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To make room for new quiz questions and answers, our older quiz items can be found here for you to enjoy for longer!
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1. On a standard dart board, what is the lowest number that cannot be scored with a single dart?
2. What is the name of the parliament of the Isle of Man?
3. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
4. In what year was the Bank of England founded?
5. The doomed ship Titanic had two sister ships. What were their names?
6. Why was Gillian Gibbons in the news in 2007?
7. Which rugby union team won the 2007 EDF energy cup?
8. In which African country is Mount Kilimanjaro?
9. What colour are the 5 Olympic rings?
10. In the board game Cluedo, whose murder has to be solved?
11. Which is the oldest of the royal parks in London?
12. In 1985, which entertainer made the first ever mobile phone call in Britain?
13. What North African city means white house?
14. By what name is Karol Wojtyla better known?
15. On a clear day, from the top of Ben Nevis, what is the furthest thing you can see?
16. What was the first European country to issue banknotes?
17. What is an epidiascope?
18. The Koh-i-Noor diamond is one of the largest diamonds in the world, but what does Koh-i-Noor mean?
Valley Of Hope, Mountain Of Light or Skies Of Oceans?
19. Which was the first car to have a turbo charged engine?
20. What is the name of the character of the cultural attache portrayed by Barry Humphries?
21. What is pogonology the study of?
22. Where did Charles Darwin succeed Charles Dickens?
23 . A philargyrist is someone who loves what?
24. Which is the only town name in Britain to end in an exclamation mark?
25. What is the capital of Sudan?
26. If James is five, Henry is three, and Edward is two, who is one?
27. What colour was Coca-Cola originally?
28. What was the name of the cabin boy in ‘Captain Pugwash’?
29. What name is given to a fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine?
30. Who comes next in the following sequence? John, Paul, John Paul, John Paul, ...?
31. In May 2006, Belfast Airport officially changed its name in honour of which famous Irishman?
32. Which breed of dog was the first to win Best In Show at Crufts?
33. What name is shared by the father-in-law of Moses and the nephew of Jed Clampett?
34. In which country was Trivial Pursuit invented?
35. Excluding resigning, how many different moves does a player have the choice of at the start
of a game of chess?
36. What do the initials HB on a pencil stand for?
37. Where would you most commonly find the inscription 'Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants'?
38. In 'Coronation Street', what was Stan Ogden’s occupation?
39. How many of each animal did Moses take onto the ark?
40. In which decade did the population of the world reach 4 billion?
41. In which religion is Vishnu worshipped as the God of creation?
42. Which author’s first works were published under the name Currer Bell?
43. Which actor, who died on April 5th 2008, was originally considered for the role of Chief Brody
in the 1975 film Jaws?
44. What breed of spaniel has been selected as Best in Show more times than any other?
45. Which letter of the alphabet appears only once in the names of all English and Scottish
league football teams and not at all in the names of the elements in the Periodic Table?
46. What is the name of the dam on the Zambia - Zimbabwe border?
47. What were lost by King John, melted down by Oliver Cromwell and almost stolen by
Thomas Blood?
48. What is the maximum number of horses allowed to run in the Grand National?
49. Which is the largest country in the world with only one time zone?
50. Which football team are known as the Rosso-nera or Rosso-Neri?
51. What is the name of the pan in which you make paella?
52. Who was the first American actor to be nominated for Emmy Awards for portraying the same
character on 3 different shows?
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Videos to cheer you up
Is this the fastest selling item at Halfords?
Car video (YouTube)
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General knowledge questions where each answer has a car model in its title
1. What is the only sport where left-handed play is banned?
2. Which one word describes a book title by Frederick Forsyth, a class of British escort carrier and a role
played by Diana Rigg in the 1960s?
3. Former Big Brother contestant Jade Goody believed which area of the UK was abroad?
4. Gracie Fields owned a villa on which island?
5. What is the musical term for “quick or lively”?
6. What name is specifically given to a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches
hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe?
7. In rowing, what is the name of the short-sleeved T-shirt with a front opening, where the opening and
8. Which animal has varieties called trapdoor, yellow sac, and chinese bird?
sleeve ends are trimmed in the colours of the club?
9. Which one word describes a Yorkshire TV documentary series of the 1970s, a space shuttle, and a
number one album by ELO?
10. What is the name of the planned rail service that will carry spectators from central London to the
Olympic Park in 7 minutes.
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Logic: Can you identify which number, letter or word comes next in the following sequences?
1. 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, _?
2. a, s, d, f, g, h, j, k, _?
3. 1, 32, 81, 64, 25, _?
4. J, A, S, O, N, _?
5. 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 28, _?
6. V, I, B, G, Y, O, _?
7. A, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, N, T, J, Q, _?
8. 16, 8, 11, 14, 9, 12, 5, 20, _?
9. h, b, t, y, h, b, t, y, h, b, _?
