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Mad Mike General Knowledge 1
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1
Which European city sits at the mouth of the river Tagus?
Minsk
Madrid
Riga
Lisbon
2
Where is the 2000 Guineas run ?
Ascot
Epsom
Doncaster
Newmarket
3
Which 4 letters appeared on Roman banners ?
DDYB
SPQR
INRI
LGBT
4
For which movie did Sean Connery gain an Oscar?
The Untouchables
The Name of the Rose
The Man who would be King
Indiana Jones and the last Crusade
5
In which US State is Mount Rushmore?
South Dakota
Washington
Pennsylvania
California
6
Which British male , at 23rd on the list , is second ranked male from the UK in the all time best seller list?
JRR Tolkien
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jeffrey Archer
Roald Dahl
7
Which is the most southerly U S state ?
Florida
Texas
California
Hawaii
8
What is David Bowie's real surname?
Brown
Jones
White
Smith
9
What travels at 343 metres per second?
A peregrine falcon
Sound
Light
Electricity
10
Who was the first person to win £1,000,000 on who wants to be a millionaire?
Ingram Wilcox
David Edwards
Judith Keppel
Pat Gibson
11
Where are the Dardanelles
Greece
Turkey
Spain
France
12
Which actor had the longest time span (48 years) between first and last Oscars?
Katherine Hepburn
Henry Fonda
Meryl Streep
James Stewart
13
Which actor was the first to win back to back Oscars
Tom Hanks
Spencer Tracy
Katherine Hepburn
Laurence Olivier
14
Rafael Nadal has now won over 1000 games on the ATP Tour, the most by any player?
False
True
15
Which artist was the winner of Best Album at the first MOBO Awards in 1996
Goldie
Gabrielle
Tupac Shakur
Fugees
16
Which of these Scottish location features in this years Autumnwatch
West Sands, St Andrews
Tentsmuir Forest
Portobello Beach
Broughty Ferry
17
First band to have their first four singles go to number one in UK?
Take That
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Westlife
Gerry and the Pacemakers
18
Which of the 48 contiguous States was last to join the Union ?
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
19
Which country has the International Prototype of the Kilogram ?
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Belgium
France
20
Which sporting dimension is exactly one chain?
The length of the oche to the board in darts
The circumference of an Australian Rules football pitch
The distance between the wickets at cricket
The distance between the goal posts in football
21
Halley's Comet allegedly appears on The Bayeux Tapestry ?
True
False
22
Jan Leeming was the first female presenter of a network wide BBC News programme?
True
False
23
Which of these TV quiz shows is oldest?
15 to 1
A Question of Sport
Mastermind
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
24
Who created the Inspector Rebus novels?
Ian Rankin
Jo Nesbo
Irvine Welsh
Iain Banks
25
Who is the Women's World Record Holder over 800m ?
Jarmila Kratochvilova
Caster Semenya
Ana Quirot
Maria Mutola
26
Who is the only UK Prime Minister to win a Nobel Prize for literature ?
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
Clement Atlee
Tony Blair
27
Which State has the lowest point in the US at 279 feet below sea level ?
Utah
Arizona
California
Nevada
28
Drew Barrymore was made famous by which movie?
Jaws
E.T.
Firestarter
Exorcist
29
How many years did the 100 year war last?
100
116
98
107
30
What is the longest numbered road in the UK?
M6
A1
M4
A9
31
Which is NOT a Channel Island
Tresco
Sark
Herm
Alderney
32
Who was the first western rock/pop artist to play in the USSR ?
Elton John
The Beatles
Cliff Richard
The Rolling Stones
33
Irvine Welsh wrote Trainspotting 2?
False
True