Saturday General Knowledge Quiz
QUESTIONS
1. Molten rock when it breaks the surface is called lava, what is it called when it is beneath the Earth’s crust?
2. Who was shot and killed outside the Dakota Building, a high rise apartment block in New York in 1980?
3. What are the two main colours on the Spanish flag?
4. In knitting, what does EOR stand for?
5. What name is given to the art of studying and feeling the shape of a person’s skull to judge their character?
6. What does the stew from Liverpool called ‘Scouse’ have in it, which ‘Blind Scouse’ does not?
7. On which planet do you find the Cassini Division?
8. In which decade did Howard Carter discover the tomb of Tutankhamun? A bonus point if you know the exact year
9. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were trained by a character called Splinter. What animal was he?
10. What are the four houses at Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter books? One point for each house
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ANSWERS
1. Molten rock when it breaks the surface is called lava, what is it called when it is beneath the Earth’s crust?
MAGMA
2. Who was shot and killed outside the Dakota Building, a high rise apartment block in New York in 1980?
JOHN LENNON
3. What are the two main colours on the Spanish flag?
YELLOW AND RED
4. In knitting, what does EOR stand for?
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5. What name is given to the art of studying and feeling the shape of a person’s skull to judge their character?
PHRENOLOGY
6. What does the stew from Liverpool called ‘Scouse’ have in it, which ‘Blind Scouse’ does not?
MEAT
7. On which planet do you find the Cassini Division?
SATURN (It is the term used for the gaps between the rings of the planet)
8. In which decade did Howard Carter discover the tomb of Tutankhamun? A bonus point if you know the exact year
1920’s – 1922 to be exact
9. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were trained by a character called Splinter. What animal was he?
RAT
10. What are the four houses at Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter books? One point for each house
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