GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ FEBRUARY 2023

1. What is the name of the 1947 Play by Tennessee Williams which features the character Blanche DuBois?
2. In an airport what is the name of a numbered exit that a passenger passes through to board an aircraft?
3. Which Poet wrote ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’?  
4. What is the name of a mechanical device used to indicate the exact tempo in music?
5. What are the names of the four Marx Brothers who starred in many films including ‘Duck Soup’?
6. What name is given to a Caribbean Dance where dancers pass beneath a lowered bar while leaning backwards?
7. Who won the title of BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022?  
8. Which City in West Yorkshire is home to the Rugby League Team ‘The Rhinos’ and is situated on the River Aire?
9. What is the name of the third astronaut who accompanied Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on te Apollo 11 mission?
10. What is the name of the Capital City of the US State of Utah?  
11. Which late British Comedian was the Father-in-Law of Olympic Gold Medallist Denise Lewis?
12. Which of Henry VIII’s wives was formerly married to his older brother Arthur?
13. In Sociology what name is given to the spread of a people beyond their traditional homeland?
14. What is the name of the first woman to serve as an MP in the British House of Commons?
15. What is the name of the character portrayed by Johnny Depp in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise?
16. What two-word generic term is given to large household appliances such as fridges, washing machines, dishwashers etc
17.Which 3 letter word can follow POST, BOOM, GEAR, MATCH & SOAP to make 5 longer words?
18.What was the first name of the wife of Sir Winston Churchill?  
19. What 5 letter word is a modern term for showy or ostentatious jewellery?  
20. What name is given to the scientific study of fungi?  

ANSWERS BELOW

JULIE CLARKE

1. What is the name of the 1947 Play by Tennessee Williams which features the character Blanche DuBois?A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
2. In an airport what is the name of a numbered exit that a passenger passes through to board an aircraft?GATE
3. Which Poet wrote ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’?  SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
4. What is the name of a mechanical device used to indicate the exact tempo in music?METRONOME
5. What are the names of the four Marx Brothers who starred in many films including ‘Duck Soup’?GRAUCHO CHICO HARPO & ZEPPO
6. What name is given to a Caribbean Dance where dancers pass beneath a lowered bar while leaning backwards?LIMBO
7. Who won the title of BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022?  BETH MEAD
8. Which City in West Yorkshire is home to the Rugby League Team ‘The Rhinos’ and is situated on the River Aire?LEEDS
9. What is the name of the third astronaut who accompanied Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Apollo 11 mission?MICHAEL COLLINS
10. What is the name of the Capital City of the US State of Utah?  SALT LAKE CITY
11. Which late British Comedian was the Father-in-Law of Olympic Gold Medallist Denise Lewis?TOM O’CONNOR
12. Which of Henry VIII’s wives was formerly married to his older brother Arthur?CATHERINE OF ARAGON
13. In Sociology what name is given to the spread of a people beyond their traditional homeland?DIASPORA
14. What is the name of the first woman to serve as an MP in the British House of Commons?NANCY ASTOR
15. What is the name of the character portrayed by Johnny Depp in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise?JACK SPARROW
16. What two-word generic term is given to large household appliances such as fridges, washing machines, dishwashers etcWHITE GOODS
17.Which 3 letter word can follow POST, BOOM, GEAR, MATCH & SOAP to make 5 longer words?BOX
18.What was the first name of the wife of Sir Winston Churchill?  CLEMENTINE
19. What 5 letter word is a modern term for showy or ostentatious jewellery?  BLING
20. What name is given to the scientific study of fungi?  MYCOLOGY
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