| General Knowledge Questions - Set 1
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1. The ring-ousel belongs to which family of
birds? Thrush
2. Which tree does cork come from? Quercus Suber
3. What is the chemical symbol for sulphuric acid? H2SO4
4. Where would you find the towns; Uig; Broadford
and Portree? Isle of Skye
5. What is the name of the largest lake in Sweden?
Lake Vänern
6. Spell the plant name - fuschia. f-u-s-c-h-i-a
7. In which county is Keswick ? Cumbria
8. In which year was the Falklands War? 1982
9. Who played Mike Baldwin in Coronation St.?
Johnny Briggs
10. Who was Radio One's first female DJ? Ann Nightingale
11. Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo to
Australia in which year? 1930
12. Where was Dick Turpin executed by hanging? York
13. In what year did Elvis Presley die? 1977
14. Who followed Hugh Gaitskell as leader of the labour
party? Harold Wilson
15. Which British city has the most canals ? Birmingham
16. How many pounds in one hundredweight? 112
17. How fast in miles per hour is 44 feet per second? 30
18. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. What is it's height in feet (to the nearest 100 ft)? 19,364 feet
19. In which Republic of Ireland county would you find Killarney? County Kerry
20. Name the resort in New Jersey USA famous for it's boardwalk? Atlantic City
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