General Knowledge Quiz 5

1

Cranky Kong is the grandfather (or father, depending on the version ) of which titular character?

2

Tapas is a kind of cuisine associated with which country?

3

In the games and movie versions of Tomb Raider, what is the nationality of Lara Croft?

4

Name these four Science Fiction Movies. The year each movie was released is also listed.

5

If you were standing on the Spanish steps in which city would you be in?

6

Of the five Great Lakes, which one comes first alphabetically?

7

In terms if population, what is the largest city in the European Union that is not a capital city?

8

Name these six countries that all have a coastline on the Black Sea

9

Which German footballer, often nicknamed Der Kaiser,  has scored the most own goals whilst playing for Germany?

10

In which Shakespeare play would you find the line “Beware the Ides of March”

11

Name these four hits from the Swedish group Roxette.

12

What is the northernmost city in the world with a population of 1 million or more inhabitants?

13

Rotten tomatoes is a website that ranks the popularity of movies. Which 1964 film was ranked the best James Bond film. Also ranked number one with IMDb with a rating of 87?

14

Name these four historical artefacts

15

Between 1945 and 1965, where were the majority (300,000 tons) of chemical weapons in Europe disposed?

16

Scicilian, Ponziani, Russian, Scottish, Nimzo-Indian and Sokolsky are all examples of what kind of movement?

17

In 1919, after World War One, a new Republic was created in Germany led by it’s first president, Friederich Ebert. It was named after a city in the province of Thuringia, a city where the new Republic adapted it’s new constitution. What is the name of the city/ Republic?

18

Name these four famous Ukrainians

19

What two colours are the top two stripes of the original flag of the LGBTQ pride movement I.e. the rainbow flag?

20

How many holes in a ten pin bowling ball?

21

What was the name of the cage/bar owner played by Humphrey Bogart,  in the 1940  film Casablanca, Sam or Rick

 

At the annual “Biggest liar in the world competition” in Stanton Bridge, England, lawyers , politicians and journalists are banned?

22

You will hear three pieces of music with two groups or singers in each track. Name the six artists.

 

1

Donkey Kong

2

Spain

3

British

4

a) Arrival

b) interstellar

c) 2001: A Space Oddity                 År 2001 – Ett rymdäventyr

d) Starship Troopers

5

Rome

6

Erie

7

Hamburg.                   
 (1.9 million v Barcelona 1.6 million)

8

a) Romania

b) Bulgaria

c) Turkey

d) Georgia

e) Ukraine

f) Moldova

9

Franz Beckenbauer

10

Julius Caesar

11

a) Fading Like a Flower’

b) Dressed for Success

c)It Must Have been Love

d) Spending My Time

12

Saint Petersburg

13

Goldfinger

14

a) Enigma Machine

b) Motorola Dynatac 8000

c) Turin Shroud
    Turinsvepningen

d) Seismoscope

15

The Baltic Sea

16

Opening Moves in Chess

17

Weimar

18

a) Volodymir Zelenskyj 

b) Mila Kunis

c) Vitali Klitschko 

d) Milla Jovovich

19

Red and Orange 

20

Three

21

Very True

22

a) A-ha
Take On Me

b) Dua Lipa
Physical

c)White Stripes                        Seven Nation Army

d) Tiesto
Wow

e) Coldplay
A Sky Full of Stars

f) Katy Perry
Never Really Over