The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

Which British artist had a 2015 hit with 'Hold Back The River'?

James Bay

 

What nationality is actor Christoph Waltz, star of Django Unchained and Spectre?

Austrian

 

The character Dr Ian Malcolm appears in which long running film franchise?

Jurassic Park

 

What is the capital city of Morocco?

Rabat

 

Which iconic animal has been removed from the endangered species list?
Giant Panda

 

Which agency responsible for the collation of property ownership since 1862 is no longer being targeted for privatisation?
The Land Registry

 

The nightclub Fabric has been forced to close by having its licence revoked by which London council?
Islington

 

On 1st September 1939, Germany started World War II when it invaded which country?
Poland

 

Over a three day period 13000 houses were destroyed and 6 people killed in this catastrophic event in 1666.
The Great Fire of London

 

In 1609 Henry Hudson was the first European to discover this most densely populated of New York's boroughs.
Manhatten

 

In 1822 Brazil declared independence from which european country?
Portugal

 

"You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. They're people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know - morons." This is a Gene Wilder line from which film?
Blazing Saddles

 

Wilder played the part of Leo Bloom in which Mel Brooks film?
The Producers

 

What was the name of the character played by Gene Wilder who says "No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."" 
Dr Frederick von Frankenstein

 

The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

Cynology is the study of what?
Dogs

 

He was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1973, but in what country was Henry Kissinger born?
Germany

 

Who composed the work 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
Mozart

 

Born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, Bengal, India, this famous author is better known by what pseudonym?
George Orwell