Quiz Number 246 - Answers

Published: Tuesday 19th August 2025A free General Knowledge quiz for those who enjoy a more challenging quiz.
  1. What is the name of the sequel to Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"? The Testaments.
  2. In which year did the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II take place? 1953
  3. Who won the Best Actor Oscar in both 1937 and 1938? Spencer Tracy.
  4. In 1894, which became the first of the Noble gases to be discovered? Argon.
  5. Which songs with "Tonight" in the title were UK top twenty hits for the following artists, [a] Damage (1997), [b] Pixie Lott (2011), [c] The Faders (2005), [d] INXS (1987) and [e] Foxes (2010)? [a] "Wonderful Tonight", reached no 3, [b] "All About Tonight', no 1, [c] "No Sleep Tonight", no 13, [d] "Need You Tonight", no 2 and [e] "Let Go for Tonight, no 7.
  6. In the children's TV series who was the Commander of Fireball XL5? Steve Zodiac.
  7. What was the name of the Benedictine monk who allegedly invented Champagne? Dom (Pierre) Pérignon.
  8. By what name do we know the mountain known as Monte Cervino in Italian and Mont Cervin in French? The Matterhorn.
  9. Who was the drummer in the band Led Zeppelin? John Bonham.
  10. From which country did Libya gain independence in 1951? Italy.
  11. In the Harry Potter books what is Professor McGonagall's first name? Minerva.
  12. Which singer starred alongside Steve Martin in the remake of "The Pink Panther"? Beyonce.
  13. The hip-hop duo OutKast originated from which US city? Atlanta.
  14. The highest score by an English player in a test match innings is 364, which player scored this? Len Hutton (1938).
  15. Located in New York what does MoMA stand for? Museum of Modern Art.
  16. Who won the European Ladies Figure Skating championships every year from 1983 to 1988? Katarina Witt.
  17. What is the basic flavouring of Kahlua? Coffee
  18. The Godfather movies tells the story of which Mafia family? The Corleone family.
  19. Who famously painted his mother in 1871? Whistler
  20. Wentworth golf club is in which English county? Surrey.

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