General Knowledge Quiz No. 112

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General Knowledge Quiz No. 112

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  • 1. Under Islamic law, how many wives is a man allowed to have at any one time ?
  • 2. In which English town is TV comedy'One Foot In The Grave' set ?
  • 3. In sport, where would you find a tic-tac man ?
  • 4. What kind of creature is Sebastian in 'The Little Mermaid' ?
  • 5. In scrabble, how many extra points does a player get for using all seven of their letters at once ?
  • 6. Who had their first UK number one in 1999 with 'I Want It That Way' ?
  • 7. How is the condition of somnambulism better known ?
  • 8. What was the biggest selling single in the UK in the 1980s ?
  • 9. Which instrument was Benny Goodman famous for playing ?
  • 10. Little Jackie Paper was the human friend of which famous fictional character ?
  • 11. Which author sometimes used the pseudonym Acton Bell ? a) Ann Bronte, b) Mary Shelley or c) Evelyn Waugh ?
  • 12. What colour are the houses you can buy for your properties in a standard game of Monopoly ?
  • 13. Which band member is missing from the line-up Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore ?
  • 14. In what year was the battle of Trafalgar ? a) 1785, b) 1805 or c) 1814 ?
  • 15. Who was born in Russia in 1877, moved to America and worked on make-up for films and in 1927 introduced the first cosmetics to be sold to non-theatrical customers ?

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3 Horse racing course
5 Fifty
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2 Bournemouth
4 Crab
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10 Puff the magic dragon
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ANSWERS
  • 1. Under Islamic law, how many wives is a man allowed to have at any one time ? Four
  • 2. In which English town is TV comedy'One Foot In The Grave' set ? Bournemouth
  • 3. In sport, where would you find a tic-tac man ? At a racecourse
  • 4. What kind of creature is Sebastian in 'The Little Mermaid' ? Crab
  • 5. In scrabble, how many extra points does a player get for using all seven of their letters at once ? 50
  • 6. Who had their first UK number one in 1999 with 'I Want It That Way' ? Backstreet Boys
  • 7. How is the condition of somnambulism better known ? Sleep walking
  • 8. What was the biggest selling single in the UK in the 1980s ? 'Do They Know Its Christmas' by Band Aid
  • 9. Which instrument was Benny Goodman famous for playing ? Clarinet
  • 10. Little Jackie Paper was the human friend of which famous fictional character ? Puff the Magic Dragon
  • 11. Which author sometimes used the pseudonym Acton Bell ? a) Ann Bronte, b) Mary Shelley or c) Evelyn Waugh ? a) Ann Bronte
  • 12. What colour are the houses you can buy for your properties in a standard game of Monopoly ? Green
  • 13. Which band member is missing from the line-up Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore ? Jim Morrisson
  • 14. In what year was the battle of Trafalgar ? a) 1785, b) 1805 or c) 1814 ? b) 1805
  • 15. Who was born in Russia in 1877, moved to America and worked on make-up for films and in 1927 introduced the first cosmetics to be sold to non-theatrical customers ? Max Factor

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