General Knowledge Quiz 7

Questions

1. Who was the first chancellor of the late-20th century re-united Germany?

2. Haldi is the Indian name for which spice?

3. What colour is the cabbage moth?

4. Dendrology is the scientific study of what?

5. Who won the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1987?

6. How many miles per second does light travel?

7. Which American artist was awarded damages of one farthing after John Ruskin's criticism of his work provoked a lawsuit?

8. What does a gricer take photographs of?

9. Who played Mr White in the 1991 film Reservoir Dogs?

10. How long is Johnny Walker Black Label whisky matured for?

11. Which famous fashion designer was originally associated with the perfumes Opium and Rive Gauche?

12. Who wrote the opera 'The Barber of Seville?

13. What is the capital of Finland?

14. Who was the last Aztec Emperor?

15. Which US organisation's headquarters is situated in Langley, Virginia?

16. What is a person who shoes horses called?

17. Madarosis is the absence or loss of which part of the body?

18. Who played Candice Stowe in TV's Coronation Street?

19. In which sport would a niblick be used?

20. The Capets were the rulers of which European country?

21. Who was the first woman editor of the Radio Times?

22. India qualified for the Soccer World Cup in 1950 but were refused permission to take part; why?

23. Who was the first person to have a blue plaque conferred on the house where he was born in Holly Street, Westminster, London?

24. What is the world's largest sea, (excluding seas normally called oceans?

25. Which group achieved a UK number one chart position with the same song in the years 1975, 1976, 1991 and 1992?

26. Which prime minister took the UK into the EEC (as was then called?

27. Which American artist was awarded damages of one farthing after John Ruskin's criticism of his work provoked a lawsuit?

28. Which famous fashion designer was originally associated with the perfumes Opium and Rive Gauche?

29. The Capets were the rules of which European country?

30. What is the first sign of the Zodiac?

31. The word 'anserine' relates to which type of birds?

32. What year was Inheritance Tax introduced in the UK?

33. What is the art of Japanese flower arranging called?

34. Which artist sculpted the lions at the foot of London's Nelson's Column?

35. In 1983 which film did Barbra Streisand co-write, direct, produce and star in?

36. In electronics what does LED stand for?

37. Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?

38. If an object is hastate what shape is it?

39. What character did Beyonce Knowles play in the 2002 film Goldmember?

40. What is the name of the publishers run by women for women?

41. Who was the first person to have a blue plaque conferred on the house where he was born in Holly Street, Westminster, London?

42. What US gangster's original name was Lester Gillis?

43. What is the world's largest sea, (excluding seas normally called oceans)?

44. What year did TV Soap Eastenders begin?

45. QUESTION

46. Who is the Greek Goddess of Victory?

47. Who wrote the book Brave New World?

48. Which musician received the first gold disc, in 1941?

49. Which country had the first Women's Institute, in 1897?

50. On which part of the body would you wear a deer-stalker?

51. Which King was the target of the Rye House Plot?

52. Which type of beans are used to make baked beans?

53. What musical aid did trumpeter John Shore invent in 1711?

54. What is the technical term for the collar bone?

55. Which group achieved a UK number one chart position with the same song in the years 1975, 1976, 1991 and 1992?

56. Which twins were said to be the founders of Rome?

57. Adam's Needle is another name for which plant?

58. Which prime minister took the UK into the EEC (as was then called)?