Post by weallloveleeds on Nov 11, 2006 22:51:31 GMT -1
For when you're bored... ...Just a shortish general knowledge quiz for you to have a go at, shouldn't be too difficult, I'll try and make it so that theres something for everyone. I'll PM you the answers once you've answered and I'll create a leaderboard of results in this post. Please don't use google (or anyother search engine). 
1) What is the largest town in the UK?
2) What football club's nickname is the 'Red Dragons'?
3) Which artist/group/act/band holds the record for most UK No.1's
4) Name the lead singer of Guns N Roses?
5) Who won the world cup in 1938?
6) What was the date of D-day?
7) Which Town is Peter Kay from?
8) Name a band/artist from Leeds?
9) What is the name of the small Island in the Bristol Channel?
10) What was the name of Sherlock Holmes's assistant?
11) Franz Ferdinand was assasinated in which city, this sparked which war? (2 marks)
12) What is the capital of Canada?
13) Who is the creator of the Simpsons?
14) Who's company logo is this:
15)In "The Lion King", what relation is Scar to Simba?
16)In which district of London would you find Harrods department store?
17)Before becoming President of the United States, George W Bush was govenor of which state?
18)Which bird can run the fastest?
19)Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`?
20)Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books?
21)In `Coronation Street`, which band was Les Battersby`s a big fan of?
22)Which three managers managing teams in England in the 2006/07 season have won the Champions League or European Cup as players? (3marks)
23)Which was the first car to have a turbo charged engine?
24)The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country?
25)In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who?
26)Durham County Cricket Club and Middlesbrough Football Club both have stadiums called what?
27)In what sport do players take long and short corners?
28)Which country won the 2005 Elephant Polo world championship?
29)Who were the first British football club to win a European trophy?
30)What was the first European country to issue banknotes?
The leaderboard:
It's out of 33
1) 31 for Eoin
2) 25 Pete the Wolf, Stortford Spur and A2V
5) 23 Gres
6) 21 Rich
7) 20 for ESR and Dudette
9) 19 Tenacious Lee and Lucky C
11) 17 for Tom/Frog Maniac and Alex
13 ) KH with 15 (It's the taking part that counts!
)
14) 14 Mizenmfc
15) 13 Rulesaints
16) 12 Londonwolf
1) What is the largest town in the UK?
2) What football club's nickname is the 'Red Dragons'?
3) Which artist/group/act/band holds the record for most UK No.1's
4) Name the lead singer of Guns N Roses?
5) Who won the world cup in 1938?
6) What was the date of D-day?
7) Which Town is Peter Kay from?
8) Name a band/artist from Leeds?
9) What is the name of the small Island in the Bristol Channel?
10) What was the name of Sherlock Holmes's assistant?
11) Franz Ferdinand was assasinated in which city, this sparked which war? (2 marks)
12) What is the capital of Canada?
13) Who is the creator of the Simpsons?
14) Who's company logo is this:
15)In "The Lion King", what relation is Scar to Simba?
16)In which district of London would you find Harrods department store?
17)Before becoming President of the United States, George W Bush was govenor of which state?
18)Which bird can run the fastest?
19)Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`?
20)Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books?
21)In `Coronation Street`, which band was Les Battersby`s a big fan of?
22)Which three managers managing teams in England in the 2006/07 season have won the Champions League or European Cup as players? (3marks)
23)Which was the first car to have a turbo charged engine?
24)The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country?
25)In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who?
26)Durham County Cricket Club and Middlesbrough Football Club both have stadiums called what?
27)In what sport do players take long and short corners?
28)Which country won the 2005 Elephant Polo world championship?
29)Who were the first British football club to win a European trophy?
30)What was the first European country to issue banknotes?
The leaderboard:
It's out of 33
1) 31 for Eoin
2) 25 Pete the Wolf, Stortford Spur and A2V
5) 23 Gres
6) 21 Rich
7) 20 for ESR and Dudette
9) 19 Tenacious Lee and Lucky C
11) 17 for Tom/Frog Maniac and Alex
13 ) KH with 15 (It's the taking part that counts!
)14) 14 Mizenmfc
15) 13 Rulesaints
16) 12 Londonwolf
so I can't be bothered to do it again at the mo
