100 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

ROUND ONE
1. Which basic condiment of South East Asia, is Soy Sauce
called shoyu in Japan and jiang youg in China?

2. Which creation of Jerome Siegal and Joseph Shuster Superman

first appeared in Edition No. 1 of Action Comics
in June 1938?

3. Which unit of weight shares its name with the Ounce

alternative name for a snow leopard?

4. Which brand of lager used the advertising slogan Hofmeister

"Follow the bear"?

5. When Jeffrey Archer became a Lord, he chose a Weston-super-Mare

title that included the name of the town where
he grew up as a young boy. Which town.

6. With which country would you associate the drink Spain

"Sangria"?

7 Who said in 1995 "Well there were three of us in Princess Diana

this marriage, so it was a bit crowded"?

8 At the start of a game of Monopoly (British King’s Cross Station

version), if you threw a 3 and 2, where would
you land?

9 Which post-war Open golf winner, born in Great Sandy Lyle

Britain has the christian names Alexander Walter
Barr?

10 On a standard typewriter keyboard, which is the A

only vowel not on the top line?

11 Which is the only sign of the zodiac to start and Sagittarius

finish with the same letter?

12 Which game was invented in 1982 by three Canadians Trivial Pursuit

Scott Abbott and Chris & John Haney?

13 France, Spain and which other country has a Morocco

Mediterranean and Atlantic coastline?

14 Beginning with the letter "E", what do we call a Executor

person who carries out the instructions of a will?

15 Which Lennon & McCartney song includes the lyrics Lucy In The Sky
"Tangerine tree and marmalade skies"? With Diamonds

16. From what expression does the word "goodbye" God Be With You
derive?

17. Which country has borders with Iran, Afghanistan Pakistan

and India?

18. Which public holiday was celebrated in the UK May Day

for the first time in 1978?

19. What word describes land which has been ploughed Fallow
and tilled but left unsown for a season?

20 In darts, what is the lowest number unattainable 23

with one dart?
ROUND TWO

1 What term is used to describe a person who Ghost Writer

undertakes literary work for another, who
takes the credit?

2 Name the only country in the United Nations whose Oman

name begins with "O"?

3 Which word with no vowel means to kill illegally Lynch

by mob action?

4 Which Irish town gives its name to a five line Limerick

humourous verse?

5 What name is given to a triangular or fan-like Delta

river mouth?

6 Belfast Child in 1988 was which supergroups first Simple Minds

UK No. 1 hit?

7 With which country would you associate Bird's China

Nest Soup?

8 What do Americans call, what we call autumn? Fall

9 According to the proverb, which animal should you (Gift) Horse

not look in the mouth?

10 Which negro spiritual song do England supporters Swing Low, Sweet

sing at Twickenham? Chariot

11 Which land measurement was originally the size Acre

that a yoke of oxen could pull in a day?

12 What is the multi-level intersection highway at Spaghetti Junction

Gravelly Hill better known as?

13 What product did the song "I'd like to teach the Coca-Cola
world to sing" help promote?

14 What do two violins, a viola and a cello make? String quartet

15 What reference book is known as the OED? Oxford English

Dictionary

16 Which character from A Midsummer Nights Dream, Puck

shares his name with a piece of sporting
equipment?

17 At the start of a game of draughts, how many 40

squares are not covered by pieces?

18 From which Beatles song do the lines "Last night Please Please Me
I said these words to my girl, I know you never
even tried girl" come?

19. If you were holidaying in Marrakesh, in which Morocco

country would you be?

20 Which character was played on TV by John Inman Mr Humphries

in "Are You Being Served"?
ROUND THREE
1. Which song began "Down yonder green valley, The Ash Grove
where streamlets meander"?

2. What is the name of the fruit which has a red Pomegranate

leathery rind and numerous seeds coated with
edible pulp?

3 Long, Rump and Short have each described what Parliaments

in Britain's history?

4 In which Italian city is the criminal brotherhood Naples

"The Camorra" based?

5 Which car company has an emblem of a prancing Ferrari

horse on a yellow shield?

6 Amman is the capital city of which country? Jordan

7. He has a nautical sounding surname, he won 35 caps Paul Mariner

for England and he played for Plymouth, Ipswich,
Arsenal and Portsmouth. Who?

8 Where does the comic character Desperate Dan Cactusville

live?

9 Which railway station stands between Trafalgar Fenchurch Street

Square and Leicester Square on a British Monopoly
board?

