General Knowledge questions?

Jeff Lynne

Jeff Lynne

Jeff Lynne

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Hi ;)

Every week on our football coach we run quizzes to raise a little extra cash towards the cost and to pass a bit of time and this week I've been tasked with getting together fifty questions.

So.......

What better way to make them up than asking loads of people if they know a decent question :D

I'd love it if you people could help out and provide questions like this...

Q. What is the only placename in Britain to use an exclamation mark?


Thanks
 
Von Smallhausen said:
In what year were the Metropolitan Police Founded ? 1829.

In what year did Alcatraz prison close ? 1963.

If an RAF officer had the rank of Squadron Leader, what would his Army equivalent be ? Major.

5 US states have a Pacific coastline. What are they ? California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii.

What is the name of the TV private investigator made famous by Tom Selleck ? (Thomas ) Magnum.

What are the 3 largest cities in Britain ? London, Birmingham and Glasgow.
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The US States one is excellent because people (well, I) wouldn't immediately think beyond the mainland. Nice one, I shall use that :)

I'm not too keen on date questions really,but could alter them to "Which famous prison closed in 1963?

Thanks :cool:
 
Greebo said:
Crewe Alexandra, Exeter City, Halifax Town, Oxford United, Wrexham
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That doesn't work. If it's league sides you're after then the answer is only 2. Halifax Town no longer exist, and both Wrexham and Oxford are in the Conference.

If it's all clubs then, well, you could go on forever.
 
Bennie-Mac said:
Whats the state capital of Florida?

Tallehasse, most people think its Miami or Orlando.
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Thats pretty decent, although I'm getting too many american questions.

Would anyone consider this a suitable question?

In which American reality TV show would you hear the catchphrase “Move That Bus”?
 
Muban said:
Which stowaway lived at 32 Windsor Gardens? Paddington Bear
Who invented the Spinning Jenny? James Hargreaves
Name the Wives of Henry VIII of England - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr
Who painted Guernica in 1937? Pablo Picasso
Who was the first person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic from New York to Paris? Charles Lindbergh
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I was about to guess the answers until I quoted your reply and saw them!

I like the wives of Henry VIII :cool:
 
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