SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWEDGE QUIZ APRIL 2024
| 1.Which Symphony Orchestra is based in Manchester?
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THE HALLE ORCHESTRA |
| 2. What is the nickname of New York City?
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THE BIG APPLE |
| 3. Which British Architect designed The Cenotaph?
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EDWIN LUTYENS |
| 4. What is the more commonly used term for ‘apiculture’?
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BEE-KEEPING |
| 5. What term describes a non-hereditary condition that exists from birth?
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CONGENITAL |
| 6. What is the state capital & largest city in the US State of Utah?
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SALT LAKE CITY |
| 7. What is the name of the former New Zealand Rugby player who became the youngest ever ‘All Black’ in 1984? | JONAH LOMU |
| 8. Who replaced Philip Schofield as co-presenter of ‘Dancing on Ice’ with Holly Willoughby? | STEPHEN MULHERN |
| 9. Which 1975 film directed by Steven Spielberg was based on a novel by Peter Benchley? | JAWS |
| 10. Which politician became MP for Rochdale in a recent bi-election, representing ‘The Workers Party of Britain’? | GEORGE GALLOWAY |
| 11. Which former ‘Blue Peter’ presenter is married to writer, author & satirist Charlie Brooker? | KONNIE HUQ |
| 12.In Emmerdale, what is the name of the Wedding Planning business run by Leyla Harding & Suzy Merton? | TAKE A VOW |
| 13. Bright’s Disease affects which organs of the human body?
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THE KIDNEYS |
| 14., Molly Cauderey, won a gold medal for Team GB in the recent indoor World Athletics Championship competing in which event? | POLE VAULT |
| 15. What type of aircraft is used by the RAF Aerobatic Display Team ‘The Red Arrows’ | HAWK |
| 16. When found on an ordnance survey map, for what do the letters PH stand for? | PUBLIC HOUSE |
| 17. Which ‘Carry On ‘actor was born Solomon Cohen in South Africa in 1913? | SID JAMES |
| 18. The nuclear plant known as Sellafield is located in which English county? | CUMBRIA |
| 19. Which British Boxer is nicknamed ‘The Gypsy King’?
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TYSON FURY |
| 20. Authors Rudyard Kipling, George Orwell & William Thackeray were all born in which country? | INDIA |