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General Knowledge 130618 is a selection of 10 questions. General Knowledge 130618 is the filename to differentiate it from other general knowledge quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 Producers of what are Royal Worcester, Crown Derby, and Meissen famous?
A Porcelain manufacturer Ceramic ware
2 ‘Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock, the clock struck…’ What did the clock strike?
A One (the mouse ran down, hickory, dickory, dock.)
3 What anniversary does a tin wedding celebrate?
A The tenth
4 What is the name for the trousers German oompah musicians usually wear?
A Lederhosen
5 On which day of the week do Christians usually celebrate The Feast of the Ascension?
A Thursday (the fortieth day of Easter)
6 According to the proverb, at what will a drowning man clutch?
A A straw(s)
7 How many times a day is a follower of Islam required to pray?
A Five (Between the first light of dawn and sunrise, After Midday, Mid-afternoon, Sunset, From one and a half hours after sunset)
8 What sort of things does an epicure enjoy?
A Fine food and drink (epicurean – gourmet)
9 Which Prime Minister coined the phrase, “A week is a Long time in politics”?
A Harold Wilson (probably first said during a lobby briefing in late 1964)
10 What sort of inmate was Dartmoor prison built to house when completed in 1806?
A Prisoners of war / POWs (French prisoners in the Napoleonic wars and American sailors taken in the war of 1812 – the prison is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, currently Prince Charles)