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QUIZ 1 – General Knowledge

1 7X is the secret formula in which drink?

2 Cleeve Cloud is the highest point of which English hills?

3 Who succeeded George Washington as US President?

4 Which British composer wrote Eight Songs for a Mad King (1968)?

5 Who took the famous 1963 photograph of Christine Keeler sitting astride an Arne Jacobsen chair?

6 Peter O’Toole played King Henry II in which two films?

7 In a nursery rhyme, whose “wife could eat no lean”?

8 Who founded the High Holborn toy shop Noah’s Ark in 1760?

9 Roger Delgado first played which Doctor Who villain in 1971?

10 William Huskisson MP died after being run over by which steam locomotive?

11 Which “Fabergé of the Footwear” designed Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation shoes?

12 Henry Laurens is the only American to have been imprisoned in which UNESCO World Heritage Site?

13 The Egyptian goddess Heqet was depicted with the head of which amphibian?

14 On which website is a person’s followers measured in Wheatons (500,000 = 1 Wheaton)?

15 Which African nation is the Francophone country with the largest population?

16 Which distinguishing features are absent in a person who has the disorder adermatoglyphia?

17 Which Austrian-born philosopher reportedly once threatened Karl Popper with a red-hot poker?

18 Which world light heavyweight boxing champion won TV’s Superstars in 1974?

19 Which athlete broke Wyndham Halswelle’s 53-year-old Scottish 300 yards record in 1961?

20 What is the pictured temple complex?


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