General 110705

General 110705 is a selection of 10 questions. General 110705 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   In the children’s story, which bear’s porridge was ‘just right’ for Goldilocks?
A   Baby Bear

2   Who is the first character to speak in the film Star Wars (A New Hope)?
A   C3P0 (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, but originally just named Star Wars when released in 1977)

3   Which is the nearest British town to Beachy Head, the chalk headland in East Sussex?
A   Eastbourne (Beachy Head is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain)

4   In India, what is the work of a Dhobi Wallah?
A   Laundry (Wallah means in Hindi a person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business, or a native or inhabitant of a specified place, dhobi means to wash)

5   Which Japanese car company has a plant near Sunderland?
A   Nissan

6   What do people call a horse with a white mark covering most of its face between the bony ridges and down to the nose?
A   A blaze, “bald face”, or “lantern face”.

7   What is the name of the area in New York’s Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon?
A   Strawberry Fields

8   During which war were Martello Towers built along the south coast of England to protect England from invasion?
A   The Napoleonic wars

9   In the Solent between the Isle of Wight and which coastal town did the Mary Rose sink on 19th July 1545?
A   Portsmouth (The precise cause of her sinking is subject to conflicting testimonies and a lack of conclusive evidence)

10   Ben Cohen, the ‘Ben’ of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, is an ‘anosmic’, or in other words, cannot perceive what?
A   Smells/odours