SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ MARCH 2026
1.What is the name of the Soviet born Ballet Dancer who defected to the West in 1961?
2. What is the name of the BBC Wildlife Presenter who won ‘Strictly Come
Dancing’ in 2022?
3. Which musical instrument is also called the ‘Cor Anglais’?
4. What is the name of the 20th Century Film Director whose films include
‘Brief Encounter’ & ‘Doctor Zhivago’?
5. What is the name given to the branch of medicine concerning the heart &
its diseases?
6. What name is given to the passageway separating sections of a Theatre or
Church?
7. Which former England & Liverpool footballer was awarded the ‘Ballon D’or’
in 2001?
8. Who was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel?
9. What name is given to a thick layer of fatty tissue below the skin in aquatic
animals?
10. What name is given to Italian Ice Cream?
11. What is the name of the legendary Continent said to lie beneath the ocean
west of Gibraltar?
12. What is the Capital of the State of Western Australia named after William
IV’S Queen Consort?
13. Prior to the introduction of the Euro, what was the monetary unit of
Spain?
14. What name is given to a type of wooden house of Swiss origin?
15. Which Oscar winning US Actress became the first wife of US President
Ronald Reagan?
16. What name is given to the clarified butter used in Indian cookery/
17. What is the ‘title ‘of John Bingham who disappeared after the murder of
his children’s Nanny in 1974?
18. What is the highest rank in The Royal Navy?
19. What name is given to the Administrative Head of a Museum or Art
Gallery?
20. Which Actor played the role of J R Ewing in the US Serial Drama ‘Dallas’?
ANSWERS WILL BE GIVEN ON THE NEXT U3A NEWSLETTER.
GOOD LUCK TO ONE & ALL!
JULIE CLARKE
Thought for the day:
If you look really closely, most overnight successes took a long time.
(Steve Jobs)