General Knowledge Quiz No. 201

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General Knowledge Quiz No. 201

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  • 1. A Pearmain is what type of fruit ?
  • 2. Where was the first British Grand Prix motor race held ?
  • 3. What is the main ingredient of the dish Borscht ?
  • 4. What does the initials for private health insurance BUPA stand for ?
  • 5. What is the generally accepted collective term for a group of starlings ?
  • 6. In which year was the Channel Tunnel (between England and France) opened ?
  • 7. What was the name of Napoleon's horse at Waterloo ?
  • 8. If something is bicephalous it has two what ?
  • 9. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation ?
  • 10. Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950's Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas ?
  • 11. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660 ?
  • 12. On which date is Epiphany celebrated in the traditional Western calendar ?
  • 13. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and in the order they appeared ?
  • 14. What liqueur goes into making a 'snowball' cocktail ?
  • 15. What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian priest Josef Mohr originally called Stille Nacht ?

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1 Apple
3 Beetroot
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14. Advocat
15. Silent Night
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11Oliver Cromwell
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2 Brooklands
8 Heads
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9 George V
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ANSWERS
  • 1. A Pearmain is what type of fruit ? Apple
  • 2. Where was the first British Grand Prix motor race held ? Brooklands
  • 3. What is the main ingredient of the dish Borscht ? Beetroot
  • 4. What does the initials for private health insurance BUPA stand for ? British United Provident Association
  • 5. What is the generally accepted collective term for a group of starlings ? Murmuration
  • 6. In which year was the Channel Tunnel (between England and France) opened ? 1994
  • 7. What was the name of Napoleon's horse at Waterloo ? Marengo
  • 8. If something is bicephalous it has two what ? Two heads
  • 9. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation ? George the Fifth
  • 10. Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950's Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas ? I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
  • 11. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660 ? Oliver Cromwell
  • 12. On which date is Epiphany celebrated in the traditional Western calendar ? 6th January
  • 13. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and in the order they appeared ? Ghost of Jacob Marley, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
  • 14. What liqueur goes into making a 'snowball' cocktail ? Advocaat
  • 15. What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian priest Josef Mohr originally called Stille Nacht ? Silent Night

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