10 Which type of hat was worn by Sherlock Holmes? Deerstalker

11 In which 1982 film did Julie Andrews dress up as Victor/Victoria

as man?

12 What M is a name given to a mixture of wet straw Mulch

and leaves, spread to protect the leaves of newly
planted trees?

13 What is the now usual British term for German Hock

Rhine wines?

14 In which U.S. city is the largest Chinese San Francisco

settlement outside Asia?

15 Which boy soprano sang the theme music from The Aled Jones
Snowman, "Walking in the Air"?

16 Canaletto was famous for his landscape paintings London

of two cities. Venice and which other?

17. What is a Cape Triangular? A Stamp

18. In which river was Jesus of Nazareth baptised? River Jordan

19 What is the French word for Sunday? Dimanche

20 Which word can be a musical instrument, a tall Flute

narrow wine glass and an organ stop?
ROUND FOUR
1. What is a mixture of tartaric acid and sodium Baking Powder
bicarbonate called when used in cooking?

2. Who directed the films "Jaws" and "Always"? Stephen Spielberg

3 Which 4-letter palindrome means a "stupid Boob

mistake"?

4 Which football club's fans sing the Pompey chimes? Portsmouth

5 Spell "desiccate" meaning to exhaust of moisture? DESICCATE

6 What name is given to the carving of bone or ivory Scrimshaw

often done by sailors?

7 What is the distinctive smell of hydrogen Rotten Eggs

sulphide?

8 Cher had a UK hit in 1995 with the name of a Walking in Memphis

Tennessee city in the title. Name the song.

9 What is the more common name for the creature Coyote

sometimes called a prairie wolf?

10 Marie Helvin and Catherine Deneuve have both David Bailey

been married to whom?

11 What is the name of an auction, where the Dutch Auction

auctioneer starts at a high price, then comes
down until he gets a bidder for the goods?

12 Which group had hits with "Crazy Horses" and The Osmonds
"Love Me For A Reason"?

13 Which town or city in Kent has the prefix Tunbridge Wells

"Royal"?

14 Who wrote Jamaica Inn, Rebecca and The Birds? Daphne du Maurier

15 Which make of car was advertised on TV as "Made Volvo

by dummies - driven by the intelligent"?

16 Of the Beatles No. 1 hits, which is the only one Help

with one word in the title?

17 In which Australian state is Alice Springs? Northern Territory

18 What profession would be followed by a member Architect

of RIBA?

19 In which country would you find the port of Uruguay

Fray Bentos?

20 From which song does the line "Strumming my pain Killing Me Softly
with his fingers" come? With His Song
ROUND FIVE
1. In newspaper car sales advertisements, for what Electric Sun Roof
do the initials ESR stand?

2. Andy Warhol stated that in future everybody would 15 minutes

be famous but for how long?

3. What is the French equivalent of James? Jacques

4 What common surname indicates that an ancestor Fletcher

was once involved in the manufacture of arrows?

5 By what name is Shrove Tuesday popularly known? Pancake Day

6 Which cartoonist created "The Fosdyke Saga"? Bill Tidy

7 Which animal suckled and cared for the infants Wolf

Romulus and Remus?

8. Which actor bet he could eat 50 eggs in an hour Paul Newman

in "Cool Hand Luke"?

9. Who is the Labour MP for Sedgefield? Tony Blair

10. Who wrote "Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less"? Jeffrey Archer

11. Which member of the Royal Family married Serena Viscount Linley
Stanhope?

12. Nat King Cole in 1957, Donny Osmond 1973 and When I Fall In Love
Rick Astley in 1987 all recorded the same song.
Which one?

13. What was the name of the prostitute with whom Hugh Divine Brown
Grant was arrested in Los Angeles in 1995?

14 What is 4 cubed minus 8 squared? 0 (nought)

15 Who made "Who's Who" for the first time in 1991, Andy Capp
listing his hobbies as football, snooker, pigeon
racing and darts?

16 James Callaghan in 1977, appointed his then son- Peter Jay

in-law as Britain's Ambassador to Washington.
Name him.

17 Which word can mean any form of transport and the Conveyance
legal term for the transfer of property by way of
deed?

18 Which breed of dog is called "The King of the The Airedale

Terriers"?

19. What is the three dimensional image created by A Hologram

laser beams called?

20 Which film star did Madness sing about? Michael Caine