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Hard General Knowledge Questions and Answers
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Hi Weekly Quiz, I currently run my own quiz night in Edinburgh and need some hard general knowledge questions and answers please. We have a team here that win it every single week and I am fed up. They even appeared of the TV show “The Eggheads” and won! Thanks for your help, Chris, Edinburgh.
Hard general knowledge questions and answers
- Which title character from Shakespeare kills characters called Tybalt and Paris? Romeo
- Who was the last Tudor Monarch of the United Kingdom? Elizabeth I
- What is the capital city of Armenia? Yerevan (More Info)
- What band did lead singer Jimmy Sommerville form after he left Bronski Beat? The Communards
- Who is older….Sean Connery or Michael Douglas? Sean Connery (by 14 years!)
- ‘Boss of Me’ by the band They Might Be Giants, is the theme tune to which US Sitcom which ran from 2000 to 2006? Malcolm in the Middle
- In which year did the United Nations come into existence? 1945
- Which “CC” wrote a vast number of fictional books including the Kate Hannigan Stories, The Mallen Novels and The Tilly Trotter Trilogy? Catherine Cookson
- According to the famous nursery rhyme, who found Lucy Lockets Pocket? Kitty Fisher
- Which country won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956? Switzerland
- In area what is the 7th largest country in Europe? Finland
- The 1990 movie Misery is based on a novel by which author? Stephen King
- From which country does Cotija cheese originate? Mexico
- Which British cyclist won the opening stage of the 2017 Tour De France? Geriant Thomas
- Famous for carpet production, in which county is Axminster? Devon
- Which country has the international car registration code C? Cuba
- What is the sixth of the Ten Commandments? Thou shalt not Kill
- What fruit is used to make Slivovitz? Plums
- What flower takes its name from the Latin word for a wolf? Lupin
- What year was the final episode of Brookside was aired? 2003
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