General Knowledge Quiz 4

Questions

1. White Lion pubs are named after which English King's heraldic symbol?

2. Which English city had the Roman name Camulodonum?

3. What is an ecdysiast?

4. What is the main vegetable ingredient in the dish Borsht?

5. With which country did the UK have the long-running 'Cod War' disputes over fishing rights?

6. Who was given the name 'Fourth Man' when he was revealed as a spy in 1979?

7. Which two English Cathedrals have copies of the Magna Carta?

8. How many years of marriage is celebrated on the Ivory anniversary?

9. What famous landmark was moulded in gold during a bullion robbery in the 1951 film The Lavender Hill Mob?

10. Who was known as the Sun King?

11. Who was the first American in space?

12. How many players are there in an Australian Rules football team (on the field at the same time)?

13. Who invented the elevator in 1853?

14. At which ski resort would you see the Cresta Run?

15. In which English county is Scotney Castle?

16. What was the BBC's first TV pop music programme?

17. What is the mouthpiece of a recorder called?

18. In which month is St Swithin's Day?

19. What every-day item was named after Mrs Gamp in Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit?

20. In what year did the USA adopt the Stars and Stripes flag?

21. In which ocean are the Canary Islands?

22. The authorised version of the Holy Bible was made at the order of which King?

23. Excluding Australia and continental land masses what is the largest island in the world?

24. In which year (or decade were parking meters introduced in the UK?

25. Which actresses play Rosemary and Thyme in the TV series about two gardening sleuths?

26. With which country did the UK have the long-running 'Cod War' disputes over fishing rights?

27. What famous landmark was moulded in gold during a bullion robbery in the 1951 film The Lavender Hill Mob?

28. How many players are there in an Australian Rules football team (on the field at the same time?

29. What every-day item was named after Mrs Gamp in Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit?

30. What is the name of Don Quixote's horse?

31. Who released an album in 1999 called Brand New Day?

32. If a creature is edentulous what has it not got?

33. What were the eldest sons of the Kings of France called?

34. What is the fourth sign of the Zodiac?

35. Who is the Greek God of wine?

36. P&O, the shipping line, stands for what?

37. What was Radar's surname in MASH?

38. Excluding Australia and continental land masses what is the largest island in the world?

39. Who was the founder of the Body Shop company?

40. In which year (or decade) were parking meters introduced in the UK?

41. Who wrote the novel Dracula?

42. What is a baby seal called?

43. What is the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain more popularly known as?

44. The character Shylock appears in which Shakespeare play?

45. Which actresses play Rosemary and Thyme in the TV series about two gardening sleuths?

46. During which war was the Battle of Marne?

47. In the human body what is Varicella commonly known as?

48. How many valves does a trumpet have?

49. Brock is a nickname for which animal?

50. What is the name of the RAF's aerobatics team?

51. Which football club did Alan Sugar own?

52. Who is the Roman Goddess of the hunt?

53. What type of creature is an alewife?

54. What is the metal or plastic end of a shoelace called?

55. What is the world's third largest desert?

56. What was Lancelot Brown famous for designing?

57. Which artist was born in Bradford in 1937?