10. Man, Daisy, Wolves, Lambs, _?
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Anagrams
1. Tall custard shape (A famous British landmark)
2. Lethally risked (Alec Guinness film)
3. Cut Iowa Network (Beatles song)
4. Bad credit (Method of making a payment)
5. Yawn arch far (A 'financial hub' in the UK)
6. Not stealing super hero (A financial 'watchdog' in the UK)
7. Only I can thrill (A former White House resident)
8. Than a swearers (A country in Africa)
9. I'm a dot in place (The clue is in the words!)
10. O draconian devil (A famous scientist)
11. UK cable campaign (Famous UK building)
12. Altogether, chain flaw (International landmark)
13. What is the only single word anagram of the word 'stationed'?
14. Not known as air (British comedy actor)
15. Howl part venom (An English city)
16. Rubber club harm (A favourite pudding, nice with custard)
17. A born worker (Movie starring John Travolta)
18. Prefabricate nose habit (Johnny Depp movie)
19. Sown in discomfort (Computer Operating System)
20. Three torn goldfish (Famous trilogy)
21. Dirty after shave gun (John Travolta movie)
22. Major Held Icon (Master US Sportsman)
23. Genuine Class (Knighted Actor)
24. Pair or Hot Wreath (New Terminal!)
25. Choking grateful throat (Famous Western)
26. Hire a Navy (Enough of it, and you’ll need to!)
27. Baste Linnet (small-ball game)
answers
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1. In musical notes, which is bigger - a crotchet or a semibreve?
2. Which British female singer had a 2006 hit with 'Rehab'?
3. What nationality was Mozart?
4. Which singer had a string of hits in the 1970s and is often referred to as the 'Queen of Disco'?
5. Who had a number one hit single in 1964 with 'Little Red Rooster'?
6. Which group had a number one album in 1979 with Regatta De Blanc?
7. In 1963, which band became the first to reach number one with their first three singles?
8. By what name is Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 better known?
9. By what name is singer Pauline Matthews better known?
10. What is the common link between The Dave Clark 5, Fat Larry’s Band and Harold Melvin
and the Blue Notes?
11. In music, which band consists of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard?
12. Formed in 1976, which famous band consists of Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and
Larry Mullen, Jr?
13. Who had a hit with 'La Bamba' in 1987?
14. What was the first song played on Radio One on 30 September 1967?
15. Which group had a hit record in the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s and each time they
had a completely different line up?
16. Who sang the TV theme tune to 'Rawhide'?
17. Who had a hit with a cover version of Frankie Laine's hit single 'I Believe' in 1996?
18. Which band had a hit with 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' in both 1969 and 1988?
19. Which band had a hit with 'Too Shy' in 1983?
20. Who had a hit single in 1981 with 'Romeo And Juliet'?
21. Who had a hit single in 1974 with 'The Streak'?
22. Who was the lead singer of The Four Seasons in the 1960s and 1970s?
23. Who had a hit with '24 Hours From Tulsa' in 1963?
24. Who had a hit in 1982 with 'Maneater'?
25. Who had a hit in 1985 with 'One More Night'?
26. George Bernard Shaw's play 'Pygmalion' was adapted to become which musical?
27. Which band had hits with 'Linger' and 'Dreams'?
28. How is the double act of David Peacock and Charles Hodges better known?
29. Formed in 1976, which famous band consists of Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton
and Larry Mullen, Jr?
30. Which well known band was formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?
31. What was the name of Billy J. Kramer's backing group in the 1960s?
32. Who had a hit single with 'Crocodile Rock' in 1972?
33. Who had a hit single in 1961 with 'Runaway'?
34. The pop groups Ace Of Base and The Cardigans both hail from which country?
35. Which Barbadian singer stayed ten weeks at number 1 with 'Umbrella'?
36. Which 1980 Splodgenessabounds hit gives its name to the title of a BBC comedy series?
37. Which instrument was Dizzy Gillespie famous for playing?
38. Which boy’s name was the title of the debut album released by Amy Winehouse?
answers
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1. Which planet in the solar system is named after the Roman messenger to the Gods?
2. Which Shropshire town is named after the civil engineer who built viaducts, roads and bridges
in the area?
3. The Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova was visiting which country in 1908, when she was presented with
a fruit and cream merangue in her name?
4. Which subatomic particle is named after the Greek for "first"?
5. Named after four renaissance painters, what are the four names of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
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Taking a lighter hearted look on Global Warming.
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Banned
1. The 1970 Kinks hit Lola was banned from BBC radio until the lyrics were changed slightly,
as it was deemed to be advertising which product?
2. Which book by Alice Walker was banned by the American Library Association for racism,
but was later turned into a sucessful movie directed by Steven Spielberg?
3. Whick tennis star was handed a two year ban after testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon in 2007?
4. Written by former MI5 operative Peter Wright, which book was banned by the British
Government in 1987?
5. Who had a hit in 1972 with Hi Hi Hi, which was banned by the BBC for its "suggestive" lyrics?
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1. The Mauretania, launched in 1906, was the largest and fastest ship in the world at that time.
What was the name of her sister ship that was launched in the same year, but sunk by a
German U-boat in 1915?
2. In golf, there are four “major” tournaments. The Masters, the US Open and the UK Open
Championship are three of them, but what is the other one?
3. Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper were two of the three musicians who died in a plane crash in
February 1959. Who was the other one?
4. The Ballearics are made up of three major islands. Majorca and Minorca are two, but what is
the other one?
5. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, but who was the third astronaut
on Apollo 11, who remained in the Orbitter?
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Test your knowledge of Formula One Race Flags. What do these flags mean when waved manically by someone at Silverstone!
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