SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ JULY 2026
1. What is the largest organ in the human body?
2. Which Singer/Songwriter wrote the song ‘Uptown Girl’?
3. What is the name of the fictional Convent in the TV Series ‘Call the Midwife’?
4. Which southern Italian City is usually credited as ‘the birthplace of Pizza’?
5. In the Human Body what is the name of a minute cell involved in the clotting of the blood?
6. What name is given to a person who makes or sells candles?
7. Which 14th Century English religious reformer had followers known as ‘Lollards’?
8. Who is due to replace Pru Leith in the next series of ‘The Great British Bakeoff’?
9. What is the stage name of UK Magician Steven Frayne?
10. Which French cookery term means ‘encased in pastry’?
11. What is the former name of the Indian City of Chennai?
12. Who is the Norse God of Thunder, usually depicted wielding a hammer?
13. What name is given to the premises of a hairdresser or beautician?
14. Gordon Sumner is the real name of which British Musician?
15. Sir Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick in the 1966 Football World Cup Final, but which player scored the fourth goal for England?
16. In which novel by Stephen King does most of the action take place at the Overlook Hotel?
17. What was the original title of the TV Soap Coronation Street going to be before it was changed to its present name?
18. What was the first name of the wife of the first US President, George Washington?
19. What is the real first name of Golfer Tiger Woods?
20. In which decade was British Artist Tracey Emin born?
ANSWERS WILL BE GIVEN ON THE NEXT U3A NEWSLETTER.
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!
JULIE CLARKE
Thought for the day:
“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” (Aesop)