General Knowledge – 14/10/2020 Round 1: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None What name is given to the sedimentary rock that has changed after being subjected to heat and pressure, for example, Marble? The Olympic motto 'citius, altius, fortius' means what? In Scotland, what vegetable was traditionally carved into a jack-o-lantern was instead of a pumpkin? Which Roman God was the equivalent of the Greek God Dionysus? What is the name of a floor in a building between floors, especially between the ground and first floors? Who was the first Spice Girl to have a solo chart single? Which former Ultravox member wrote the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas' with Bob Geldof? Which actress played Queen Amidala's double in Star Wars The Phantom Menace? Which islands were the subject of a war between Argentina and Britain in 1982? Which citrus fruit, possibly a combination of sweet lime and sour orange, grows predominantly in Italy and is used in Earl Grey tea and eau de Cologne? Round 2: Alphabet - Ho 10 questions where all the answers start with the letters "Ho" and are in ascending alphabetical order. None Christopher Cockerel invented what method of transport? The Rockets Basketball Team & The Astros Baseball Team are both from which U.S. city? A song with a disputed and long history, going back to folk music, what was the biggest hit for the Animals in 1964? Which album by The Eagles contains the tracks "New Kid in Town' and 'Life in the Fast Lane'? In Germany, where would you be if you were in a "Krankenhaus"? Which sauce or paste is found in the Japanese dish Sashimi? What is the general term for all chemical substances produced by the endocrine glands? Who was the U.S. president at the time of the 'Wall Street Crash'? What is the main ingredient of the liquor mead? What does a priest distribute with an aspergillum? Round 3: Medical Things 10 questions on medical things... None Which Marvel superhero is also a surgeon? What is most likely to occur if your diaphragm goes into spasms? On what part of the body would you find the Talus bone? Sacred Heart was the hospital from which American sitcom? Three diseases are prevented by an MMR vaccine, measles, mumps and? Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan starred in which hospital show, full of eccentric characters in a hospital, between 2004 and 2007? A long-time symbol of healing and medicine, what does the staff of Asclepius have wrapped around it? If dissection is cutting into a dead animal to study its anatomy, what is the process called in cutting into a live animal? What is the name of the jolly doctor who can always spare a laugh from The Simpsons? In the hospital drama show House, what was House’s first name? Round 4: Music - Guitarists 10 questions all about guitarists. None Alive from 1926 – 2017, American singer and songwriter had hits including "Johnny B. Goode", and was considered one of the pioneers of rock and roll music? Considered one of the greatest guitarists in rock history, Slash is probably best known as the lead guitarist of the band Guns N' Roses. What is his actual name? Which guitarist founded Rage Against the Machine with Zack de la Rocha and later went on to work with Chris Cornell in Audioslave? A regular fixture in greatest guitarist lists, who has been the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for Metallica since 1983? Which singer and songwriter co-founded Dire Straits with his younger brother and recorded albums such as "Brothers in Arms", one of the best selling albums in history? Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and moving to the U.S at the age of 7, which guitarist founded a band with his brother in 1972 and are possibly best known for the single "Jump"? Johnny Marr has been a member of the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, and the Cribs. Prior to this, which band was he a member of between 1982 and 1987? Living between 1925 and 2015, which singer is probably one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, and still appearing on average at more than 200 concerts per year into his 70s? Alive from 1958 – 2016 and widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation, who pioneered the 'Minneapolis sound' and released an astonishing 39 albums during his life? Wikipedia says "Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century." Who? Round 5: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None What landlocked country in southern Africa has a capital called Harare? The members of which massive UK boy band had the initials: MO / HD / RW / JO / GB? Who wrote the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Which character in TV's Red Dwarf is a hologram? What is a word for a sorcerer who deals in black magic, specifically the undead? In computing what operating system has distributions called Manhattan, Apollo, Hedwig, Cartman, and Guinness? Gary Webb had a top ten hit on both sides of the Atlantic with "Cars" how is he better known? What Song Was Christmas Number One In The UK In Both 1975 And 1991? On which continent would you find the Queen Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Maud mountain ranges? In 1972 Mary Whitehouse campaigned furiously to get which Chuck Berry song banned as she deemed it offensive? Time's up
