SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NOVEMBER 2023

1. What Is the name of the ancient Amphitheatre in Rome completed in 80AD?
2. What is the name of the ‘Great Lion’ in The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis?
3. What name was given to the period 1811-20 during which the Prince of Wales ruled the UK whilst his father was incapacitated?
4. What is the name of the town in New Mexico, site of the facility where the Atomic Bomb was developed?
5. Which of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic operas, written in 1885, was set in Japan?
6. What name is given to an instrument in an aircraft which indicates height above sea level?
7. What was the name of the US Aviator who was the first woman to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean?
8. Phil Lynot was the lead singer & frontman of which Irish Rock Band?  
9. What is the indigenous religion of Japan?  
10 What was the name of the Actress who portrayed Mrs Slocombe in the TV Sitcom ‘Are you being Served?
11. What was the first name of the wife of UK Prime Minister & Statesman Winston Churchill?
12. Which of the Bronte sisters wrote ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’?  
13. Which US Desert covers parts of California, Nevada, Arizona & Utah?  
14. What is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?  
15. In the TV Soap Coronation Street, what is the profession of Adam Barlow & Dee Dee Bailey?
16. Which Business Magnate did Jackie Kennedy marry in October 1968?  
17. Which Football Team play their home games at Elland Road?  
18. Who was the last monarch of the House of Stuart?  
19. Varicella is the medical term for which infectious illness?  
20. Cilantro is the term used in the USA for which herb?  

ANSWERS BELOW

JULIE CLARKE


1. What Is the name of the ancient Amphitheatre in Rome completed in 80AD?THE COLOSSEUM
2. What is the name of the ‘Great Lion’ in The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis?ASLAN
3. What name was given to the period 1811-20 during which the Prince of Wales ruled the UK whilst his father was incapacitated?REGENCY
4. What is the name of the town in New Mexico, site of the facility where the Atomic Bomb was developed?LOS ALAMOS
5. Which of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic operas, written in 1885, was set in Japan?THE MIKADO
6. What name is given to an instrument in an aircraft which indicates height above sea level?ALTIMETER
7. What was the name of the US Aviator who was the first woman to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean?AMELIA EARHART
8. Phil Lynot was the lead singer & frontman of which Irish Rock Band?  THIN LIZZY
9. What is the indigenous religion of Japan?  SHINTO
10 What was the name of the Actress who portrayed Mrs Slocombe in the TV Sitcom ‘Are you being Served?MOLLIE SUGDEN
11. What was the first name of the wife of UK Prime Minister & Statesman Winston Churchill?CLEMENTINE
12. Which of the Bronte sisters wrote ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’?  ANNE BRONTE
13. Which US Desert covers parts of California, Nevada, Arizona & Utah?  MOJAVE DESERT
14. What is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?  LAMBETH PALACE
15. In the TV Soap Coronation Street, what is the profession of Adam Barlow & Dee Dee Bailey?SOLICITORS
16. Which Business Magnate did Jackie Kennedy marry in October 1968?  ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
17. Which Football Team play their home games at Elland Road?  LEEDS UNITED
18. Who was the last monarch of the House of Stuart?  QUEEN ANNE
19. Varicella is the medical term for which infectious illness?  CHICKENPOX
20. Cilantro is the term used in the USA for which herb?  CORIANDER
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