General Knowledge 7
1. Which card game is also the name of a British racecourse and H.Q. of British horse racing -- Newmarket
2. What sort of girl did Billy Joel sing about in 1983 -- Uptown Girl
3. Who played the part of the gigolo in the film American Gigolo -- Richard Gere
4. What is the name of Britain's drag racing centre -- Santa Pod
5. How many consonants are there in the English alphabet -- Twenty one
6. What was the name of the plastic hoop that became a craze in the fifties -- The hula hoop
7. What nationality was the bandleader James Last -- German
8. What is the more common name for the alpine mastiff dog -- Saint Bernard --
9. What is Fablon called in Blue Peter -- Sticky back plastic
10. What are cricket bats traditionally made from -- Willow
11. What is the highest score attainable in a crib hand -- Twenty nine
12. Who is reputed to have said "Golf is a good walk spoiled" -- Mark Twain
13. Which cereal is used in Scotch broth -- Barley
14. What are cherries flambéed in kirsch called -- Cherries Jubilee
15. What is Tina Turner's real name -- Annie May Bullock
16. Which characters in children's TV speak a language called oodle poddle -- Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men
17. In professional boxing two corners are neutral what are the other two called -- Blue and red
18. What is the main ingredient of black pudding – (Pigs) Blood
19. Can you name six American state capitals that begin with the letter S -- Sacramento, Saint Paul, Santa Fe, Salem, Salt Lake City, and Springfield
20. If a woman is gravid what condition is she in -- Pregnant
21. In which English town were the international standard Derby Swimming Baths -- Blackpool
22. Before the pop charts came on the scene how was the success of songs measured -- Sales of sheet music
23. What was the name of the builder in the RV series Ground Force -- Tommy Walsh
24. Which ex manager and Scottish international said, the ideal board of soccer directors should consist of three men, two dead and one dying -- Tommy Docherty
25. What is the common name for sodium bicarbonate -- Baking Powder
26. Which American aircraft company made the Cutlass jet fighter -- Chance-Vought
27. In World War One what were Doughboys -- American soldiers
28. What nationality was Joshua Slocum the first man to sail around the world solo –- Canadian
29. Which group had top ten hits in the seventies with ‘Jeepster’ and ‘Children of the Revolution’ -- T Rex
30. Which well known British director directed the first British talking film -- Alfred Hitchcock
31. Which, was George Graham's first club, as a manager -- Millwall
32. How do polar bear's feet differ from the feet of other bears -- They are hairy
33. If a king rules a kingdom what does a queen rule -- Kingdom
34. Which, was the earliest civilization to brew beer -- Egyptians
35. Which country introduced an eleven sided one dollar coin in the eighties -- Canada
36. What in America is one's fanny -- Buttocks
37. What plant is manila hemp made from -- Banana (the leaves)
38. Which British motor manufacturer used to make the Hertford -- Austin
39. Who was the first British prime minister to be born outside the British Isles -- Bonar Law (Canada)
40. Who played Mr Freeze in the film Batman and Robin -- Arnold Schwartzenegger
