General Knowledge 38

Question 1

In which UK mockumentary sitcom do Dawn and Tim finally become a couple at a Christmas party?

Answer 1

The Office

Question 2

Ken and Barbie® dolls were made by which American toy manufacturing company?

Answer 2

Mattel

Question 3

Clark Kent and Lois Lane worked for which newspaper?

Answer 3

The Daily Planet

Question 4

What are the first names of Fred and Wilma Flintstone’s neighbours, Mr and Mrs Rubble?

Answer 4

Barney and Betty

Question 5

Whom did Princess Leia marry in Star Wars?

Answer 5

Han Solo

Question 6

How many children do Homer and Marge Simpson have?

Answer 6

Three (Bart, Lisa and Maggie)

Question 7

Which princess did Shrek fall in love with?

Answer 7

Fiona

Question 8

In which city did Romeo and Juliet live?

Answer 8

Verona, Italy

Question 9

Where in Essex did Gavin from Gavin & Stacey live?

Answer 9

Billericay

Question 10

In which Jane Austen novel did Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy fall in love?

Question 11

In the TV show The Big Bang Theory, who dates Sheldon Cooper?

Answer 11

Amy Farrah Fowler

Question 12

What were Lady and the Tramp eating when they shared their first kiss?

Answer 12

Spaghetti

Question 13

Pongo and Perdita are a couple in which Disney film?

Answer 13

101 Dalmatians

Question 14

What is the surname of Morticia and Gomez?

Answer 14

Addams

Question 15

What was the name of Ross and Rachel’s baby in the TV series Friends?

Answer 15

Emma

Question 16

Edward Cullen and Bella Swan became a couple in which film series?

Answer 16

Twilight

Question 17

Which Hogwarts house were both Ron and Hermione sorted into?

Answer 17

Gryffindor

Question 18

Jack and Vera Duckworth were a couple in which TV soap?

Answer 18

Coronation Street

Question 19

Who is the primary on-and-off love interest for Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City?

Answer 19

Mr Big

Question 20

Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy were both girlfriends of which character?

Answer 20

Peter Parker/Spider-man

Question 21

Which was the first National Park to be established in Britain?

Answer 21

Peak District

Question 22

Which two Australian animals are featured on the country’s coat of arms?

Answer 22

Kangaroo and Emu

Question 23

Kingston is the capital city of which country?

Answer 23

Jamaica

Question 24

Who features in the title of a Wagner opera along with Tristan?

Answer 24

Isolde

Question 25

Which character is played by Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film The King and I?

Answer 25

Anna

Question 26

How many minutes are there in two and a half hours?

Answer 26

150

Question 27

In which sport are stones and a broom used?

Answer 27

Curling

Question 28

Which battle was fought on June 18, 1815?

Answer 28

Waterloo

Question 29

In Absolutely Fabulous, who played Patsy Stone?

Answer 29

Joanna Lumley

Question 30

Who is the heroine of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy?

Answer 30

Lyra

Question 31

The Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet?

Answer 31

The Nutcracker

Question 32

What is a pack made up of cups, swords, wands and pentacles called?

Answer 32

Tarot cards

Question 33

Ni is the chemical symbol for which element?

Answer 33

Nickel

Question 34

Which poet wrote A Red, Red Rose (1794)?

Answer 34

Robert Burns

Question 35

Which army rank is higher, colonel or brigadier?

Answer 35

Brigadier

Question 36

How many atoms of oxygen are there in one molecule of water?

Answer 36

One

Question 37

Who, in the nursery rhyme, was born on Monday and buried on Sunday?

Answer 37

Solomon Grundy

Question 38

Who was queen for nine days in 1553?

Answer 38

Jane Grey

Question 39

During which British monarch’s reign was the Penny Post instituted?

Answer 39

Queen Victoria

Question 40

How many sides has a heptagon?

Answer 40

Seven

Question 41

Which South African conflict lasted from 1899 to 1902?

Answer 41

Second Boer War

Question 42

Which African dictator did Forest Whitaker portray in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland?

Answer 42

Idi Amin

Question 43

Which waters lie between Africa and Australia?

Answer 43

Indian Ocean

Question 44

What is the name of the small kingdom that lies wholly within South Africa?

Answer 44

Lesotho

Question 45

Which African country lies between Algeria and Libya?

Answer 45

Tunisia

Question 46

Which Tanzanian mountain is the highest in Africa?

Answer 46

Kilimanjaro

Question 47

Death on the Nile is a novel by which crime writer?

Answer 47

Dame Agatha Christie

Question 48

What is biltong?

Answer 48

Dried and cured meat

Question 49

What is the official language of Libya?

Answer 49

Arabic

Question 50

Afrikaans is a variety of which European language?

Answer 50

Dutch

Question 51

How many continents are larger than Africa?

Answer 51

One (Asia)

Question 52

From what is the North African staple food couscous made?

Answer 52

Semolina

Question 53

What is the capital of Kenya?

Answer 53

Nairobi

Question 54

In 1984, which South African clergyman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer 54

Desmond Tutu

Question 55

Which African fly transmits sleeping sickness?

Answer 55

Tsetse

Question 56

Which precious stone is associated with the South African city of Kimberley?

Answer 56

Diamond

Question 57

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman starred in which classic 1942 film?

Answer 57

Casablanca

Question 58

What country was known as 'the Gift of the Nile'?

Answer 58

Egypt

Question 59

Which band had a hit with Africa in 1983?

Answer 59

Toto

Question 60

Which island is known for being the place where former South African president Nelson Mandela was jailed?

Answer 60

Robben Island