General Knowledge
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1. In which Shakespeare play would you find Leontes, the King of Sicily? |
A Winters Tale |
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2. True of False: In 2017 it was revealed that the King of the Netherlands had secretly been working as an airline pilot? |
True |
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3. In which part of the body are the pinna, tympanum and the semi-circular canal? |
The Ear |
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4. Which comedy writer created Keeping Up Appearances and Last of the Summer Wine? |
Roy Clarke |
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5. Goat Fell is the highest point on which Scottish island? |
Arran |
2017 Winners
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1. Who won the Nobel Prize of Literature in 2017? |
Kazuo Ishiguro |
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2. Who won the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon 2017? |
Garbine Muguruza |
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3. Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2017 for her role in La La Land? |
Emma Stone |
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4. What was the name of the Sutton Utd goalkeeper who allegedly won a bet by eating a Pie live on TV during an FA Cup tie with Arsenal? |
Wayne Shaw |
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5. Which member of Girls Aloud won the 2017 series of Celeb Big Brother? |
Sarah Harding |
Sport
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1. In which sport do teams compete for the Vince Lombardi trophy? |
American Football |
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2. In which position did Matt Dawson play form England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final? |
Scrum Half |
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3. Which team defeated Italy in the play offs for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, meaning they will miss their first tournament for over 60 years? |
Sweden |
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4. Which British Tennis player won her only Grand Slam at the 1976 French Open? |
Sue Barker |
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5. Which English team defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in the 1982 UEFA European Cup final? |
Aston Villa |
Food and Drink
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1. What type of food interests a Mycophagist? |
Mushrooms |
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2. Foundue is a national dish of which country? |
Switzerland |
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3. An Amandine dish is glazed with what? |
Almonds |
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4. Jambalya originates from which US State? |
Louisiana |
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5. Which cocktail is made by mixing Scotch Whiskey and Drambuie? |
Rusty Nail |
Literature
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1. Tom Joad is the lead character in which classic novel? |
Grapes of Wrath |
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2. Who wrote the novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin? |
Louis De Bernies |
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3. In what decade was Gone With The Wind originally published? |
1930s |
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4. A Pure Woman was the original subtitle of which classic novel? |
Tess of the D’Urbervilles |
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5. Give a year in the life of Jane Austen… |
Anywhere between 1775 and 1817 |
Film
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1. Which Christmas film centres around a dispute between Matthew Broderick and Danny Devito over excessive Christmas lights? |
Deck the Halls |
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2. Ghost Protocol is the fourth instalment in which series of action movies? |
Mission Impossible |
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3. In the film “The Invention of Lying”, Ricky Gervais tells the worlds first lie in which kind of establishment? |
Bank |
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4. Who plays Spiderman in the 2017 film “Spiderman Homecoming”? |
Tom Holland |
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5. How many films were made in the Back to the Future series? |
3 |
1 Questions 5 Answers
Q: List the 5 most populated countries in Asia…
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1. China |
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2. India |
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3. Indonesia |
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4. Pakistan |
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5. Bangladesh |
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Connection
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1. Which popstar, who died in 2016, wrote the Bangles hit “Manic Monday” as well as Sinead O Connors Number 1 hit “Nothing Compares 2 U”? |
Prince |
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2. Complete the title of the 2004 Denzel Washington movie in which he plays a former assassin seeking revenge – “Man on ___”? |
Fire |
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3. Which cult TV Series of the 1960s starred Patrick McGoohan as Number 6? |
The Prisoner |
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4. What is the capital of the US state of Arizona? |
Phoenix |
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5. What is the connection between the 4 answers? |
All feature in the title of Harry Potter Books (The Half Blood Prince, The Prisoner of Azkabhan, The Order of the Phoenix) |