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Age UK Bury
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 What country has the largest number of soldiers? China
2. What is the first animal in the Oxford English Aardvark Dictionary? 3. What fraction of a person’s life passes in sleep? 1/3rd 4. What was the first decimal coin to be issued? 50p 5. What city did the Mormons establish as the HQ in Salt Lake City 1847? 6. What was Adam Faith’s major TV role? Budgie 7. What Elvis Presley song contains spoken lines from Are You Lonesome Shakespeare? Tonight. 8. Who turned Elsie Tanner into a Coronation Street Pat Pheonix legend? 9. What was Buddy Holy’s first UK hit record? Peggy Sue 10. Who solves the crime in ‘Death on the Nile’? Hercule Poirot 11. What famous talent show did Hughie Green present Opportunity both on radio and television? Knocks 12. Who wanted to ‘Rock around the World’? Bill Haley and The Comets 13. What is the most used word in written English? ‘The’ 14. Who was the first black man to win an Oscar? Sidney Poitier 15. What is the capital of Syria? Damascus 16. What Eukropean City is considered the Centre of Zurich world banking and finance? 17. What fish’s skin was wane used commercially as The Shark sandpaper? 18. What was the Royal event of 1973? Princess Anne’s Wedding 19. What was the registration number of Lady FAB 1 Penelope’s car? 20. Who did American playwright, Arthur Millar, marry in Marilyn Munroe 1956?