General Knowledge 29

Question 1

Which chain of cinemas was created in 1930 in the UK by Oskar Deutsch?

Answer 1

Odeon

Question 2

Who is the woodcarver who made Pinocchio?

Answer 2

Geppetto

Question 3

What was the professional name of the British wrestler whose actual name was Shirley Crabtree?

Answer 3

Big Daddy

Question 4

In which American state is the historic cowboy town of Dodge City?

Answer 4

Kansas

Question 5

Name the five members of the Jackson Five other than Michael.

Answer 5

• Jackie
• Tito
• Jermaine
• Marlon
• Randy

Question 6

Which UK band had Greatest Hits Collections preceded by the words ‘Complete’, ‘Utter’, ‘Total’ and ‘Divine’?

Answer 6

Madness

Question 7

In 1959, which US state became the 50th to join the Union?

Answer 7

Hawaii

Question 8

Which public figure’s first novel was published in 1976 under the title ‘Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less’?

Answer 8

Jeffrey Archer

Question 9

What American chat show presenter has a production company called Harpo Productions?

Answer 9

Oprah Winfrey

Question 10

Name the last five leaders of the Conservative Party in the 20th century.

Answer 10

• Alec Douglas-Home
• Edward Heath
• Margaret Thatcher
• John Major
• William Hague

Question 11

An atom is formed from protons, electrons and _______.

Answer 11

neutrons

Question 12

How many half-dozens are there in a gross?

Answer 12

24

A gross is 144

Question 13

In the standard British version of Cluedo, what is the only combination of murder weapon, murder room, and murderer where all three begin with the same letter?

Answer 13

Miss Scarlett, in the Study, with the Spanner

Question 14

Which prolific author died in 2000 aged 98, three years after the death of Princess Diana?

Answer 14

Barbara Cartland

Question 15

Name these five Tom Cruise films from the brief synopsis given: (a) Tom Cruise plays a talented young barman who finds love in Jamaica; (b) Tom Cruise plays a talented young naval aviator who finds love at the Miramar flight academy; (c) Tom Cruise plays a talented young driver who finds love on the NASCAR circuit; (d) Tom Cruise plays a talented young pool player who finds love in a pool hall; (e) Tom Cruise plays a talented young football player who finds love in small-town Pennsylvania.

Answer 15

• (a) Cocktail
• (b) Top Gun
• (c) Days of Thunder
• (d) The Color of Money
• (e) All the Right Moves

Question 16

Which TV show was presented for most of its run between 1972 and 1992 by Geoffrey Hayes?

Answer 16

Rainbow

Question 17

What does the C stand for in the name of the motoring organisation RAC?

Answer 17

Club

Question 18

What is the name of a small elevator used to transport food between different floors of a building?

Answer 18

Dumb waiter

Question 19

What nickname was given to Douglas Jardine’s “fast leg theory” cricket tactic used in 1932-33 in Australia?

Answer 19

Bodyline

Question 20

Name the four children who go through the wardrobe in CS Lewis’ ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’.

Answer 20

• Lucy
• Edmund
• Peter
• Susan

Question 21

What name is shared by a type of potato, a fictional spider, and the wife of George III?

Answer 21

Charlotte

Question 22

Which English actor, once described as “the loudest man alive” has a name that is an anagram of SENSIBLE BARD?

Answer 22

Brian Blessed

Question 23

Who became Governor of New South Wales in 1805, 18 years after a famous mutiny on the ship he captained?

Answer 23

Captain William Bligh

Question 24

Which game can be played under the Regency Rules which state that ‘the Nash Convention allows superseding after parallel moves, and all Terraces … are wild, unless of course you are in Spoon’?

Answer 24

Mornington Crescent

Question 25

Name five of the seven least populous independent countries in Europe, excluding the Vatican City.

Answer 25

* San Marino * Monaco * Liechtenstein * Andorra * Iceland * Malta * Luxembourg