General Knowledge Quiz 37

Questions

1. What is the name of the panel used to shield a TV camera lens from direct light, or a microphone from unwanted noise?

2. A Dobro is what type of musical instrument?

3. How many tiles are in a standard set of dominoes?

4. Whose autobiography is entitled Steps in Time?

5. The Cullinan Diamond was presented to which British monarch from the people of the Transvaal?

6. Who is the patron saint of England?

7. Which chemical element has the atomic number six?

8. Mysophobia is the fear of what?

9. The resort of Yalta is in which country?

10. The Ashmolean Museum is in which British city?

11. What is the food okra commonly known as?

12. What is the capital of Colombia?

13. Under the British Coal Mines Act of 1911 what age did a pit pony have to be before going underground?

14. A detrusor is a muscle which forms a layer on the wall of which part of the human body?

15. The Cullinan Diamond was presented to which British monarch from the people of the Transvaal?

16. What is the name of the panel used to shield a TV camera lens from direct light, or a microphone from unwanted noise?

17. Under the British Coal Mines Act of 1911 what age did a pit pony have to be before going underground?

18. Which English poet died of tuberculosis in Rome in 1821?

19. Which London Bridge designed by John Rennie was opened in 1817?

20. A drumhead is what type of vegetable?

21. What is the common name for solid carbon dioxide?

22. Who played the Sheriff John T Chance in the 1959 film Rio Bravo?

23. In which European city is the San Vittore women's prison?

24. A detrusor is a muscle which forms a layer on the wall of which part of the human body?

25. What is the score of 40-all called in a game of tennis?

26. The July Revolution in 1830 was in which European country?

27. In which country is the city of Stavanger?

28. Touchstone is a character in which Shakespeare play?

29. What is the name of the strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania?

30. What were the first names of English novelist H E Bates?

31. Braxy is a fatal bacterial infection in which animal?

32. What type of plant is a cholla?

33. Which nation was formerly called British Honduras?

34. Which US lead singer's real name is William Baily?