SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWEDGE QUIZ APRIL 2024
| 1.Which Symphony Orchestra is based in Manchester? | |
| 2. What is the nickname of New York City? | |
| 3. Which British Architect designed The Cenotaph? | |
| 4. What is the more commonly used term for ‘apiculture’? | |
| 5. What term describes a non-hereditary condition that exists from birth? | |
| 6. What is the state capital & largest city in the US State of Utah? | |
| 7. What is the name of the former New Zealand Rugby player who became the youngest ever ‘All Black’ in 1984? | |
| 8. Who replaced Philip Schofield as co-presenter of ‘Dancing on Ice’ with Holly Willoughby? | |
| 9. Which 1975 film directed by Steven Spielberg was based on a novel by Peter Benchley? | |
| 10. Which politician became MP for Rochdale in a recent bi-election, representing ‘The Workers Party of Britain’? | |
| 11. Which former ‘Blue Peter’ presenter is married to writer, author & satirist Charlie Brooker? | |
| 12.In Emmerdale, what is the name of the Wedding Planning business run by Leyla Harding & Suzy Merton? | |
| 13. Bright’s Disease affects which organs of the human body? | |
| 14., Molly Cauderey, won a gold medal for Team GB in the recent indoor World Athletics Championship competing in which event? | |
| 15. What type of aircraft is used by the RAF Aerobatic Display Team ‘The Red Arrows’ | |
| 16. When found on an ordnance survey map, for what do the letters PH stand for? | |
| 17. Which ‘Carry On ‘actor was born Solomon Cohen in South Africa in 1913? | |
| 18. The nuclear plant known as Sellafield is located in which English county? | |
| 19. Which British Boxer is nicknamed ‘The Gypsy King’? | |
| 20. Authors Rudyard Kipling, George Orwell & William Thackeray were all born in which country? |
ANSWERS WILL BE GIVEN ON THE NEXT NEWSLETTER. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!
JULIE CLARKE
Thought for the day:
He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair. (The God of small things by Arundhati Roy)