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General Knowledge Quiz No. 21
Posted: 14 May 2020 21:04
by Carl
- 1. In what year was the National Health Service founded ?
- 2. What is the capital city of Greenland ?
- 3. What is the connection between York Minster, The Rovers Retrun, Manchester United and the Jedi Council on Coruscant ?
- 4. When was the emergency number '999' introduced in the UK ?
- 5. At the intersection of which four American states would you find the "Four Corners" ?
- 6. Name the capital cities of the three Baltic States ?
- 7. What is the hard tag at the end of a shoe lace called ?
- 8. What is rupophobia the fear of ?
- 9. What is metathesiophobia the fear of ?
- 10. In the animated film 'Thumbelina', who sang 'Let Me Be Your Wings' ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 21
Posted: 21 May 2020 21:04
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. In what year was the National Health Service founded ? 1948
- 2. What is the capital city of Greenland ? Nuuk
- 3. What is the connection between York Minster, The Rovers Retrun, Manchester United and the Jedi Council on Coruscant ? They are all the equivalent of Mayfair on their own specialised versions of Monopoly
- 4. When was the emergency number '999' introduced in the UK ? June 30th 1937
- 5. At the intersection of which four American states would you find the "Four Corners" ? Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico
- 6. Name the capital cities of the three Baltic States ? Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithunia)
- 7. What is the hard tag at the end of a shoe lace called ? Aglet
- 8. What is rupophobia the fear of ? Rubbish or dirt
- 9. What is metathesiophobia the fear of ? Changes
- 10. In the animated film 'Thumbelina', who sang 'Let Me Be Your Wings' ? Barry Manilow