General Knowledge Quiz 63

Questions

1. What positional characteristic do these French adjectives have in common: beau, bon, grand, petit, nouveau and joli?

2. What Munich festival, claimed to be world's largest Volksfest (People's Fair, attracts over six million visitors each year?

3. Who carried the British flag at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games?

4. What are the two minor suits on contract bridge?

5. A mohel is a Jewish man trained in the practice of what?

6. What is the two-handled curved blade used for mincing herbs and vegetables, which in Italian means 'half-moon'?

7. Giles Andreae created which popular greeting card character, also used in a Vimto advertising campaign?

8. In 1725 Catherine the First succeeded which Russian emperor, also her husband?

9. Brian Mulroney was the prime minister of which country?

10. The Gaudi designed Sagrada Familia church, whose construction began in 1882 and is unlikely to finish before 2026, is in which European city?

11. The translation of Persian poems called The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was the work of which 19th century English writer and poet?

12. Au Poivre describes a dish involving what spice in its cooking or sauce?

13. Which actor was born Issur Danielovitch?

    1. John Wayne
    2. Kirk Douglas
    3. Laurence Olivier
    4. Brad Pitt

14. In which large gland of the human body where are the Islets of Langerhans?

15. Who is the choirmaster in the UK TV series called The Choir?

16. Whom did Maragaret Thatcher describe as "...The man who paints those dreadful pictures..."?

17. What widely used symbol is known variously around the world by names such as monkey's tail, snail, little mouse, and asperand?

18. What car maker's name means 'roll' in Latin?

19. An expanded and renamed Schonefeld airport is a replacement for Tegel airport in which European city?

20. The Holy See is the highest earthly authority of what religion?

21. What does a cruciverbalist make?

    1. government statements
    2. religious ornaments
    3. crossword puzzles
    4. legal judgments

22. The original Greek meaning of the word Hippodrome was what?

    1. hippopotamus noise
    2. nightclub
    3. horse racetrack
    4. hip replacement

23. What York-based Quaker family created several substantial social reform trusts as a legacy of its chocolate business?

24. Which authoress wrote the book frequently listed among the most popular ever which begins: "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.." ?

25. The 'Reign of Terror', 1793-94, was a particularly violent political period in which country?

26. What is a maven?

    1. an expert
    2. a female crow
    3. a secret room
    4. an unbranded calf

27. Which musician called his children Moon Unit and Dweezil?

28. What Munich festival, claimed to be world's largest Volksfest (People's Fair), attracts over six million visitors each year?

29. On 1st April 1980 a 25-day riot and siege began at what UK prison?

30. The cauliflower was first cultivated on or in the region of what island?

    1. Cyprus
    2. Barbados
    3. Taiwan
    4. Manhattan

31. The Great Train Robbery of 1963 was close to what Buckinghamshire county town, which later hosted its criminal trial?