General Knowledge Quiz No. 66

[Carl]

• 1. In which year did the Agatha Christie play 'Mousetrap' open in London ?

• 2. In which year was cricketer Bob Willis born ?

• 3. In which city was the world's first skyscraper built ?

• 4. What is the birthstone for the month of October ?

• 5. In which year was the comic strip character of Popeye created ?

• 6. How many years elapsed between the Wright brothers' first flight and Neil Armstrong's walk on the Moon ?

• 7. What was Cliff Richards' first number one single ?

• 8. In Dr Who, what does the acronym TARDIS stand for ?

• 9. What is the ruling planet of the astrological sign Sagittarius ?

• 10. Which element has the chemical symbol Os ?

• 11. Which female singer sang the James Bond theme song 'Goldeneye' and which two members of another band wrote it ?

• 12. How old was William Shakespeare when he died ?

• 13. Which US author said in his autobiography 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics' ?

• 14. Which band's first single was 'Running Free' in 1980 ?

• 15. Before becoming a pop star, Lisa Stansfield was a presenter on which British music show ?

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

[elcarretero]

8 Time and relative dimension in space
10 Osmium

[LucindaC]

4 Opal

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In which year did the Agatha Christie play 'Mousetrap' open in London ? 1952

• 2. In which year was cricketer Bob Willis born ? 1949

• 3. In which city was the world's first skyscraper built ? Chicago

• 4. What is the birthstone for the month of October ? Opal

• 5. In which year was the comic strip character of Popeye created ? 1929

• 6. How many years elapsed between the Wright brothers' first flight and Neil Armstrong's walk on the Moon ? 66

• 7. What was Cliff Richards' first number one single ? 'Living Doll'

• 8. In Dr Who, what does the acronym TARDIS stand for ? Time And Relative Dimensions in Space

• 9. What is the ruling planet of the astrological sign Sagittarius ? Jupiter

• 10. Which element has the chemical symbol Os ? Osmium

• 11. Which female singer sang the James Bond theme song 'Goldeneye' and which two members of another band wrote it ? Tina Turner sang it, Bono and The Edge of U2 wrote it

• 12. How old was William Shakespeare when he died ? 52

• 13. Which US author said in his autobiography 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics' ? Mark Twain

• 14. Which band's first single was 'Running Free' in 1980 ? Iron Maiden

• 15. Before becoming a pop star, Lisa Stansfield was a presenter on which British music show ? 'Razzamatazz'