General Knowledge Quiz No. 107

[Carl]

• 1. As in the saying 'once in a blue moon', what is a blue moon ?

• 2. Who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman ?

• 3. Who declared the 1936 Olympics officially open ?

• 4. Which famous female character of TV and films was played by a male when she was first introduced to our screens in 1943 ?

• 5. What happened to a Vestal Virgin if she broke her vow of chastity ?

• 6. What is the only bird in the world to have its nostrils at the tip of its long beak, just like a nose ?

• 7. Which is the most common of the following surnames in England ? Edwards, Roberts or Taylor ?

• 8. What would a polydactyl person have that a normal person wouldn't ?

• 9. What is the most common surname in Ireland ? Murphy, O'Sullivan or Smith ?

• 10. What does the word Cenotaph mean ?

• 11. Evil Edna, Mavis Cruet, The Moog, Carwash and Arthur were characters in which children's TV programme ?

• 12. What was special about the gobstopper that Willy Wonka invented in 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' ?

• 13. Now better known as an actress, who was Britains entry in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991 with the song 'A Message To Your Heart' ?

• 14. The inhabitants of which English town hung a monkey during the Napoleonic wars ?

• 15. What is the official name of 'the Old Bailey' ?

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

[elcarretero]

3 Adolf Hitler
8 Extra fingers or toes

[LucindaC]

5 buried alive
9 murphy

[elcarretero]

12 It was everlasting
14 Hartlepool

[LucindaC]

11 willow the wisp
13 Samantha janus

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. As in the saying 'once in a blue moon', what is a blue moon ? The second full moon that occurs in the same month

• 2. Who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman ? Stephen King

• 3. Who declared the 1936 Olympics officially open ? Adolf Hitler

• 4. Which famous female character of TV and films was played by a male when she was first introduced to our screens in 1943 ? Lassie

• 5. What happened to a Vestal Virgin if she broke her vow of chastity ? She was buried alive

• 6. What is the only bird in the world to have its nostrils at the tip of its long beak, just like a nose ? Kiwi

• 7. Which is the most common of the following surnames in England ? Edwards, Roberts or Taylor ? Taylor

• 8. What would a polydactyl person have that a normal person wouldn't ? More than 10 fingers or toes

• 9. What is the most common surname in Ireland ? Murphy, O'Sullivan or Smith ? Murphy

• 10. What does the word Cenotaph mean ? Empty tomb

• 11. Evil Edna, Mavis Cruet, The Moog, Carwash and Arthur were characters in which children's TV programme ? Willo the Wisp

• 12. What was special about the gobstopper that Willy Wonka invented in 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' ? It was everlasting

• 13. Now better known as an actress, who was Britains entry in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991 with the song 'A Message To Your Heart' ? Samantha Janus

• 14. The inhabitants of which English town hung a monkey during the Napoleonic wars ? Hartlepool - they thought it was a French spy

• 15. What is the official name of 'the Old Bailey' ? The Central Criminal Court