quiz 1088 – general knowledge

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1	What is the title of the 1971 film in which Clint Eastwood plays DJ Dave Garver?
2	Who wrote the poem 'Funeral Blues' (Stop All the Clocks)?
3	Phan Xi Pang is the highest mountain in which country?
4	Red Connors is the sidekick of which fictional Wild West hero?
5	On a standard dartboard, what number lies between 2 and 10?
6	What relation was German-born British painter Lucian Freud to Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud?
7	Saqqara is an ancient burial site in which country?
8	Who composed the ballet 'Swan Lake'?
9	What is the smallest British bird?
10	Who wrote the novel 'The Bad Mother's Handbook'?
11	What is the medical term for the condition in which one or both of the testes fail to descend from the abdomen to the scrotum?
12	Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
13	Which English model was married to musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton?
14	A sallet, part of Medieval armour, was worn on which part of the body?
15	'What a gentleman, a scholar, what an acrobat' describes which cartoon character?
16	Banana cut, Dingle and Swingman are terms used in which sport?
17	In the game of Scrabble, the 'M' tile is worth how many points?
18	Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 2011 Academy Awards?
19	Which bank had the first ATM machine in Britain?
20	A 'Scouser' is a native of which English city?
21	The volcanic rock Kimberlite is best known for sometimes containing which gemstone?
22	Perkin, Posie and Pootle were characters in which children's tv programme?
23	Logan International Airport serves which US city?
24	What type of animal is a karakul?
25	Who developed bifocal spectacles in 1784?
26	Myelitis is the inflammation of which part of the human body?
27	In the 1994 film 'Speed' starring Keanu Reeves, what speed must the bus not fall below?
28	Which British singer released a 1972 album entitled 'Blondes Have More Fun'?
29	In which part of the human body would you find the obturator muscles?
30	In horse racing, during which month is the Cheltenham Cup run?