General Knowledge 24

Question 1

What type of shoe takes its name from an Italian word for a small dagger?

Answer 1

Stiletto

Question 2

Which is the only property on a London Monopoly board which is south of the river Thames?

Answer 2

Old Kent Road

Question 3

Which country is bordered by the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea, Latvia and Russia?

Answer 3

Estonia

Question 4

What is the surname of the Chief Inspector, played by Philip Jackson, who regularly appears in the Hercule Poirot books and TV series?

Answer 4

Japp

Question 5

Name any five of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Answer 5

Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride

Question 6

When do nocturnal animals sleep?

Answer 6

During the day

Question 7

Only two countries in the world have three alphabetically consecutive letters in their normal English name. One of them is TUValu (TUV). What is the other?

Answer 7

Afghanistan (FGH)

Question 8

Which English football club was promoted to the top division in 1992 and was Premier League champion in 1995?

Answer 8

Blackburn Rovers

Question 9

In ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, Jamal’s last ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ question was on which classic of French literature?

Answer 9

The Three Musketeers

Question 10

Name any five elements that have a chemical symbol beginning with a different letter from the normal English name of the element.

Answer 10

Antimony (Sb), Gold (Au), Iron (Fe), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Potassium (K), Silver (Ag), Sodium (Na), Tin (Sn), Tungsten (W)

Question 11

How many times bigger than a normal bottle is a Magnum of champagne?

Answer 11

Two

Question 12

Which country has a six-letter name in English, with half of the letters being ‘e’?

Answer 12

Greece

Question 13

Which TV comedy had episodes including ‘Cash and Curry’, ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Uncle’ and ‘A Slow Bus To Chingford’?

Answer 13

Only Fools and Horses

Question 14

Which singer, who had a global Number 1 single and album in 2007, released an album in 2019 called ‘My Name is Michael Holbrook’?

Answer 14

Mika

Question 15

Name any five of the original ‘ThunderCats’ who appeared in the first series of the 80s cartoon.

Answer 15

Lion-O, Jaga, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykit, Wilykat, Snarf

Question 16

What does HGV stand for (if describing a large truck)?

Answer 16

Heavy Goods Vehicle

Question 17

What animal is on the logo of the Worldwide Fund for Nature?

Answer 17

Giant Panda

Question 18

The great West Indian cricketers Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott were known as The Three … whats?

Answer 18

Ws

Question 19

Who launched the National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association in 1965?

Answer 19

Mary Whitehouse

Question 20

Name five of the first six Presidents of France’s Fifth Republic, which began in 1958.

Answer 20

Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou, Valery Giscard d’Estaing, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy