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Questions I
- The radio general knowledge quiz, Brain of Britain, is broadcast on which BBC station?
- Who is the daughter of Anglican priest, the Reverend Hubert Brasier?
- Where would you find bodkin points and judo points?
- Which country has the largest number of Quakers in the world - it has around 133,000 members?
- The Mary Rose Museum is located in which British city?
- What is the better known name for a zucchini?
- What invention in 1958 by chemist Joseph Shivers at DuPont is an anagram of a word which means enlarges or bolsters?
- What came before the 'iron age' in the three-age system in archaeology?
- Which famous person was born on the 20 June 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii?
- Who is the only member of the Monty Python comedy troupe not born in Britain?
- The Black Country Living Museum and Merry Hill Shopping Centre are in which large West Midland's town?
- Who was mayor of New York City when the 9/11 attacks occurred?
- What was The Guardian newspaper known as until 1959?
- What is a labrys?
Answers:
- BBC Radio 4
- Theresa May
- On an arrow - types of arrow heads
- Kenya
- Portsmouth
- Courgette
- Spandex (an anagram of expands)
- Bronze age
- Nicole Kidman
- Terry Gilliam
- Dudley
- Rudy Giuliani
- The Manchester Guardian
- It's a double-bladed battle axe
Questions II
- Which country only switched to the modern Gregorian Calendar on January 1, 1927?
- What is the SI unit of luminous intensity?
- Genuphobia is the fear of what part of the body?
- Scurvy is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?
- Used to measure the height of horses, how many inches are there in one hand?
- Who made headlines after cheating in the general knowledge quiz show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' in 2001?
- Which letter is represented by a single dot in Morse code?
- The song 'Send in the Clowns' was written for what musical?
- Clarence Pier is an amusement pier in which English coastal city?
- What is the English meaning of the Russian word 'glasnost'?
- The medical term cutis anserina is better known as what common condition?
- Who painted 'The Potato Eaters'?
- Which musical instrument does Bill Clinton play to a very high standard?
- Apiphobia is the fear of what creatures?
Answers:
- Turkey
- The candela
- The knees
- Vitamin C
- 4
- Charles Ingram
- E
- A Little Night Music
- Portsmouth
- Openness
- Goose bumps
- Vincent van Gogh
- Saxophone
- Bees
Questions III
- Which Japanese company developed the first VHS video recorders?
- Navigation products company 'TomTom' is based in which country?
- How many pennies were there in a pre-decimalizationan English pound?
- What was founder by Scots Guards officer David Stirling in 1941?
- Who married Renate Blauel in Darling Point, Sydney, on Valentine's Day 1984?
- What colour would you associate with a Harrod's carrier bag?
- What organisation did Robert Baden-Powell found in 1908?
- The 'hip hop' subcultural movement was formed in which American city?
- What code name was given to Nazi Germany's plan to invade Britian during the Second World War?
- Who said: 'If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman'?
- The Intu Metrocentre is a shopping centre in which town?
- What occupational task is carried out by a sawyer?
- Who owned the Daily Mirror newspaper between 1984 and 1991?
- In the popular children's nursery rhyme what is Wednesday's child full of?
Answers:
- JVC
- Netherlands
- 240
- The SAS
- Elton John
- Green
- The Boy Scouts
- New York
- Operation Sea Lion
- Margaret Thatcher
- Gateshead
- Saws wood
- Robert Maxwell
- Woe
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