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QUIZ 78 – General Knowledge

1 Slaked lime is the traditional name of which inorganic compound?

2 The 2013 film The Look of Love told the story of which “King of Soho”?

3 In 1906, which Fauve painted Charing Cross Bridge, London and The Pool of London?

4 Which Doctor Who character was born Melody Pond?

5 Which philosopher gives his name to the paradox that states “All Cretans are liars”?

6 Bob Jackson took a picture of the moment when which assassin was assassinated?

7 Who was Margaret Thatcher’s longest-serving Cabinet minister?

8 Which company makes the Trent family of aircraft engines?

9 Which late rock musician is the subject of the 2015 documentary Montage of Heck?

10 Which girl group was founded by choreographer Robin Antin as a burlesque troupe in 1995?

11 Which King of England was murdered in Corfe Castle, Dorset, in 978?

12 The self-confessed “chauvinist” Sir Tim Hunt won which Nobel prize in 2001?

13 Popular in Central Asia, Chal or Shubat is a beverage of what fermented milk?

14 In which animated TV series is Princess Bubblegum monarch of the Candy Kingdom?

15 Which subject is studied by the title character in Willy Russell’s play Educating Rita?

16 Malia and Sitia are resorts on which Mediterranean island?

17 Which playing card is nicknamed the “Curse of Scotland”?

18 What is the world’s oldest endurance sports car race?

19 Who scored twice in Great Britain’s 1988 Olympic men’s hockey 3–1 final defeat of West Germany?

20 Name the pictured Philadelphia building?


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