General Knowledge Quiz 39

Questions

1. In which English county is the Dickens World Theme Park?

2. What is the science of accurate time measurement called?

3. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and which prime minister were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978?

4. Maurice Cole was the real name of which popular funny UK Radio and TV personality?

5. What was Barbara Windsor's first Carry On film?

6. In a game of English draughts how many pieces does each player normally begin with?

7. Jasper National Park is in which country?

8. In which century was the Bank of England founded?

9. In medicine a Mantoux test is a skin test for diagnosing immunity from which disease?

10. Which prehistoric period followed the Stone Age and preceded the Iron Age?

11. Who wrote the one-act comedy play Power Lunch?

12. What is the fin on the back of a fish called?

13. Duma is a legislative body in the ruling assembly of which country?

14. Which UK Chancellor of the Exchequer said, "The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall."?

15. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and which prime minister were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978?

16. Maurice Cole was the real name of which popular funny UK Radio and TV personality?

17. In a game of English draughts how many pieces does each player normally begin with?

18. In medicine a Mantoux test is a skin test for diagnosing immunity from which disease?

19. Which singer's epitaph is 'True To His Own Spirit'?

20. Which UK Chancellor of the Exchequer said, "The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall."?

21. The Yas Marina Grand Prix circuit is in which country?

22. Who was the first black man to appear on the cover of American Vogue?

23. Which English county cricket team play at the Rose Bowl?

24. On which river is the German town of Wittenburg?

25. Where in the human body is the radius?

26. Who is the voice of baby Mikey in the 1989 film Look Who's Talking?

27. An eyas is what young creature taken from the wild for training?

28. What is Thailand's biggest island?

29. What is the spiked stick or prod used for driving cattle called?

30. What ice-cream dish is named after an Australian opera singer?

31. Lammas Day falls on the first day of which month?

32. What is the name of the platform or stand used to support a coffin?

33. What type of creature is a canvasback?

34. Which country has the international registration RA?

35. Who was the mother of British monarchs Charles II and James II?