t>General Knowledge
b>Clive Pallett

q>Which famous water gate lies beneath Saint Thomas's Tower in the tower of London?
1>Smugglers Gate
2>Traitors Gate
3>Monarchs Gate
4>Queens Gate
a>2

q>The letter A is the international vehicle registration letter for which country?
1>Albania
2>Armenia
3>Australia
4>Austria
a>4

q>In the layout of a standard keyboard, four vowels appear on the top row.  Which vowel is not on the top row?
1>the letter E
2>the letter I
3>The letter A
4>the letter O
a>3

q>What type of animal is an Australian talking about when he refers to a jumbuck?
1>A kangaroo
2>A sheep
3>A dingo
4>A koala
a>2

q>How many stars are there on the European Union flag?
1>10 stars
2>12 stars
3>16 stars
4>24 stars
a>2

q>Which substance are the beds of good snooker tables made from?
1>Slate
2>Steel
3>Wood
4>Glass
a>1

q>The Manchu are an ethnic group in what Asian country?
1>Japan
2>China
3>Maldova
4>Nigeria
a>2

q>In which year was Canada founded?
1>1867
2>1897
3>1907
4>1917
a>1

q>In which year did decimalisation of British currency take place?
1>1970
2>1971
3>1972
4>1973
a>2

q>What Asian country, located on the Bay of Bengal, was formerly known as East Pakistan?
1>Nigeria
2>Bangladesh
3>Myanmar
4>Hungary
a>2

q>Which animal is the official emblem of Canada?
1>The squirrel
2>The horse
3>The elephant
4>The beaver
a>4

q>According to the Bible, what day of creation did God make the sun, moon and stars?
1>The sixth day
2>The fifth day
3>The third day
4>The fourth day
a>4

q>If Monday's child is fair of face, what is Wednesday's child?
1>Full of grace
2>Full of giving
3>Full of woe
4>Full of charm
a>3

q>A replica of the ship this explorer used on his journeys can be found on the new York river that bears his name.  Who was the explorer?
1>Meriwether Lewis
2>John Smith
3>Henry Hudson
4>James Cook
a>3

q>In what summer was the Battle of Britain fought?
1>1940
2>1941
3>1942
4>1943
a>1

q>Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anieston were married beside the ocean, but where in California did the wedding take place?
1>Los Angeles
2>Tampa Bay
3>Oakland
4>Malibu
a>4

q>There are three countries in the world that have an Atlantic and a Mediterranean coastline; which one of the following countries does not?
1>Portugal
2>France
3>Spain
4>Morocco
a>1

q>Which member of the Beetles sang lead vocals in the song yellow submarine?
1>John Lennon
2>Paul McCartney
3>George Harrison
4>Ringo Starr
a>4

q>Which European island  is politically divided with a Protestant majority in the north and a Catholic majority in the south?
1>Ireland
2>Iceland
3>Sweden
4>Cyprus
a>1

q>How many bytes are there in a kilobyte?
1>1,024
2>1,080
3>1,000
4>1,000,000
a>1

q>Which planet is the second from the sun in our solar system?
1>Mercury
2>Mars
3>Venus
4>Pluto
a>3

q>Who was the first woman to read the nine o'clock news on BBC television?
1>Nannette Newman
2>Angela Rippen
3>Moyra Stewart
4>Anne Robinson
a>2

q>Our American friends call it a faucet; what do the British call it?
1>A spanner
2>A wrench
3>A tap
4>A plug hole
a>3

q>What is the world's largest island which is not a continent?
1>Long Island
2>Australia
3>Tahiti
4>Greenland
a>4

q>Where in the body would you find your radius and your ulna?
1>In your knee
2>In your neck
3>In your arm
4>In your hip
a>3

q>Which group in the 1970's had a top ten hit with ride a White Swan?
1>T. Rex
2>The Troggs
3>Suzi Quatro
4>Slade
a>1

q>Which brothers sang the Sun ain't gonna Shine any More?
1>The Righteous Brothers
2>The Everly Brothers
3>The Walker Brothers
4>The blues brothers
a>3

