Common Quiz Questions

1. Christopher Cockerill invented what in 1955?
2. How many years did the Hundred Years War last?
3. What is the capital city of Australia?
4. Who is the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
5. The first section of railway track in Britain ran between which 2 places?
6. What colour is the the Northern Line on the London underground?
7. Who was the oldest man in the bible?
8. T or F The Peanut is a type of nut?
9. Who was the longest reigning Prime Minister of Britain in the 20th Century?
10. Which is the largest species of Tiger?
11. The Patella is commonly known as what?
12. In computing what is Ram short for?
13. Which organ secretes insulin?
14. Who was the first actor to refuse an oscar?
15. Which group of people produces the Watchtower magazine?
16. Adolf hitler became chancellor of Germany in which year?
17. Who composed 'Peer Gynt'?
18. Who was the youngest ever American President?
19. How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made?
20. What name is given to a cross fruit of tangerines and grapefruits?
21. What do the dots on a pair of dice add up to?
22. How high is a baketball hoop?
23. In photography what does S.L.R stand for?
24. What is the motto of the SAS?
25. Which two countries signed up to the common market in 1973 alongside the U.K?

Answers

1. Hovercraft
2. 115 Years (1337-1453)
3. Canberra
4. Spencer Percival
5. Stockton to Darlington
6. Black
7. Methuselah
8. Flase (It's a Legume)
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. Siberian Tiger
11. Kneecap
12. Random Access Memory
13. Pancreas
14. George C. Scott
15. Jehovah's Witness
16. 1933
17. Edward Grieg
18. Theodore Roosevelt 
19. 12
20. Ugli Fruit
21. 42
22. 10 Feet
23. Single Lens Reflex
24. Who Dares Wins
25. Eire and Denmark