Читать книгу The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions - Olav Bjortomt - Страница 55
Оглавление1 The actress Valerie Hobson was married to which disgraced Tory politician?
2 The song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah features in which controversial 1946 Disney film?
3 Which unit of length is named from the Latin for ‘elbow’?
4 Jean Prouvost founded which weekly news-driven French magazine in 1949?
5 Opened in 2003, what is Britain’s largest national park?
6 In China, which animal is known as Xiongmao meaning ‘Giant Cat Bear’?
7 In 1980, Brian Souter founded which Perth-based transport group with his sister Ann Gloag and her former husband Robin?
8 Born in Amaseia, Pontus (modern-day Amasya, Turkey) in 64 or 63 BC, which Greek wrote the 17-book encyclopedia Geographica?
9 Farringford House on the Isle of Wight was the home of which Poet Laureate?
10 Rose, smoky and milky are common varieties of which mineral?
11 Which brand of apple juice is pressed on Boxford Farm in Suffolk?
12 The defence of Pavlov’s House was a key event in which 1942–43 battle?
13 Which British illustrator created the Where’s Wally? aka Where’s Waldo? books?
14 La virgen de los sicarios or Our Lady of the Assassins (1994) is which Colombian writer’s best known novel?
15 Which Thelonius Monk song is the most recorded jazz standard composed by a jazz musician?
16 The Washington DC-based Brookings Institution is often ranked the world’s most influential what?
17 The lack of correlation between body size and cancer risk is known as whose paradox?
18 In 1990, which 45-year-old golfer became the oldest ever US Open champion?
19 Which Belfast-born F1 driver won the 1983 US GP West after starting 22nd on the grid?
20 Name the famous precious stone in the picture –