q>Which member of the British royal family died of typhoid fever at Windsor Castle in December 1861?
1>Queen Victoria
2>Prince Albert
3>George the Fourth
4>Henry the Eighth
a>2

q>Where is the oracle of Zeus at Dodona?
1>Thailand
2>Italy
3>Greece
4>Bangladesh
a>3

q>By what name is a young kangaroo known?
1>A Joey
2>A buck
3>A leveret
4>A cygnet
a>1

q>Homer's Iliad describes the siege of which city?
1>Rome
2>Troy
3>Athens
4>Persia
a>2

q>What does a caliologist study?
1>Forests
2>Animal tracks
3>Birds' nests
4>Sharks
a>3

q>Lake of the Woods is shared by Ontario, Manitoba and which U.S. state?
1>Wisconsin
2>Washington
3>Minnesota
4>New York
a>3

 q>Who shot the singer Marvin Gaye in 1984?
1>His father
2>His wife
3>His son
4>His mother
a>1

q>Which poet composed paradise Lost?
1>Milton
2>Keats
3>Wordsworth
4>Byron
a>1

q>Which of the following countries is not in Africa?
1>Chad
2>Andora
3>Gabon
4>Zimbabwe
a>2

q>How many points are the letter tiles Q and Z worth in scrabble?
1>5 points
2>6 points
3>7 points
4>10 points
a>4

q>Which group released an album called Ten in 1997?
1>Level 42
2>Wet Wet Wet
3>Madness
4>East 17
a>2

q>Wich country is the oldest surviving republic in the world?
1>San Marino
2>France
3>Greece
4>Switzerland
a>1

q>Which rock band recorded the album The Joshua Tree?
1>U2
2>Bon Jovi
3>Police
4>Aerosmith
a>1

q>Who was the first astronaut to orbit the earth?
1>Neil Armstrong
2>James butler
3>Buz Aldrin
4>Yuri Gagarin
a>4

q>In which ocean is Saint Helena, the site of napoleon's final imprisonment?
1>The Atlantic Ocean
2>The Arctic Ocean
3>The Indian Ocean
4>The Pacific Ocean
a>1

q>By what name is the actors' union better known?
1>Unison
2>Equity
3>G.M.B.
4>T.G.W.U.
a>2

q>Which Latin-American nation, whose capital is Quito, supplies a quarter of the world's bananas?
1>Portugal
2>Suriname
3>Bora Bora
4>Ecuador
a>4

q>In the music world, how are Jim Andrea, Caroline and Sharon collectively known?
1>Bananarama
2>The Corrs
3>Atomic Kitten
4>Soul to Soul
a>2
q>Where in the body would you find the labyrinth?
1>The upper intestine
2>The lower intestine
3>The heart
4>The ear
a>4

q>In which seaside resort was the British television comedy programme Dad's Army set?
1>Southend-on-Sea
2>Walmington-on-Sea
3>Clackton-on-sea
4>Warminster-on-Sea
a>2

q>The modern version of the ancient festival of Hilaria still occurs in Britain today.  What is it?
1>Pancake day
2>Boxing Day
3>April Fool's day
4>Valentine's day
a>3

q>Which is the southernmost American state?
1>Hawaii
2>Florida
3>Puerto Rico
4>Texas
a>1

q>What is stored in a camel's hump?
1>Water
2>Blood
3>Fat
4>The camel's stomach
a>3

q>In which country is the city of Meerut, where a famous mutiny began in 1857?
1>Pakistan
2>Nepal
3>India
4>Bangladesh
a>3

q>Hadrian's Wall is 73 miles long and stretches from the Solway Firth to where?
1>Edinburgh
2>glasgow
3>Wallsend
4>Sunderland
a>3

q>Who starred in the film A Night in Casablanca?
1>The Three Stooges
2>The Marx Brothers
3>Laurel and Hardy
4>Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
a>2

q>In which American state would you find cape cod?
1>Massachusetts
2>Florida
3>California
4>Texas
a>1

