital of Mississippi?

32. What is Earth's atmospheric region of charged particles connecting the stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere?

33. Which artist said, "When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs" ?

34. What was Manfred von Richtofen's nickname?

35. What does a vexillogist study?

36. Which is the largest of the Channel Islands?

37. Who wrote 'Far From The Madding Crowd'?

38. Who plays Grace in the US sitcom 'Will and Grace'?

39. At which golf course does the US Masters take place?

40. What does NATO stand for?

41. Which is the largest Castle in England?

42. In the Western world commonly in which month of the year is All Saints' Day?

43. Who invented the jet engine in 1930?

44. In which country was exiled Russian leader Leon Trotsky killed in 1940?

45. Who played Simon Templar in the 1997 film 'The Saint'?

46. Which European country had the Roman name Helvetia?

47. Which fashion items does Jimmy Choo design?

48. What is a blini?

49. If a dish is 'a la crecy' with what is it garnished?

50. Which country has the international car registration ET?

51. What is the currency of Albania?

52. Which 1950's singer was originally names Charles Hardin?

53. Which London station was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott?

54. Which bird was named after engraver Sir Thomas Bewick?

55. What is the number 3.142 more usually known as?