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The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions


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      1 The American G.I. Chris Scott is a major character in which musical?

      2 The “Radiant Baby” was the trademark of which US street artist (1958–90)?

      3 Which general created and first hoisted Argentina’s national flag?

      4 Who is the only canine member of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five?

      5 According to Sir John Seeley, what was “acquired in a fit of absence of mind”?

      6 In 1885, what was first tested on the nine-year-old boy Joseph Meister?

      7 Symantec is the world’s largest maker of what type of software?

      8 Which Elvis Presley hit was simply O Sole Mio with a new lyric?

      9 What symbol links the flags of Vietnam, Somalia and Suriname?

      10 In which play does Martin Dysart evaluate the boy Alan Strang?

      11 Rosemarie Frankland was the first British winner of which title?

      12 Shark Tank is the American version of which BBC Two show?

      13 Which Allen Ginsberg poem opens: “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness”?

      14 In geology, what term is used for soil at or below the freezing point of water for two or more years?

      15 Which Dutch company is Europe’s largest brewer?

      16 Which Irish province has the greatest number of native Irish speakers?

      17 Which Old Testament book contains both the shortest and longest chapters in the Bible?

      18 Nicknamed ‘The Bayonne Bleeder’, which boxer claims to have inspired the film Rocky?

      19 Which French alpine skier won the first two overall World Cup titles, in 1967 and 1968?

      20 Name the pictured knife –

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      1 The famous feline Tardar Sauce (b. 2012) is known by which internet name?

      2 Which US actor (1919–93) was key in creating London’s new Globe Theatre?

      3 Who did Joyce describe as the “one-handled adulterer” in Ulysses?

      4 Wootz, Damascus and Noric are renowned types of which alloy?

      5 Sir Thomas Bertram owns which estate in an 1814 novel?

      6 Which throwing device has a dingle arm, a lift arm and an elbow?

      7 Who was assassinated as she walked to an interview with Peter Ustinov?

      8 What is the nearest “yellow dwarf ” to Earth?

      9 The strangulation of Mrs. Boyle at the end of Act 1 is central to which play’s plot?

      10 The organ of Corti is found where in mammals?

      11 Which motorcycle gang TV drama was set in the Californian town of Charming?

      12 Which Japanese structure is the world’s tallest tower?

      13 “Discovered” in 1824 by the Scottish merchant Robert Hunter, Chang and Eng Bunker were the original what?

      14 Roland Berrill and Dr. Lancelot Ware founded which high IQ society in 1946?

      15 Divers (2015) is the fourth album by which harpist wife of US actor Andy Samberg?

      16 Which king supposedly said: “Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?”?

      17 Giacomo Meyerbeer’s last opera, L’Africaine, is about which Portuguese explorer?

      18 Which country plays the All Blacks for rugby’s Freedom Cup?

      19 Which future Baroness became managing director of Birmingham City FC in 1993?

      20 Name the South African-born entrepreneur in the picture –

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      1 Zest from the Femminello St. Teresa or Sorrento lemon is traditionally used to make which liqueur?

      2 Featuring stewed beef, which Cuban dish’s name means ‘old clothes’?

      3 S. Daniel Abraham created which diet drink brand in 1977?

      4 Which spirit derives its name from the Dutch for ‘burnt wine’?

      5 Which Swiss chocolatier invented the process of making milk chocolate?

      6 What is the main ingredient of hummus?

      7 Pat and Harry Olivieri supposedly invented which Philadelphia snack?

      8 Sichel launched which kitsch German wine brand in 1923?

      9 Miami cardiologist Arthur Agatston promotes which diet?

      10 Rocamadour and Montrachet are varieties of what food?

      11 What fruit is used in the dessert Tarte Tatin?

      12 Associated with New Orleans, what type of snack is a beignet?

      13 André Balazs opened which London restaurant and hotel in 2013?

      14 Red Star is a popular brand of which