q>What is the name of Prince Edward's production company?
1>Endeavour
2>Indupitible
3>Prudent
4>Ardent
a>4

q>In which Bond film does Odd Job appear?
1>Goldfinger
2>License to Kill
3>The man with the golden Gun
4>Goldeneye
a>1

q>Which household item is made from naphthalene?
1>Soap powder
2>Frying pans
3>Mothballs
4>Bathroom tiles
a>3

q>What piece of military equipment was invented by sir Ernest Swinton in 1914?
1>The tank
2>The hand grenade
3>The Tommy gun
4>The tin helmet
a>1

q>In snooker, what coloured ball is worth 4 points?
1>The blue ball
2>The pink ball
3>The green ball
4>The brown ball
a>4

q>The song called You'll Never Walk Alone comes from which musical?
1>Paint Your Wagon
2>Oklahoma
3>Calamity Jane
4>Carousell
a>4

q>Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in wonderland, was actually an Oxford University lecturer.  In what field?
1>Psychology
2>Mathematics
3>Religious Studies
4>Theoretical Physics
a>2

q>In the hit television show Only Fools and Horses, what was Rodney's middle name?
1>Styles
2>Hurst
3>Jennings
4>Charlton
a>4

q>Who, in 1943, wrote the book called The gremlins, which was later made into a successful film?
1>Enid Blyton
2>Roald Dahl
3>Reverend W Audrey
4>Michael Bentine
a>2

q>What part of the body is affected by nephritis?
1>The kidneys
2>The lungs
3>The stomach
4>The heart
a>1

q>How many states of the United States of America have a Pacific coastline?
1>5
2>6
3>7
4>8
a>1

q>From which bridge does the Oxford and Cambridge boat race start every year?
1>London bridge
2>Hammersmith bridge
3>Tower bridge
4>Putney bridge
a>4

q>If your geographical position was 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude, where in the world would you be?
1>At the Greenwich observatory in England
2>In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
3>In the West African country of Ghana
4>At the centre of the earth
a>2

q>For what is aquaculture the scientific name?
1>Fish farming
2>Water filtering
3>Dam building
4>Water skiing
a>1

q>a Methuselah of champagne is equal to how many standard bottles?
1>4 bottles
2>6 bottles
3>8 bottles
4>12 bottles
a>3

q>The sixteenth-century queen, called Johanna The Mad, was a ruler of which European country?
1>France
2>Belgium
3>Spain
4>Germany
a>3

q>In which city did the rower Steve Redgrave win his first Olympic gold medal?
1>Seoul
2>Moscow
3>Los Angeles
4>Barcelona
a>3

q>Where would you find the Ocean of Storms?
1>On Jupiter
2>On the moon
3>On Mars
4>On Saturn
a>2

q>Which species is the largest of the bear family?
1>The great bear
2>The brown bear
3>The koala bear
4>The polar bear
a>4

q>Which of the following nations is the largest in area?
1>Russia
2>Canada
3>China
4>The United States of America
a>1

q>In which decade did Leeds United win soccer's F.A. Cup for the first time?
1>In the nineteen-forties
2>In the nineteen-fifties
3>In the nineteen-sixties
4>In the nineteen-seventies
a>4

q>Which letter represents the number 500 in roman Numerals?
1>The letter X
2>The letter D
3>The letter M
4>The letter C
a>2

q>The heart drug Digitalis is obtainable from which plant?
1>The chrysanthemum
2>The poppy
3>The foxglove
4>The orchid
a>3

q>The famous Gurkha soldiers always carry with them an item called a kukri.  What is it?
1>A holy book
2>A turban
3>A large knife
4>A piece of turf from his homeland
a>3

q>According to Greek mythology, everything King Midas touched turned to what?
1>Stone
2>Gold
3>Water
4>Dust
a>2

q>Chinchilla, Russian Blue and Burmese are all breeds of which domestic animal?
1>The cat
2>The dog
3>The goldfish
4>The gerbil
a>1

q>In 1976, the space probe, Viking 1, sent back pictures from which planet?
1>Venus
2>Mercury
3>Saturn
4>Mars
a>4


