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Published: 17th 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:

Which American folklore creature, also known as ‘Sasquatch’ is said to inhabit the forests of North America?

Bigfoot

 

What is the name of the Queen’s daughter?

Anne

 

The book ‘Hogwarts Classics’ is a spinoff from which book series?

Harry Potter

 

‘The Greatest Show’ is a song performed in which musical?

The Greatest Showman

 

Ron Wayne joined Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in founding which company in April 1976?

Apple

 

Generally, what colour are Bourbon biscuits?

Brown

 

The story of the ‘Clash of the Titans’ comes from which mythology?

Greek

 

Which actress voices the Frozen character Princess Anna as an adult?

Kristen Bell

 

Which multi-spindle spinning frame, one of the key developments of the industrialisation of textile manufacturing, was invented in 1765 in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire?

Spinning Jenny

 

Which British society formed in 1870 provides help for people in crisis, both in the UK and overseas?

British Red Cross

 

Which Tennis player made famous the phrase ‘you cannot be serious’?

John McEnroe

 

Which ‘V’ is used to describe the force of an electric current?

Volt

 

Which 2017 biopic tells the story of figure skater Tonya Harding’s attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan?

I, Tonya

 

Two Shakespeare plays contain Italian places within their title. One is ‘The Merchant of Venice’, name the other.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

 

Representing one team, how many players can be on a basketball court at one time?

Five

 

Which ‘V’ is a form of performance made popular by Keith Harris and his character ‘Orville the Duck’?

Ventriloquism

 

In which west coast US city would you find the ‘Pike Place Market’ tourist attraction?

Seattle

 

In the film ‘Life of Pi’, who or what is ‘Richard Parker’?

A Bengal tiger

 

On the 3rd December 1992, Vodafone employee Neil Papworth sent Richard Jarvis the world’s first SMS message. What did it say?

Merry Christmas

 

Which group had a 1994 one hit wonder with the ‘You & Me Song’?

The Wannadies