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