General Knowledge Quiz (Round 276)

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1) Which BBC television crime drama focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts?

 

2) Which UK low-cost airline launched with a February 2003 flight from Leeds to Amsterdam?

 

3) The condition 'hyperacusis' is sensitivity to what?

 

4) Which planet is known as 'Swift Planet' for the speed at which it circles the Sun?

 

5) What is the name of the supreme deity of Norse mythology?

 

6) In 1824, a British brickie called Joseph Aspdin patented a chemical process for the creation of which building material?

 

7) Which caffinated tonic wine is produced by monks at an abbey in Devon?

 

8) In grammer, which 'P' makes a statement about the subject?

 

9) Which 'M' is the heaviest member of the squirrel family?

 

10) Which Welsh actor portrayed Tony Blair in a trilogy of Peter Morgan films?

 

Answers:

 

1) Which BBC television crime drama focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts?

Silent Witness

 

2) Which UK low-cost airline launched with a February 2003 flight from Leeds to Amsterdam?

Jet2.com

 

3) The condition 'hyperacusis' is sensitivity to what?

Noise

 

4) Which planet is known as 'Swift Planet' for the speed at which it circles the Sun?

Mercury

 

5) What is the name of the supreme deity of Norse mythology?

Odin

 

6) In 1824, a British brickie called Joseph Aspdin patented a chemical process for the creation of which building material?

Cement

 

7) Which caffinated tonic wine is produced by monks at an abbey in Devon?

Buckfast

 

8) In grammer, which 'P' makes a statement about the subject?

Predicate

 

9) Which 'M' is the heaviest member of the squirrel family?

Marmot

 

10) Which Welsh actor portrayed Tony Blair in a trilogy of Peter Morgan films?

Michael Sheen