Quiz Number 193 - Answers

Published: Thursday 13th May 2021A free general knowledge quiz for those who enjoy a more challenging quiz.
  1. Which English football team are known as The Seagulls? Brighton & Hove Albion.
  2. In which English city is the Whitworth art gallery? Manchester.
  3. Who was the first US President to be born after the end of World War II? Bill Clinton.
  4. In TV's "The Simpsons", what is the name of the news reporter? Kent Brockman.
  5. Which songs with "House" in the title were UK top twenty hits for the following artists,[a] House Master Boyz (1987), [b] East 17, [c] David Zowie (2015), [d] The Animals and [e] Vera Lynn (1956)? [a] "House Nation", reached no 8, [b] "House of Love", no 10, [c] "House Every Weekend", no 1, [d] "House of the Rising Sun", no 1 and [e] "A House With Love In It', no 17.
  6. What type of creature is a chafer? A Beetle.
  7. What is the capital of the German State of Saxony? Dresden.
  8. What was the maiden name of former UK Prime Minister Theresa May? Brasier.
  9. To which song did Bill Murray awake to repeatedly in "Groundhog Day"? "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher.
  10. In which month of the year does "The Last Night of the Proms" traditionally take place? September.
  11. In which part of the body would you find the "Pons Varolii"? The Brain.
  12. Of what is Potamology the scientific study? Rivers.
  13. The body snatchers Burke and Hare operated in which British city? Edinburgh.
  14. Who played the role of the Penguin in the 1960s TV series of "Batman"? Burgess Meredith.
  15. Who composed the one-act opera known in English as "Bluebeard's Castle"? Bela Bartok.
  16. Which is the largest snake that is native to the British Islands? The Grass Snake.
  17. What is the name of the castle that sits on the banks of Loch Ness? Urquhart Castle.
  18. What is the name of the character played by Tom Cruise in the "Mission Impossible" series of movies? Ethan Hunt.
  19. Which rapper had hit albums in the 2000's entitled "College Dropout" and "Late Registration"? Kanye West.
  20. In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Nights Dream", Peter Quince had what profession? Carpenter.

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