General Knowledge Quiz No. 87

[Carl]

• 1. What is Europe's highest capital city ? Madrid, Rome or Athens ?

• 2. What do the initials ASLEF stand for ?

• 3. How many spots in total does a full standard set of dominos have ?

• 4. What was the name of the spacecraft which burst into flames on it's ground-test in 1967, killing all three astronauts on board ?

• 5. The largest ever teddy bears picnic was held in Dublin in 1995. How many bears were there ?

• 6. Stuart Sutcliffe of the Beatles died in 1962 of what cause ?

• 7. In what year did the Great Train Robbery take place ?

• 8. Diana is the Roman goddess of what ?

• 9. What is the only venomous mammal in the world ?

• 10. What is the only mammal which can't jump ?

• 11. What is the only animal which, for both genders, is born with horns on its forehead ?

• 12. In what year was 'Chain Reaction' a number one single for Diana Ross ?

• 13. The TV series 'Planet Of The Apes' starring Roddy McDowell was set in what year ?

• 14. What was the name of the British liner which exploded in 1962 killing over 200 people ?

• 15. Who played Nora Batty in the TV series 'Last Of The Summer Wine' ?

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

[elcarretero]

8 Hunting
10 Elephant

[LucindaC]

4 apollo 1
15 kathy staff

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is Europe's highest capital city ? Madrid, Rome or Athens ? Madrid

• 2. What do the initials ASLEF stand for ? Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

• 3. How many spots in total does a full standard set of dominos have ? 168

• 4. What was the name of the spacecraft which burst into flames on it's ground-test in 1967, killing all three astronauts on board ? Apollo I

• 5. The largest ever teddy bears picnic was held in Dublin in 1995. How many bears were there ? 33,573

• 6. Stuart Sutcliffe of the Beatles died in 1962 of what cause ? Brain haemmoridge

• 7. In what year did the Great Train Robbery take place ? 1963

• 8. Diana is the Roman goddess of what ? The moon

• 9. What is the only venomous mammal in the world ? The duckbill platypus

• 10. What is the only mammal which can't jump ? The elephant

• 11. What is the only animal which, for both genders, is born with horns on its forehead ? Giraffe

• 12. In what year was 'Chain Reaction' a number one single for Diana Ross ? 1986

• 13. The TV series 'Planet Of The Apes' starring Roddy McDowell was set in what year ? 3085

• 14. What was the name of the British liner which exploded in 1962 killing over 200 people ? Dara

• 15. Who played Nora Batty in the TV series 'Last Of The Summer Wine' ? Kathy Staff