General Knowledge Quiz (Round 348)

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Firstly, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are now ready to start quizzing again. As always the answers are given below.

 

Questions

1) Florence Welch is the lead vocalist for which group?

 

2) In mythology who is the principal Greek God?

 

3) Blondie was the name of the dog belonging to which dictator?

 

4) Related to the llama, which South American mammal has long shaggy hair?

 

5) Which animal lives in a Formicary?

 

6) Cast, Company and Troupe are collective nouns for what?

 

7) Rory Graham apparently took his stage name from his love of Steptoe and Son. What is he known as?

 

8) Which Day, first held on 22 April 1970, is to celebrate the achievements of the environmental movement and raise awareness about protecting the world's natural resources for future generations?

 

9) According to the proverb, Necessity is the mother of…What?

 

10) Which statesman is quoted as saying “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent”

 

 

 

Answers

1) Florence Welch is the lead vocalist for which group?

Florence and the Machine

 

2) In mythology who is the principal Greek God?

Zeus

 

3) Blondie was the name of the dog belonging to which dictator?

Hitler

 

4) Related to the llama, which South American mammal has long shaggy hair?

Alpaca

 

5) Which animal lives in a Formicary?

Ant

 

6) Cast, Company and Troupe are collective nouns for what?

Actors

 

7) Rory Graham apparently took his stage name from his love of Steptoe and Son. What is he known as?

Rag'N'Bone Man

 

8) Which Day, first held on 22 April 1970, is to celebrate the achievements of the environmental movement and raise awareness about protecting the world's natural resources for future generations?

Earth Day

 

9) According to the proverb, Necessity is the mother of…What?

Invention

 

10) Which statesman is quoted as saying “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent”

Winston Churchill