General Knowledge Quiz No. 60

[Carl]

• 1. What is the name of the female singer in the band Everything But The Girl ?

• 2. In 1965, who became country music's first female millionaire ?

• 3. From which country did the card game bridge originate ?

• 4. In what year did the Beatles officially split up ?

• 5. What is the world's oldest continually inhabited city ?

• 6. How many fences are jumped in the Grand National ?

• 7. In what year did Agatha Christie die ?

• 8. What is the largest river in Alaska called ?

• 9. Albert Einstein declined the Presidency of which country in 1952 ?

• 10. Which of the following elements has the atomic number 33 ? Arsenic, Zinc or Phosphorus ?

• 11. How many feet wide is a basketball court ?

• 12. In what year was the safety pin invented ?

• 13. In which year did Coronation Street begin ?

• 14. What is a female donkey called ?

• 15. In what year was the planet Neptune discovered ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[LucindaC]

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[Carl]

• 1. What is the name of the female singer in the band Everything But The Girl ? Tracey Thorn

• 2. In 1965, who became country music's first female millionaire ? Loretta Lynn

• 3. From which country did the card game bridge originate ? Turkey

• 4. In what year did the Beatles officially split up ? 1970

• 5. What is the world's oldest continually inhabited city ? Damascus

• 6. How many fences are jumped in the Grand National ? 30

• 7. In what year did Agatha Christie die ? 1976

• 8. What is the largest river in Alaska called ? The Yukon River

• 9. Albert Einstein declined the Presidency of which country in 1952 ? Israel

• 10. Which of the following elements has the atomic number 33 ? Arsenic, Zinc or Phosphorus ? Arsenic

• 11. How many feet wide is a basketball court ? 50

• 12. In what year was the safety pin invented ? 1849

• 13. In which year did Coronation Street begin ? 1960

• 14. What is a female donkey called ? A jenny

• 15. In what year was the planet Neptune discovered ? 1846