Читать книгу The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions - Olav Bjortomt - Страница 24
Оглавление1 Who succeeded Duncan I as King of Scotland in 1040?
2 Which murderous duo sold their victims to the Edinburgh doctor, Robert Knox?
3 The Chorleywood process is a method of making which common food?
4 Hart’s Rules is a set of conventions used by which people?
5 What are High Spy, Barf, Knott Rigg and Whiteside?
6 Achilles was dipped in which river to make him invulnerable?
7 Elvis Presley was born in which Mississippi town in 1935?
8 The murder victim Susie Salmon narrates which novel from beyond the grave?
9 Who traced the source of an 1854 cholera outbreak in Soho to the Broad Street pump?
10 What did Guy de Maupassant call “this tall skinny pyramid of iron ladders, this giant and disgraceful skeleton”?
11 Which BBC TV drama centres on the Shelby crime family?
12 What are the Bowyer, Constable, Beauchamp, Martin, Salt and White?
13 In 1980, the Herbert Johnson ‘Poet’ was chosen to adorn the head of which movie hero?
14 An adult’s third molars are known by which common name?
15 Residents of the Italian village of Campodimele are famous for being what?
16 Which Caribbean luxury resorts operator was founded by Gordon “Butch” Stewart in 1981?
17 First published in 1966, what is the bestselling chess book of all time?
18 Which Olympic champion athlete won 41 LPGA titles and 10 majors in golf?
19 What is the nickname of the Australian men’s national rugby league team?
20 The pictured Veil Nebula is in which constellation?
