General Knowledge – 01/07/2020 Welcome to your General Knowledge - 01/07/2020 Round 1: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions, no theme or connection. None How many of Snow White's seven dwarfs have names ending in the letter “y”? Hint Sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., in which direction does the White House face? How were Moe, Larry and Curly better known? The Greek astronomer Timocharis is believed to be the first man to see which planet of our Solar System? Who performed the Bond theme tune die another day? The Egyptian Mau is what breed of animal? What was reported on the BBC on April 18th 1930? What video game series features Nathan Drake? What is the first element on the periodic table? Which temperature has the same value in both centigrade and Fahrenheit? Round 2: Places 10 questions all about places. Some real, some not. None In which fictional land, did the adventures of Edmund, Peter, Susan, and Lucy take place? In Dune, which desert planet is the only natural source of the all-important spice melange? In the Dickens novel "A Tales of Two Cities", London is one city, what is the other? In which European country does Don Quixote de la Mancha take place? What was the second planet reached through Earth's Stargate program? In the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where was the home of a new form of specialist industry: custom-made, luxury planet building? In which American city does the majority of the film "Blade Runner" take part? In Gulliver's Travels what is the name of the island where he is shipwrecked and captured by tiny people? In the TV show Scrubs, which American State is the Sacred Heart hospital located in? Which place was first mentioned in works by Plato and represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens"? Round 3: Picture Round - Dingbats 10 Dingbats for you to solve. None What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? What is this dingbat? Round 4: Music Intros There are ten songs, each with a gap of around four seconds between them. Name the artist. 01-07-2020-Music 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None What is the name given to the clusters of flowers borne by trees such as hazel, birch and oak? What descriptive term is applied to force 11 on the Beaufort scale? What colour would litmus paper turn if you rubbed it on damp washing powder? Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries, which country is it in? Which of the Seven Wonders of the World stood in Ephesus? In snooker, when potting the colours in sequence, between which balls should the brown be potted? Who invented the thermometer? From what raw material is aluminium obtained? Who directed the Grand Budapest Hotel? What mythical thing did Ponce De Leon allegedly seek? Time's up
