General Knowledge 25

Question 1

Which British frontman got in trouble with Taylor Swift fans in January 2022 for falsely suggesting she didn’t write her own songs?

Answer 1

Damon Albarn

Question 2

What goes between the chocolate and the shortbread in traditional Millionaire Shortbread?

Answer 2

Caramel

Question 3

What was the maiden name of Sophia Brunel, mother of Isambard?

Answer 3

Kingdom

Question 4

In the American soap opera ‘Days Of Our Lives’, who played Dr Drake Ramoray?

Answer 4

Joey Tribbiani (in ‘Friends’ - played in turn by Matt LeBlanc)

Question 5

Seven London boroughs begin with the letter H. Name five of them.

Answer 5

• Hammersmith and Fulham
• Hackney
• Hounslow
• Havering
• Haringey
• Harrow
• Hillingdon

Question 6

What is the currency of Finland?

Answer 6

Euro

Question 7

In ‘The Lord of the Rings’, what type of creatures are Haldir, Galadriel and Legolas?

Answer 7

Elves

Question 8

What make of car is an anagram of a standard gear stick position in a car?

Answer 8

Renault (Neutral)

Question 9

What links, among others: Milan, New York, Japan, my shirt, my car, and my cat?

Answer 9

Things that Right Said Fred was “too sexy” for - from the 1991 song ‘I’m Too Sexy’

Question 10

Name the five 20th Century US Presidents with the longest surnames.

Answer 10

• Dwight D Eisenhower
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D Roosevelt
• Calvin Coolidge
• William McKinley

Question 11

What name is shared by a sweet, a fashion label, a sport, and a car?

Answer 11

Polo

Question 12

What was the first name of David Bowie’s first wife, as sung about by Mick Jagger?

Answer 12

Angie

Question 13

Which puzzle game was included in the package for the original Nintendo Game Boy?

Answer 13

Tetris

Question 14

What was the name of the character played by David Hasselhoff in ‘Baywatch’? [first and surname, please]

Answer 14

Mitch Buchannon

Question 15

Name five of the original six main members of the ‘Monty Python’ team.

Answer 15

• Michael Palin
• Terry Jones
• Eric Idle
• John Cleese
• Graham Chapman
• Terry Gilliam

Question 16

The Seychelles are in which ocean?

Answer 16

Indian

Question 17

What is the surname of the family that Paddington Bear lives with?

Answer 17

Brown

Question 18

What is the most northerly place to which you can get a direct train from London?

Answer 18

Inverness

Question 19

What was the surname of Vincente, Judy Garland’s second husband?

Answer 19

Minnelli

Question 20

Name five of the six founding members of the European Economic Community (now the EU).

Answer 20

• France
• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Luxembourg
• West Germany
• Italy

Question 21

What shape is the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt?

Answer 21

Square

Question 22

What is the next prime number above 80?

Answer 22

83

Question 23

Which title character in a Disney film from 1941 has no lines of dialogue in the film?

Answer 23

Dumbo (not Bambi, who does speak, in 1942)

Question 24

The Silverstone motor racing circuit is actually in two counties. One half is in Northamptonshire: in which county is the other half?

Answer 24

Buckinghamshire

Question 25

Name five of the movies to have won the Best Picture Oscar for a year in the 1990s.

Answer 25

* Dances With Wolves 1991 * Silence of the Lambs 1992 * Unforgiven 1993 * Schindler’s List * Forrest Gump * Braveheart * The English Patient * Titanic * Shakespeare in Love * American Beauty