General Knowledge Quiz No. 211

[Carl]

• 1. George Williams founded what in London in 1844 ?

• 2. Which novelist wrote under the pseudonym Ellis Bell ?

• 3. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn played an architect and waitress in which 1992 film ?

• 4. A costard is what type of fruit ?

• 5. What is a corrida ?

• 6. Which British rock band leased a six-acre section of Shepperton Studios in 1977 under the name of Ramport Enterprises ?

• 7. Who painted The Monarch of the Glen ?

• 8. Who was crowned King of the Scots in 1306 ?

• 9. The term 'green-eyed monster' originated from which of Shakepseare's plays ?

• 10. The Royal Mint is in which country of the UK ?

• 11. Which US state is named on the label of a Jack Daniels bottle ?

• 12. A phlebotomist extracts what from the human body ?

• 13. What is the female equivalent of polygamy ?

• 14. How many feet are there in a fathom ?

• 15. Granadilla is another name for which fruit ?

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

[stowie39]

10. Wales
12. Blood

[elcarretero]

2 Emily Bronte
7 Edwin Landseer

[gail]

6. The Who (I think - I lived in Shepperton and worked at the studios at the time!)

[elcarretero]

8 Robert the Bruce

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. George Williams founded what in London in 1844 ? YMCA

• 2. Which novelist wrote under the pseudonym Ellis Bell ? Emily Bronte

• 3. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn played an architect and waitress in which 1992 film ? Housesitter

• 4. A costard is what type of fruit ? Apple

• 5. What is a corrida ? Bullfight

• 6. Which British rock band leased a six-acre section of Shepperton Studios in 1977 under the name of Ramport Enterprises ? The Who

• 7. Who painted The Monarch of the Glen ? Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

• 8. Who was crowned King of the Scots in 1306 ? Robert the Bruce

• 9. The term 'green-eyed monster' originated from which of Shakepseare's plays ? Othello

• 10. The Royal Mint is in which country of the UK ? Wales

• 11. Which US state is named on the label of a Jack Daniels bottle ? Tennesse

• 12. A phlebotomist extracts what from the human body ? Blood

• 13. What is the female equivalent of polygamy ? Polyandry

• 14. How many feet are there in a fathom ? 6

• 15. Granadilla is another name for which fruit ? Passionfruit