MONDAY MIXED BAG QUIZ
Every Monday you have 10 Questions with no defined topic and different difficulty levels to test your general knowledge.
QUESTIONS
1. The city of Las Vegas is situated in which US state?
2. The Edison incandescent light bulb used what material as the filament due to its high temperature properties and efficiency over the original carbonised bamboo filaments created by the inventor?
3. Since 2009 who has been the letters and numbers presenter on the TV show, 'Countdown'?
4. Which British comedian was behind the characters 'Loadsamoney' and 'Stavros the Greek'?
5.In Star Wars, which alien race used the Sandcrawler as their mode of transport on Tatooine?
6. Robert Bunsen, the inventor of the Bunsen Burner laboratory equipment, was what nationality?
7. Ex-Labour MP, Ed Balls, is married to which person who is current Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the UK government?
8. Cueta, on the border of Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea is an autonomous region of which country?
9. What is the de facto federal capital city of Switzerland, is it;
A. Bern
B. Geneva
C. Zurich
10. Lewis Hamilton is driving for which team in the 2026 Formula One season?
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ANSWERS
1. The city of Las Vegas is situated in which US state?
NEVADA
2. The Edison incandescent light bulb used what material as the filament due to its high temperature properties and efficiency over the original carbonised bamboo filaments created by the inventor?
TUNGSTEN
3. Since 2009 who has been the letters and numbers presenter on the TV show, 'Countdown'?
RACHEL RILEY
4. Which British comedian was behind the characters 'Loadsamoney' and 'Stavros the Greek'?
HARRY ENFIELD
5.In Star Wars, which alien race used the Sandcrawler as their mode of transport on Tatooine?
JAWAS
6. Robert Bunsen, the inventor of the Bunsen Burner laboratory equipment, was what nationality?
GERMAN (His full name was Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen and he was born in 1811 in Westphalia)
7. Ex-Labour MP, Ed Balls, is married to which person who is current Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the UK government?
YVETTE COOPER
8. Cueta, on the border of Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea is an autonomous region of which country?
SPAIN
9. What is the de facto federal capital city of Switzerland, is it;
A. Bern
B. Geneva
C. Zurich
A. BERN (Switzerland has no official capital city designated in its constitution)
10. Lewis Hamilton is driving for which team in the 2026 Formula One season?
FERRARI (Scuderia Ferrari)