General Knowledge Quiz No. 131

[Carl]

• 1. What is Shakespeare's shortest play ?

• 2. In what year did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister ?

• 3. Which singer had their only chart hit in 1991 with the theme to the Rugby World Cup ?

• 4. Which band had top ten hits in the 1990s with 'When Love And Hate Collide' and 'Let's Get Rocked' ?

• 5. How many white keys are there on a standard piano ?

• 6. What was Roald Dahl's follow up to his book 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' called ?

• 7. In what film did Tom Cruise play Ron Kovic ?

• 8. What would an antiquarian collect ?

• 9. How many players compete in an equestrian polo team ?

• 10. In which 1980s film did Dudley Moore play an elf ?

• 11. In which year did Tony Blair first become British Prime Minister ?

• 12. Which British composer and playwright wrote the musical 'Oliver' ?

• 13. Celine Dion won the Eurovision song contest for which European country ?

• 14. In which modern day country would you find the ruins of Troy ?

• 15. In what story by Hugh Lofting do we find the characters Jib, Dab Dab and Pushmi Pullyu ?

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

[elcarretero]

12 Lionel Bart
14 Turkey

[LucindaC]

2 1979
3 kiri de kanawa (spelling ?)

[elcarretero]

13 Switzerland

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is Shakespeare's shortest play ? Macbeth

• 2. In what year did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister ? 1979

• 3. Which singer had their only chart hit in 1991 with the theme to the Rugby World Cup ? Kiri Te Kawana

• 4. Which band had top ten hits in the 1990s with 'When Love And Hate Collide' and 'Let's Get Rocked' ? Def Leppard

• 5. How many white keys are there on a standard piano ? 52

• 6. What was Roald Dahl's follow up to his book 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' called ? Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator

• 7. In what film did Tom Cruise play Ron Kovic ? 'Born on the 4th of July'

• 8. What would an antiquarian collect ? Antiques

• 9. How many players compete in an equestrian polo team ? 4

• 10. In which 1980s film did Dudley Moore play an elf ? 'Santa Claus The Movie'

• 11. In which year did Tony Blair first become British Prime Minister ? 1997

• 12. Which British composer and playwright wrote the musical 'Oliver' ? Lionel Bart

• 13. Celine Dion won the Eurovision song contest for which European country ? Switzerland

• 14. In which modern day country would you find the ruins of Troy ? Turkey

• 15. In what story by Hugh Lofting do we find the characters Jib, Dab Dab and Pushmi Pullyu ? Dr Doolittle