
General Knowledge 140909 is a selection of 10 questions. General Knowledge 140909 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 what year was the last royal Tournament, the world’s largest military tattoo and pageant?
A 1999 (held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre)
2 Name one of the Earth signs of the Zodiac.
A Taurus, Virgo or Capricorn
3 Which fashion house produces the perfume Opium?
A Yves St Laurent
4 What flavour OXO stock cube comes in purple packaging?
A Lamb
5 In the nursery rhyme ‘Rub-a-Dub-Dub’, what are the occupations of the three men?
A Butcher, Baker, Candlestick maker
6 Used by aircrafts and ships alike, what is an ADF?
A Automatic Direction Finder
7 Which word do actors supposedly use to imitate the murmur of a crowd in the background?
A Rhubarb (in Germany they say rhabarber, in the Netherlands it’s rabarber and in the USA it’s walla)
8 What is the current cost of a colour TV licence?
A (26/09/2023) £159 for a standard colour TV licence
9 What is the current price of a first-class stamp for a standard size letter?
A 26/09/2023 —
10 On what, in a church for example, would you find a muntin?
A Window (it’s a strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in a window)