General Knowledge Quiz 6

Questions

1. What fish family is the anchovy a member of?

2. Who was appointed the first woman cabinet minister in the UK?

3. Alicante, Golden Boy and Piranto are types of what?

4. Who wrote the novel Bonfire of the Vanities?

5. In which year was the first Miss World contest held?

6. Who was Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper?

7. How many square yards are in a British acre?

8. What is the white of an egg called?

9. Who played Professor Marcus in the 1955 film, The Ladykillers?

10. In which year was TV's Channel 4 launched?

11. What are kept in an apiary?

12. What poisonous chemical element has the atomic number 33?

13. Which country has the longest coastline?

14. What is the fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet?

15. Mount Vinson Massif is the highest peak in which continent?

16. Who was the first person to cross the English Channel in a plane?

17. How many gun-firings salute the Queen's Birthday at the Tower of London?

18. What nationality was the artist Edvard Munch?

19. Munich lies on which river?

20. Which fashion designer introduced the Polo label in 1967?

21. In which Bavarian town is the Passion Play performed every ten years?

22. What is Hanson's disease commonly known as?

23. What title, from French/Italian/Arabic etymology meaning trench/spadework/tunnel, is commonly held by a non-ranking soldier in an engineer regiment?

24. What colour berets do the New York City crime-fighters the 'Guardian Angels' wear?

25. Which member of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning team has an uncle in the 1966 England Soccer World Cup winning team?

26. Which sixteenth century German astronomer was reputed to have sold his soul to the devil?

27. What is the name of the photographer famous for taking pictures of crowds of naked people?

28. Munich is on which river?

29. In which English castle did King John die in 1216?

30. What colour is the gemstone kunzite?

31. What title, from French/Italian/Arabic etymology meaning trench/spadework/tunnel, is commonly held by a non-ranking soldier in an engineer regiment?

32. In what year was the Sex Discrimination Act passed in the UK?

33. What word represents the letter J in the UK Police radio communications?

34. Tanner was the slang term for which pre-decimal British coin?

35. What colour berets do the New York City crime-fighters the 'Guardian Angels' wear?

36. Eddie Shah's 1988 newspaper 'Post' folded after how many issues?

37. During the siege of which African city did General Gordon die?

38. Which artist's autobiography is titled 'Exploration of the Soul'?

39. What type of creature is a gadwall?

40. What date of the year is Burns Night?

41. Which member of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning team has an uncle in the 1966 England Soccer World Cup winning team?

42. Which sixteenth century German astronomer was reputed to have sold his soul to the devil?

43. Who was the first Tudor King of England?

44. What is the second book of the Bible's Old Testament?

45. What note appears twice in the conventional tuning of a six string guitar?

46. Who in Greek mythology fell in love with his own reflection?

47. Which rock band released an album Beggars Banquet?

48. What are musophobics afraid of?

49. What is the name of the photographer famous for taking pictures of crowds of naked people?

50. What is the largest artery in the human body?

51. How many strings does a ukelele have?

52. Who was the 'teacher' in TV's Rock School?

53. What does BAFTA stand for?

54. Which author died at Astapova railway station in 1910?

55. Which world-champion sporting duo was coached by Betty Calloway?

56. What does a copoclephilist collect?