General Knowledge
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1. According to the Bible, what was the name of Adam and Eve’s first child? |
Cian |
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2. In chess, what type of playing piece always stays on the same colour of square whenever it moves?
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Bishop |
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3. After winning the seat of Birmingham Edgbaston this year, Preet Gill became the first ever female MP of what religion?
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Sikhism |
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4. What name for a collection of maps is also the name of a titan in Greek mythology who was condemned to hold up the sky for eternity?
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Atlas |
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5. What word can be a species of duck, a small citrus fruit, and a form of the Chinese language?
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Mandarin |
Tv and Cinema
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1. Who was recently revealed to be the 13th Doctor Who, the first female actor to take on the role? |
Jodie Whittaker |
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2. Released in 2017, Dead Men Tell No Tales is the sub-title of the fifth film in which franchise? |
Pirates of the Caribbean |
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3. In a 1991 film, which actor was reportedly paid 15 million dollars for speaking just 700 words of dialogue, the equivalent of over 20,000 dollars per word?
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Arnold Schwarzenegger (for the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
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4. On which television show might you come across people nicknamed the Beast, the Governess, the Dark Destroyer, the Sinnerman and the Vixen?
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The Chase |
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5. Senna and Ammonia were minor characters in which BBC television comedy series, which starred Frankie Howerd?
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Up Pompeii |
Food and Drink
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1. In Indian cuisine, is paneer a type of what foodstuff? |
Cheese |
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2. What kind of cream cheese is used in the dish Tiramisu? |
Mascarpone |
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3. How many flavours are there in a standard pack of Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles?
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5 (lemon, lime, strawberry, blackcurrant and orange) |
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4. What fruit is the main ingredient of Cumberland sauce?
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Redcurrants |
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5. A “Tom Collins” cocktail consists of gin, soda water, sugar and what other ingredient?
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Lemon Juice |
Geography and Places
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1. Yerevan is the capital of which country? |
Armenia |
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2. Lebanon gained independence from which country in 1943? |
France |
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3. How many parliamentary constituencies are there in the UK? |
650 |
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4. Which US City is served by O Hare International Airport? |
Chicago |
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5. True of False – Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia? |
True |
Music
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1. Which UK No.1 hit single includes the lyrics “If you can’t get a girl, but your best friend can, it’s time to move your body”?
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Rock DJ – Robbie Williams |
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2. 29 years after leaving them, which pop group did Siobhan Fahey rejoin in 2017?
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Bananarama |
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3. With four UK No.1’s between them from 2001 to 2004, who were the first brother and sister to each have had solo UK No.1 hit singles? |
Daniel and Natasha Bedingfield
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4. Which Hollywood actress is mentioned in the lyrics to the song Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars? |
Michelle Pfeiffer (“This hit, that ice cold, Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold”) |
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5. As mentioned in the title of the song Is This The Way To Amarillo, in which American state would you find the city of Amarillo? |
Texas |
Sport
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1. Which female tennis player won the Ladies Singles tennis title at Wimbledon in 2017? |
Gabrine Muguruza |
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2. Which motor racing circuit hosted the 2017 British Grand Prix? |
Silverstone |
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3. Johanna Konta recently became the first British woman to play in the quarter-finals of the women’s singles at Wimbledon since which other player achieved this 33 years ago? |
Jo Durie |
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4. Who were the first football team to win promotion to the English Premier League via the play-offs? |
Blackburn Rovers |
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5. In 2016, which British stadium was renamed the Principality Stadium as the result of a 10-year sponsorship deal with the Principality Building Society?
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Millennium Stadium |
1 Question 5 Answers (1 point per answers)
Q: Name the five US Presidents who preceded Barak Obama
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George Bush Jr |
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Bill Clinton |
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George Bush Sr |
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Ronald Regan |
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Jimmy Carter |
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Connection
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1. Which 15th century painting by Sandro Botticelli depicts a Roman goddess standing naked on a large sea shell?
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The Birth of Venus |
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2. A furlong is a measure of distance that is equal to one-eighth of what other measure of distance? |
A Mile |
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3. In 1954, what was the first human organ to be transplanted successfully?
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Kidney Stone |
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4. According to the official recipe by the International Bartenders Association, a Margarita contains tequila, triple sec and what else? |
Lime Juice |
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5. What is the connection between the above four answers? |
“STONE” – birthstone, milestone, kidney stone and limestone
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