General Knowledge Quiz No. 125

[Carl]

• 1. What is the maximum no of match points that can be held at one time in a tennis match at Wimbledon ?

• 2. In which British TV series were David Jason and Gwen Taylor married ?

• 3. Which female singer released the album 'Lionheart' ?

• 4. Which country did Francois Pienaar captain at rugby ?

• 5. Which actor, whose father is also an actor, took over from Michael Praed playing Robin Hood on TV ?

• 6. Who presented the childrens TV show 'Animal Magic' from 1962 to 1983 ?

• 7. The novelist Mary Ann Evans wrote her books using what male name ?

• 8. Which famous actor's first name means 'cool breeze over the mountains' in the Hawaiian language ?

• 9. In computing, what does the letter 'D' stand for in 'MS-DOS' ? Data, Disk or Delivery ?

• 10. Actor Richard Kiel is best known for playing the same character in two different films. What is the name of this character ?

• 11. In which century did Henry V rule England ?

• 12. By what name was American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known ?

• 13. By what name was the boxer Walker Smith Jr better known ?

• 14. Which star from the world of music is the famous father of Paris Michael Katherine, born in 1998 ?

• 15. Who was the first member of the British Royal Family to be interviewed on television ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Three
2 A bit of a do

[gail]

6. Johnny Morris

[LucindaC]

5 Jason connery
8 keanu reeves ?

[elcarretero]

9 Disk (operating system)

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is the maximum no of match points that can be held at one time in a tennis match at Wimbledon ? 6 (when winning 6-0 in a tie-break)

• 2. In which British TV series were David Jason and Gwen Taylor married ? 'A Bit Of A Do'

• 3. Which female singer released the album 'Lionheart' ? Kate Bush

• 4. Which country did Francois Pienaar captain at rugby ? South Africa

• 5. Which actor, whose father is also an actor, took over from Michael Praed playing Robin Hood on TV ? Jason Connery

• 6. Who presented the childrens TV show 'Animal Magic' from 1962 to 1983 ? Johnny Morris

• 7. The novelist Mary Ann Evans wrote her books using what male name ? George Eliot

• 8. Which famous actor's first name means 'cool breeze over the mountains' in the Hawaiian language ? Keanu Reeves

• 9. In computing, what does the letter 'D' stand for in 'MS-DOS' ? Data, Disk or Delivery ? Disk

• 10. Actor Richard Kiel is best known for playing the same character in two different films. What is the name of this character ? 'Jaws' (in two James Bond films)

• 11. In which century did Henry V rule England ? 15th

• 12. By what name was American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known ? Mark Twain

• 13. By what name was the boxer Walker Smith Jr better known ? Sugar Ray Robinson

• 14. Which star from the world of music is the famous father of Paris Michael Katherine, born in 1998 ? Michael Jackson

• 15. Who was the first member of the British Royal Family to be interviewed on television ? Prince Philip