General Knowledge Quiz No. 63

[Carl]

• 1. How many storeys high is Sears Tower in America ?

• 2. What is the more common name for the medical condition 'epistaxis' ?

• 3. When the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs arrived back in England in 2001, how many days had he been on the run ?

• 4. Which American President was known as 'Man of the People' ?

• 5. How many verses are there in the Bible ?

• 6. What is the name of Bruce Willis' character in 'Die Hard' ?

• 7. How many islands are in Fiji ?

• 8. In the film starring Tom Hanks, what is Forrest Gump's I.Q. ?

• 9. In which year did Samuel Pepys write his last diary entry ?

• 10. In which year were three points for a win introduced into the English football league ?

• 11. Which American President was nicknamed 'Old Hickery' ?

• 12. Which Italian football club was founded in memory of the opera legend Giuseppe Verdi ?

• 13. Which British Prime Minister merged the British and Irish Parliaments in 1801 ?

• 14. How many fences are jumped twice in the Grand National ?

• How many players are there in a Gaelic Football Team ?

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

[LucindaC]

2 Nosebleed

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. How many storeys high is Sears Tower in America ? 110

• 2. What is the more common name for the medical condition 'epistaxis' ? Nosebleed

• 3. When the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs arrived back in England in 2001, how many days had he been on the run ? 13,068

• 4. Which American President was known as 'Man of the People' ? Andrew Jackson

• 5. How many verses are there in the Bible ? 30,334

• 6. What is the name of Bruce Willis' character in 'Die Hard' ? John McClane

• 7. How many islands are in Fiji ? 332

• 8. In the film starring Tom Hanks, what is Forrest Gump's I.Q. ? 75

• 9. In which year did Samuel Pepys write his last diary entry ? 1669

• 10. In which year were three points for a win introduced into the English football league ? 1981 (for the 1981/82 season)

• 11. Which American President was nicknamed 'Old Hickery' ? Andrew Jackson

• 12. Which Italian football club was founded in memory of the opera legend Giuseppe Verdi ? Parma

• 13. Which British Prime Minister merged the British and Irish Parliaments in 1801 ? William Pitt

• 14. How many fences are jumped twice in the Grand National ? 14

• How many players are there in a Gaelic Football Team ? 15