General Knowledge Quiz June 2022

1. What name is given to a person who does not believe in God or Gods?  
2. What name is given to the board marked with numbers, letters & symbols used at seances?
3. Who was the President of the Sinn Fein political party from 1983 until 2018?
4. What name is given to a rail at hip height used for Ballet practice and leg exercises?
5. Which Actor played Jim Royle in ‘The Royle Family’ and Bobby Grant in ‘Brookside’?
6. What are the first names of the two children of the Duke & Duchess of Sussex? (Both names required for a point)
7. Which letter of the alphabet does not appear in any of the names of the States of the USA?
8. What is the name of the newly elected Prime Minister of Australia?  
9. In the Bible, where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?  
10. Actress & Writer Jennifer Saunders is married to which Comedian & Actor?
11. Which aptly named horse won the 2022 Epsom Derby over the Platinum Jubilee Weekend?
12. Which is the only City to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times?
13. The Dashwood family appear in which book by Jane Austen?  
14. Duran Duran sang the theme tune to which 1989 James Bond Film?  
15. Which is the only element on the Periodic Table ending in the letter T?  
16. Which 7 letter French word means a situation in which no progress is possible?
17. The ‘Tooting Popular Front’ featured in which sitcom of the 1970’s written by John Sullivan?
18.Which Britpop Band share their name with a block of light porous material used as a base in flower arranging?
19. In Greek Mythology who is the Goddess of Agriculture, Fertility & The Harvest?
20.Which Battle took place on St Crispin’s Day in 1415 and features in a play by William Shakespeare?

ANSWERS BELOW

JULIE CLARKE


1.What name is given to a person who does not believe in God or Gods?  ATHIEST
2. What name is given to the board marked with numbers, letters & symbols used at seances?OUIJA BOARD
3. Who was the President of the Sinn Fein political party from 1983 until 2018?GERRY ADAMS
4. What name is given to a rail at hip height used for Ballet practice and leg exercises?BARRE
5. Which Actor played Jim Royle in ‘The Royle Family’ and Bobby Grant in ‘Brookside’?RICKY TOMLINSON
6. What are the first names of the two children of the Duke & Duchess of Sussex? (Both names required for a point)ARCHIE & LILIBET
7. Which letter of the alphabet does not appear in any of the names of the States of the USA?THE LETTER Q
8. What is the name of the newly elected Prime Minister of Australia?  ANTHONY ALBANESE
9. In the Bible, where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?  MOUNT SINAI
10. Actress & Writer Jennifer Saunders is married to which Comedian & Actor?ADRIAN EDMONDSON
11. Which aptly named horse won the 2022 Epsom Derby over the Platinum Jubilee Weekend?DESERT CROWN
12. Which is the only City to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times?LONDON
13. The Dashwood family appear in which book by Jane Austen?  SENSE & SENSIBILITY
14. Duran Duran sang the theme tune to which 1989 James Bond Film?  A VIEW TO A KILL
15. Which is the only element on the Periodic Table ending in the letter T?  COBALT
16. Which 7 letter French word means a situation in which no progress is possible?IMPASSE
17. The ‘Tooting Popular Front’ featured in which sitcom of the 1970’s written by John Sullivan?CITIZEN SMITH
18.Which Britpop Band share their name with a block of light porous material used as a base in flower arranging?OASIS
19. In Greek Mythology who is the Goddess of Agriculture, Fertility & The Harvest?DEMETER
20.Which Battle took place on St Crispin’s Day in 1415 and features in a play by William Shakespeare?AGINCOURT
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