quiz 1330 – general knowledge (QA) print friendly version Click on question to reveal answer 1 The theme tune to the UK television series 'The South Bank Show' is by which composer? 2 How wide, in yards, is a polo field? 3 A spleenwort is what type of plant? 4 Which Paris airport opened in March 1974? 5 Oscar Madison and Felix Unger are better known as which fictional Neil Simon characters? 6 Noss, Unst, Lamba and Foula are part of which Scottish island group? 7 In which country is the 1961 Gothic horror film 'The Pit and the Pendulum' set? 8 What is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet? 9 Ellen Louise Axson was the wife of which US President? 10 The Mangla Dam is in which Asian country? 11 Who is the speaking voice of Esmeralda in the 1996 Disney film 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'? 12 Which English football club is nicknamed 'The Foxes'? 13 Which American footballer player was nicknamed 'The Refrigerator'? 14 In the US television show 'The Simpson's', what colour are Bart's shorts? 15 In Greek mythology, what is the name of the son of Daedelus, for whom Dadaelus made wings from feathers and wax so he could escape Crete, but the wax melted when he flew too near to the Sun, and he fell into the sea and drowned? 16 Scaramanga's servant Nick Nack is a character in which James Bond film? 17 What was late singer Michael Jackson's first solo UK number one hit single? 18 Which British boxer is nicknamed 'King Khan'? 19 Who wrote the 1873 novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days'? 20 What does the Latin phrase 'Videre est credere' translate to in English?