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    Trivia Quiz week 1 100 general knowledge questions    

    Trivia Quiz week 1 100 general knowledge questions

    Our Old Trivia Questions for those who missed earlier days questions
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    The questions range from Nature to Politics and all things in between
    and from Easy to Hard,

    (1)     Who did Mohammad Ali beat to become World Heavyweight Champion for the first time ? Sonny Liston
    (2)     What instrument did Glenn Miller Play ?Trombone
    (3)     Is 143 a Prime Number ?No 11 X 13
    (4)     Which film was Flubber featured in ?The Absent Minded Professor
    (5)     What was John Waynes name before he changed it?Marion Morrison
    (6)     Who killed Cock Robin ? The Sparrow
    (7)     Who wrote the Origin of species ?Charles Darwin
    (8)     What number is at 3 O Clock on a dartboard ? 6
    (9)     What does the abbreviation E.G. stand for ? Exempli gratia or for example
    (10)     What is the international radio code word for the letter T ? Tango
    (11)     How fast can an alligator run on land ?34 MPH
    (12)     Which is the nearest city in Australia to the Great Barrier Reef ? Cairns
    (13)     Which part of the body is the Thyroid Gland in? The Neck
    (14)     What was the film Chariots of fire based on? Britains Olympic Hopefulls in 1924 Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and Eric Lidell (Ian Charleson)
    (15)     What is the highest break in a game of snooker ?147
    (16)     Which 2 countries are seperated by the Tasmanian Sea?Austalia , New Zealand,
    (17)     Who is the Minister of Transport?  John Spellar
    (18)     What Countries have a Border with France? Andorra  Belgium  Germany  Italy  Luxembourg  Monaco  Spain  Switzerland
    (19)     Who invented the Train ?  1822 by  George Stephenson
    (20)     When did the calculator first become available at an affordable price?1972 - 1975 priced dropped to make owning a calculator realistic
    (21)     Who was the ultimate yuppy who drove a yellow 3 wheel car in TV series?Dell boy Trotter in Only Fools and Horses
    (22)     How many years was Robinson Crusoe Shipwrecked for ? 28 years
    (23)     What was Henry VIII's fifth wifes name ?Catherine Howard
    (24)     What were the Occupations of the three men in a Tub?Butcher Baker and Candlestick Maker
    (25)     Where on the body is the Patella ?Knee
    (26)     Who created the Muppets?Jim Henson
    (27)     Which Country is Known as the George Cross Island ?Malta
    (28)     Who Publishes "The War Cry ?Salvation Army
    (29)     What is the international radio code word for the letter R ? Romeo
    (30)     What do you use to mix a Margarita ? Tequila, Triple Sec or Curacao, and lemon or lime juice
    (31)     Where is the home of the Prime Meridian ? National Maritime Museum Greenwich
    (32)     How many pennies were in the Pound prior to decimalisation ?240
    (33)     Name 8 teams from Formula 1 ? Ferrari   Jaguar     Jordan   Arrows  BAR   Mclaren   Minardi     Prost    Sauber    Honda     Renault
    (34)     What Poem starts with the words "I wandered lonely as a cloud" and who wrote it ? Daffodils by  William Wordsworth
    (35)     Which 2 Companies are involved in the Smart Car? Swatch and Mercedes
    (36)     Who had his Olympic Gold Medal Result at the Seoul Games reversed after Drug test ?Ben Johnson
    (37)     Who painted the mona lisa?Leonardo Davinci,
    (38)     Which Country gives the XMAS tree in Trafalga Square every year? Norway
    (39)     What is the training course called to qualify for diving? PADI
    (40)     How Many Pounds do you have if you have 1 million pennies?   £10,000
    (41)     Which book did Eeyore feature in?Winnie The Pooh
    (42)     Name the 5 Great Lakes in USA?Michigan , Superior, Huron, Ontario, Erie
    (43)     What is your birth sign if you were born on February 15th ? Aquarius
    (44)     What is the capital of Yugoslavia ? Belgrade
    (45)     Which is the strongest Muscle in your body ? Tongue
    (46)     Who wrote The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy ? Douglas Adams
    (47)     What was the name of the original Hobbit ? Bilbo Baggins
    (48)     Which is the largest county in England ? Shropshire
    (49)     Who is the Shadow Education Secretary ? Damian Green
    (50)     Who is the vice president of the United States? Dick Cheney
    (51)     What year did IBM launch their first PC ( microprocessor- based ) ? 1981
    (52)     Whose nickname was the brown bomber ? Joe Louis
    (53)     How many MP's are there in Parliament ? 659
    (54)     Name five of the six Tudor Monarchs ? Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane I , Mary I, Elizabeth I
    (55)     What does BBC stand forBritish Broadcasting Corporation
    (56)     What 4 countries border Afghanistan? Tajikistan      Pakistan          Iran       Uzbekistan
    (57)     What Roman god is January named for ?Janus
    (58)     Name the 5 of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?The Great Pyramid of Giza,         The Hanging Gardens of Babylon,      The Statue of Zeus at Olympia,    The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus,     The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus,    The Colossus of Rhodes,    The Lighthouse of Alexandria,
    (59)     What year did we go to decimilastion? 1971
    (60)     Which river flows through Rome?Tiber
    (61)     Which Film was the sound of Silence from? The Graduate
    (62)     What TV series featured Emma Peel?The Avengers
    (63)     What was the lost and regained by John Milton?Paradise
    (64)     What is fastest mammal on earth ? Cheetah  110Km Per Hour
    (65)     What is 20% of 850?170
    (66)     How Many MEP's are there? 626
    (67)     Which company started the accounting scandal in the business world This Year ?   Enron
    (68)     Who wrote the Origin of species?Charles Darwin
    (69)     What sport is called the sport of Kings ?  Horse Racing
    (70)     What currency is used in Indonesia ?Rupiah
    (71)     Who set to sea in a beautiful pea green boat ? The Owl and the Pussycat
    (72)     Who was the Prime Minister in the Faulklands War ? Maggie Thatcher
    (73)     What is the Capital of Bermuda ? Hamilton
    (74)     What is the common name for sodium chloride ?  Salt
    (75)     Which Company has grown more in 15 years than any other ?  Microsoft
    (76)     Who Said "I have a dream"? Martin Luther King, Jr
    (77)     What 2 Cities did the Flying Scotsman Join?    Edinburgh and London
    (78)     What Star sign are you if born November 11th ?   Scorpio
    (79)     Which is the longest river in Britain?River Severn
    (80)     When was the last referendum on the EEC?   1975
    (81)     When was William the Conqueror King of England?   1066-1087
    (82)     When was Monty Python's Flying Circus first screened on TV and how many programmes were made?  From  Oct 1969 to  Dec 1974              45  Total over 4 series
    (83)     Where did Voodoo Originate from?     Haiti
    (84)     What Year was the Olympic Games first televised?     1956
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