Читать книгу The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions - Olav Bjortomt - Страница 83
Оглавление1 Which French president was unseated by François Mitterrand in 1981?
2 Flush by Virginia Woolf is a biography of which poet’s pet cocker spaniel?
3 The subject of a 2014 book, Choupette is which fashion designer’s pet cat?
4 Which practice involves giving a tenth of one’s income to the church?
5 In 1967, which band had its first top 10 hit single with See Emily Play?
6 John Ruskin’s wife Effie left him for which Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood member?
7 In Norse myth, Huginn and Muninn are a pair of which birds?
8 Aged 17, Felix Mendelssohn wrote a concert overture for which Shakespeare comedy?
9 Also known as Cenni di Pepo, who painted the Santa Trinità Maestà (c.1290–1300)?
10 Why was 26-year-old Gerda Taro’s death in the Spanish Civil War significant?
11 Paul Coia’s voice was the very first heard on which TV channel?
12 The extraction of which metal uses the Kroll process or the Hunter process?
13 In 1935, the entomologist Reginald Mungomery imported 102 of which creatures into Queensland?
14 The Kiswah is a black cloth used to cover which holy structure?
15 What is the largest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe?
16 Which music venue is situated on Bennelong Point?
17 The leader in the field of off-road competition, which Austrian firm is Europe’s largest motorcycle manufacturer?
18 Who scored the winner in the 1986 FIFA World Cup final?
19 The cyclist Hugh Porter married which former Olympic 200m breaststroke champion in 1965?
20 Which fairy tale castle is pictured?
