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Published: 2nd November 2020

 

Author: Adam 

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These questions can be used in general knowledge quizzes or in Chase-style cash-builder rounds.

 

We have plenty more of this style of round available, too.

 

As always, we suggest giving each player one minute and keeping track of their total!

 

Questions:

 

At what age could you first expect to receive a message from the Queen?

100th birthday

 

 

If something is 'Hepatic' then it relates to which organ of the body?

Liver

 

 

Name the Rudyard Kipling poem which contains the line 'If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two impostors just the same'?

If

 

 

In the Harry Potter film franchise, which actor plays Harry Potter?

Daniel Radcliffe

 

 

In women's shoes, what are Block, Platform Wedge, Stiletto and Kitten examples of?

Heels

 

 

Halifax Town and the New York Mets baseball team shared which similar sounding stadium name?

The Shay/Shea Stadium

 

 

Which 'P' is a scientific role for the study of the fossilised remains of all kinds of previously living organisms?

Paleontologist

 

 

The Great Fire of London took place in which year?

1666

 

 

Which German-owned supermarket opened its' first UK branch in Stechford, Birmingham?

Aldi

 

 

Which British children's author wrote Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Witches?

Roald Dahl

 

 

Madge, Maggie, Marge and Meg are all shortened versions of which female name?

Margaret

 

 

Which green amphibian appears as a Muppet in both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show?

Kermit the Frog

 

 

Which canal which runs through Egypt is considered to be the defining border between Africa and Asia?

Suez Canal

 

 

Good Omens is a collaborative novel between English authors Terry Pratchett and which other writer?

Neil Gaiman

 

 

The French word 'lapin' translates to which animal in English?

Rabbit

 

 

Who played the Genie in the 2019 film Aladdin?

Will Smith

 

 

Which country has won African's Cup of Nations international tournament on the most occasions?

Egypt

 

 

Which author, known as the 'Father of English literature' wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?

Geoffrey Chaucer

 

 

Watson, Crick & Wilkins were awarded a Nobel prize for discovering what is shaped like a double helix?

DNA