General Knowledge #3

Questions

  1. In Spain what is the word for an afternoon nap?(Snooze,*Siesta,Shut-eye)
  2. Who wrote “The Pit and the Pendulum”?(Bernard Cornwall,Stephen King,*Edgar Allan Poe)
  3. How long is there between rounds in boxing?(*One Minute,Five Minutes,30 Seconds)
  4. Which public school did Sir Winston Churchill go to?(Westminster,Eton,*Harrow)
  5. What is the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet?(O,*M,N)
  6. Which is the largest land carnivore in Britain?(Wolf,Fox,*Badger)
  7. Who made the album “Confessions on a Dance Floor”?(*Madonna,Sophie Ellis Bextor,Boy George)
  8. Which UK driver won the F1 World Champion in 2008, 2014 and 2015?(George Russell,Sebastian Vettel,*Lewis Hamilton)
  9. Which country does Bryan Adams come from?(USA,*Canada,Portugal)
  10. Who was known as the lady with the lamp?(Mary queen of scots,Statue of Liberty,*Florence Nightingale)
  11. What is the plural of the word sheep?(Lambs,Ovium,*Sheep)
  12. Where in a horse is the coffin joint?(*Hoof,Shoulder,Head)
  13. Which substance is most used for pencil lead?(Black Chalk,Lead,*Graphite)
  14. To ten years either way, in which year did Charles Dickens die?(in 1770,in 1970,*in 1870)
  15. What name can be a lettuce or a mass of floating frozen water?(IceSheet,*Iceberg,IceChunk)
  16. Which vegetable did Sir Walter Raleigh bring to England?(Strawberry,*Potato,Leek)
  17. In the strip cartoon, what is the name of Snoopy’s brother?(Sweaty,Sleezy,*Spike)
  18. Soyuz was the name of a Russian spacecraft, but what does the name mean?(Sailor,*Union,Master)
  19. Which lady became George W. Bush’s Secretary of State in his second term of office?(*Condoleezza Rice,Rhondalizza Chive,Chivalisa Pasta)
  20. In Shakespeare’s “Othello”, who is the female lead?(Juliet,Bill,*Desdemona)

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