General Knowledge Quiz No. 150

[Carl]

• 1. How many toes do camels have on each foot ?

• 2. What motorway connects Glasgow and Edinburgh ?

• 3. In which century was the 1995 film 'Judge Dredd' set ?

• 4. What was the name of the spiv played by James Beck in Dad's Army ?

• 5. In which British City is Temple Meads station ?

• 6. What was the name of Marmalades only number one hit in the UK ?

• 7. Situated in Italy, what is Stromboli ?

• 8. What is the second most common word in written English ?

• 9. Who had a top ten hit in 1987 with '(Something Inside) So Strong' ?

• 10. Approximately how much bigger is the land area of Greenland compared to Great Britain ? 2 times, 10 times or 50 times ?

• 11. Which famous person in history, when he died he left his property in his will to his two daughters, sister, three nephews and many friends, but left nothing to his wife Anne ?

• 12. The first Opium War was a conflict between which two nations ?

• 13. Is Saint Apolline the patron saint of earache, toothache or headaches ?

• 14. Tequila used instead of vodka turns a Bloody Mary cocktail into what ?

• 15. What kind of art-form is topiary ?

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

[elcarretero]

5 Bristol
14 Bloody Maria

[stowie39]

15. Shaping bushe6 and trees

[elcarretero]

1 Two

[gail]

2. M8

[LucindaC]

7 volcano

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. How many toes do camels have on each foot ? 2

• 2. What motorway connects Glasgow and Edinburgh ? M8

• 3. In which century was the 1995 film 'Judge Dredd' set ? 22nd

• 4. What was the name of the spiv played by James Beck in Dad's Army ? Private Walker

• 5. In which British City is Temple Meads station ? Bristol

• 6. What was the name of Marmalades only number one hit in the UK ? Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da

• 7. Situated in Italy, what is Stromboli ? An active volcano

• 8. What is the second most common word in written English ? Of

• 9. Who had a top ten hit in 1987 with '(Something Inside) So Strong' ? Labi Siffre

• 10. Approximately how much bigger is the land area of Greenland compared to Great Britain ? 2 times, 10 times or 50 times ? 10 times

• 11. Which famous person in history, when he died he left his property in his will to his two daughters, sister, three nephews and many friends, but left nothing to his wife Anne ? William Shakespeare

• 12. The first Opium War was a conflict between which two nations ? Great Britain and China

• 13. Is Saint Apolline the patron saint of earache, toothache or headaches ? Toothache

• 14. Tequila used instead of vodka turns a Bloody Mary cocktail into what ? Bloody Maria

• 15. What kind of art-form is topiary ? Clipping hedges into artistic shapes