32 Quiz Questions - Quiz Number 26
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Questions
- Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable?
- What name is given to the highest vocal range of all voice types?
- Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical film about which singer?
- Who is married to accountant Hugh O'Leary?
- In the novel Moby Dick by Herman Meville, what type of whale is Moby Dick?
- True or false. It was illegal to drink alcohol in America during prohibition?
- Which club was Viv Anderson playing for when he became the first black footballer to represent England?
- Which traditional tune was the basis for "Home in the Meadow", a recurring song throughout the epic film How the West Was Won?
- The Aztec culture flourished in which modern day country from 1300 to 1521?
- Which U.S. Navy test pilot became the first American in space?
- The racing suit Steve McQueen wore in which film sold for 336,000 dollars at a 2017 auction?
- The 1995 animated film Toy Story was produced by which animation studio?
- Which British city's cathedral was left a virtual shell after German bombing on the evening of 14 November 1940?
- The orbicularis oculi muscle is the fastest muscle in the human body, where exactly is it located?
- What did the original Hollywood Sign read before a four letter portion of the sign was removed in 1949?
- Which of the major oceans is the smallest?
- Which band, heralded as one of the first to come to public attention via the Internet, was formed in Sheffield in 2002?
- Rupert Bear lives with his parents in which fictional English village?
- In the 1500s, which astronomer proved that the Earth orbits the Sun?
- Which company or brand was founded by Joseph Bamford from a one man garage in Uttoxeter in the 1940s?
- Which country in 1893 became the first place to allow women to vote?
- Georges Leclanche is chiefly remembered for his invention of one of the first modern what?
- The Eastern Roman Empire was also called what?
- The dodo is an extinct flightless bird that was only found on which island?
- Jahangir Khan is considered the best ever player in which sport?
- In 1972 which American actress was condemned for visiting North Vietnam as a guest of its government?
- Which prize is like the Oscars of the newspaper industry?
- Mitch Buchannon is a fictional character from which TV series?
- What name is given to the accumulated excrement of seabirds?
- What is the arabic word for desert?
- A cheese produced by Charles Martell and Son at Hunts Court Farm, Gloucestershire, is called 'stinking' what?
- Which scientist is most famous for creating the binomial system, which is a system of naming plants and animals that we still use today?
Answers
- Fruit (that may surprise you!?)
- Soprano
- Loretta Lynn
- Liz Truzz
- Sperm whale
- False (prohibition banned the sale, manufacture, and distribution of alcohol for drinking purposes but it didn't outlaw consumption)
- Nottingham Forrest
- Greensleeves
- Mexico
- Alan Shepard (1961)
- Le Mans (1971)
- Pixar
- Coventry's
- Eyelid
- Hollywoodland (the 'land' part was removed)
- The Arctic Ocean
- Arctic Monkeys
- Nutwood
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- JCB (the acronym stands for the founders intials: Joseph Cyril Bamford)
- New Zealand
- Batteries
- The Byzantine Empire
- Mauritius
- Squash
- Jane Fonda
- The Pulitzer Prize
- Baywatch
- Guano
- Sahara
- Stinking Bishop
- Carl Linnaeus