General Knowledge Quiz No. 114

[Carl]

• 1. Mark Snow had a hit single in 1996 with the theme from which TV series ?

• 2. Which is Europe's largest port ?

• 3. What is the name of Barbie's younger sister ?

• 4. Which of the following operas was not composed by Puccini ? Madame Butterfly, Tosca or The Barber Of Seville ?

• 5. Which of these is the lighest weight category in boxing ? Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight or Welterweight ?

• 6. Who had a top ten hit in 1987 called 'Shattered Dreams' ?

• 7. In what year did George Orwell write 1984 ?

• 8. Which number comes next in the following series: 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, _ ?

• 9. In which city was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated leading to the World War I ?

• 10. Which of the following of Shakespeare's plays was written first ? 'Twelfth Night', 'Romeo And Juliet' or 'Anthony And Cleopatra' ?

• 11. In which county is Windsor Castle ?

• 12. What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel ?

• 13. Which British Prime Minister, in 1938, returned from Germany with a paper signed by Hitler, declaring that it meant 'peace for our time' ?

• 14. Ikebana is the Japanese art of what ?

• 15. Valencia Island is off the coast of which European country ?

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

[stowie39]

11. Berkshire
12. Casino Royale

[elcarretero]

2 Rotterdam (Europort)
4 Barber of Seville (Rossini)

[elcarretero]

11. Berkshire
13. Casino Royale

12 not 13 stowie39?

[stowie39]

11. Berkshire
13. Casino Royale

12 not 13 stowie39?

Now edited thanks

[LucindaC]

6 Johnny hates jazz
13 chamberlain

[reddragon]

14 Flower arranging
15 Ireland ?

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Mark Snow had a hit single in 1996 with the theme from which TV series ? The X-Files

• 2. Which is Europe's largest port ? Rotterdam

• 3. What is the name of Barbie's younger sister ? Shelley

• 4. Which of the following operas was not composed by Puccini ? Madame Butterfly, Tosca or The Barber Of Seville ? The Barber Of Seville

• 5. Which of these is the lighest weight category in boxing ? Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight or Welterweight ? Bantamweight

• 6. Who had a top ten hit in 1987 called 'Shattered Dreams' ? Johnny Hates Jazz

• 7. In what year did George Orwell write 1984 ? 1948 (The title of the book switched the last two digits round)

• 8. Which number comes next in the following series: 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, _ ? 3 (the number of letters in the numbers 1 to 10)

• 9. In which city was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated leading to the World War I ? Sarajevo

• 10. Which of the following of Shakespeare's plays was written first ? 'Twelfth Night', 'Romeo And Juliet' or 'Anthony And Cleopatra' ? 'Romeo And Juliet'

• 11. In which county is Windsor Castle ? Berkshire

• 12. What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel ? Casino Royale

• 13. Which British Prime Minister, in 1938, returned from Germany with a paper signed by Hitler, declaring that it meant 'peace for our time' ? Neville Chamberlain

• 14. Ikebana is the Japanese art of what ? Flower arranging

• 15. Valencia Island is off the coast of which European country ? Ireland