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25 Quiz Questions
- An event in London in 1858 in which hot weather increased the smell of untreated human waste on the banks of the River Thames was known as ‘The Great’ what?
- En passant is a special move in which game?
- Aqueous humor is fluid produced by which body part?
- What is Yorkshire caviar?
- What does the ‘E’ stand for in an E collar, a cone shaped protective medical device worn by a cat or dog?
- Which song written in 1967 by Mike d'Abo was also the theme for The Office?
- Scottsdale is a city in which American state?
- What's the real name of the Cookie Monster and also the man's name used in the 1980s British Gas sell-off campaign?
- What word meaning the quality of being bright, colourful, and very noticeable is also the collective noun for a group of flamingoes?
- Boto is a Portuguese name given to several types of which mammal native to the Amazon River?
- What name is given to the first year of primary school in England and Wales? Hint: It is NOT nursery.
- What can be a thick, cold, and creamy sauce and also a county in Ireland?
- The ISS programme was conceived in 1993 by both the United States and Russia. What does ISS stand for?
- The A1 road stretches from London to which city?
- According to the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, which animal has great folds in his skin and a very bad temper?
- The title of which play written in 1911 by Edward Knoblauch means Fate or Destiny in Urdu and Turkish?
- Joseph Jagger was a Bradford textile engineer who broke which bank?
- Which country became in 1954 the first independent Asian country to participate in a football World Cup tournament? This country best ever result is fourth place at the 2002 tournament.
- Which adventure novel by P. C. Wren is about the adventures of three English brothers who enlist in the French Foreign Legion?
- Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, is in which country?
- What five letter word is the lowest part of a ship's hull?
- What does the 'D' stand for in DC Comics?
- In Gothic architecture, what name is given to a carved grotesque?
- The Mousetrap first opened in London's West End in which decade?
- Musth or must is characterized by aggressive behavior in which animal?
Answers
- The Great Stink
- Chess
- Mushy peas
- The eye
- Elizabethan
- Handbags and Gladrags
- Arizona
- Sid
- Flamboyance
- Dolphins
- Reception
- Mayo
- The International Space Station
- Edinburgh
- Rhinoceros
- Kismet
- The bank at Monte Carlo
- South Korea
- Beau Geste
- Venezuela
- Bilge
- Detective
- Gargoyle
- 1950s (1952)
- Elephant