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Quiz 11 - Answers: A complete Pub Quiz

Written by Jim Ackroyd

Round 1

25 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS:

 

1. In what year did Robert Baden-Powell found the Boy Scouts

1. 1908

2. In the Second World War 'Operation Sea Lion' was the code name for what

2. Nazi Germany's plan to invade Britain

3. In what year did Turkey switch to the Gregorian Calendar

3. January 1, 1927

4. What is the SI unit of luminous intensity

4. The candela

5. The height of horses is measured in hands, how many inches to a hand

5. 4

6. What is the medical term cutis anserina better known as

6. Goose bumps

7. Genuphobia is the fear of what

7. The knees

8. In what year did Charles Ingram cheat Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

8. 2001

9. For what musical was Send in the Clowns written

9. A Little Night Music

10. Who became the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992

10. Glenda Jackson

11. In which war was the Gatling gun first used

11. The American Civil war (by the Union)

12. Who painted 'The Potato Eaters’

12. Vincent van Gogh

13. Who was the 40th President of the United States

13. Ronald Reagan

14. Bill Clinton plays which musical instrument to a very high standard

14. Saxophone

15. In heraldry, what colour is vert

15. Green

16. Who’s the quiz master in ITV's The Chase

16. Bradley Walsh

17. The mainland portion of which country is formed by Jutland

17. Denmark

18. 1 Brewer's Green, London, is the headquarters of which organisation

18. The Labour party

19. How many X chromosomes do women have

19. Two

20. Which large animal kills more people than any other in Africa

20. Hippopotamus

21. Who married comedian Les Dennis in 1995

21. Amanda Holden

22. How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdles race

22. Ten

23. Who became First Minister of Scotland after Alex Salmond's resignation

23. Nicola Sturgeon

24. In which city will you find The Bodleian Library

24. Oxford

25. What is the English name for the Cote d'Azur

25. The French Riviera

Round 2. Sport

26. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup held in 1930

26. Uruguay

27. Vijay Singh, US Masters champion, comes from where

27. Fiji

28. Which is the third grand slam event in the tennis calendar?

28. Wimbledon

29. In ice hockey, how many players in each team are allowed on the ice at any one time

29. Six

30. Which English county cricket team play their home games at The Oval

30. Surrey

31. At which football club did Tony Adams spend his entire playing career

31. Arsenal

32. In American Football, where would you find the Orange Bowl?

32. Miami

33. In which sport do neither the participants nor the spectators know the score until the end

33. Boxing

34. Who invented basketball

34. James Naismith

35. A men's lacrosse team has ten players, how many in a woman’s team

35. Twelve

36. Who was the first gymnast to score a maximum 10 points (seven 10s) in the Olympics

36. Nadia Comaneci (1976)

37. How many balls are there on a snooker table at the start of a game

37. Twenty two

38. Which are the accepted code of rules for boxing

38. The Marquis of Queensbury Rules

39. What is Tiger Woods' first name?

39. Eldrick

40. Who was the first unseeded player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon

40. Boris Becker (1985)


 

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