Pot Luck 32 - General knowledge

25 Quiz Questions
1. Who was ‘The Radio Doctor‘ in the 1940s and 50s?
2. What was the Golden Earring’s first UK Top Ten hit?
3. Started in 1850, what were Children’s Temperance Societies called?
4. Which motorcyclist appeared in the film Space Riders?
5. Gravure is a term connected with which industry?
6. Who played the leading role in the film The Stone Killer?
7. To the nearest hundred how many islands make up the Maldives?
8. Who was Prime Minister during the General Strike?
9. What does a mendicant do?
10. Mycology is the study of what?
11. What was the Carla Rosa, existing from 1875 to 1958?
12. Who was the last King of Troy according to legend?
13. What was George Burns real name?
14. The word Ombudsman comes from which language?
15. In which decade was Lord Rothschild born?
16. Who wrote the play The Homecoming?
17. Who was writer and producer for New Kids On the Block?
18. In which American state were Bonnie and Clyde killed in an ambush?
19. The Statue of Liberty’s 100th birthday was celebrated in which year?
20. Who is the elder – Jeremy Beadle or Christopher Biggins?
21. What is studied by a pedologist?
22. Spencer Gore was the first winner of what?
23. George Galvin performed in music-hall under what name?
24. Placido Domingo studied music at which National Conservatory?
25. Who was the last Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Victoria?
Quiz Answers
1. Charles Hill
2. Radar Love
3. Bands of Hope
4. Barry Sheene
5. Printing (platemaking)
6. Charles Bronson
7. 1200 (1196)
8. Stanley Baldwin
9. Begs
10. Fungi
11. An Opera Company
12. Priam
13. Nathan Birnbaum
14. Swedish
15. 1930s
16. Harold Pinter
17. Maurice Starr
18. Louisiana
19. 1986
20. Jeremy Beadle
21. Soils
22. Men’s singles, Wimbledon
23. Dan Leno
24. Mexico
25. Marquis of Salisbury