General Knowledge 11

Question 1

What is the 6th planet in our Solar System?

Answer 1

Saturn

Question 2

Where in the body would you find ‘The Bowmans Capsule’?

Answer 2

Kidney

Question 3

In which park would you find London zoo?

Answer 3

Regents Park

Question 4

Linseed oil comes from which plant?

Answer 4

Flax

Question 5

Red Iron Oxide is more commonly known as what?

Answer 5

Rust

Question 6

How would you write the number 7 in binary code?

Answer 6

111

Question 7

What is the main metallic element in bronze?

Answer 7

Copper

Also Tin

Question 8

Which gas makes fizzy drinks fizzy?

Answer 8

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Question 9

Which was the first nation to place a flag on the moon?

Answer 9

Russia, when they deliberately crashed a probe there in Sep 1959.

Question 10

On which day of the year does the oyster season officially start in the UK?

Answer 10

1st September

Question 11

How many standard wine bottles are there in a flagon?

Answer 11

Three

Question 12

What do polled cattle not have?

Answer 12

Horns

Question 13

The Pet Shop Boys had a hit in 1987 with ‘Always on my mind’, who sang it originally in 1972?

Answer 13

Elvis

Question 14

Which UK city has its main railway station at New Street?

Answer 14

Birmingham

Question 15

Lynard Skynard sang ‘Sweet Home Alabama’, spell Lynard Skynard.

Answer 15

LYNARD SKYNARD

Question 16

Which actor played the role of Norman Bates in Hitchcock’s Psycho?

Answer 16

Anthony Perkins

Question 17

Who replaced Winston Churchill as Prime Minister in 1945?

Answer 17

Clement Atlee

Question 18

Which TV show of physical and mental challenges was hosted by Gordon Burns?

Answer 18

Krypton Factor

Question 19

Which Lord disappeared in 1974?

Answer 19

Lucan

Question 20

Who was the first player to score 100 goals in the English Premier League?

Answer 20

Alan Shearer

Question 21

What is the name of the Romanian leader who was executed by firing squad on 25 Dec 1989?

Answer 21

Nicolae Ceaucescu

Question 22

What is the collective name for a group of baboons?

Answer 22

Troop

Question 23

What is the name of the cow in ‘The Magic Roundabout’?

Answer 23

Ermintrude

Question 24

Who composed the opera, The Barber Of Seville?

Answer 24

Rossini

Question 25

The England footballing brothers, Phil & Gary, shared what surname?

Answer 25

Neville