BRAMBLETYE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PAPER

November 2010

NAME……………………………………………………
You are not expected to know everything – but do have a go at all the questions!
In each case you simply underline or circle the answer which you think is correct.

1. Which of these is NOT a Teletubby?

Tinky Winky Dipsy Whoopsy La La

2. Which of Doctor Who’s assistants was played by Billie Piper?

Rose Sarah Jane K9 Chief Dalek

3. What is the name of the Prime Minister?

Nick Clegg Ed Milliband David Caneron Barack Obama

4. What type of animal are Gnasher, Lassie and Pongo?

Pig Dog Cat Mouse

5. What is the capital city of New Zealand?

Drake Marlborough Nelson Wellington

6. In the word ‘Internet’ what is ‘net’ short for?

Netball Network Netting Nettle

7. According to the poem by Lewis Carroll, what came ‘whiffling through the tulgy
wood?’
Jabberwocky The BFG An alien Krindlekrax

8. What does a builder put in a hod?

Tea Beer Bricks Money

9. Who removed a thorn from a lion’s paw?

Andronicus Androcles Android Andrew

10. Which of these countries shares a border with Portugal?

France Italy Spain Sweden

11. Which is the nearest planet to the Sun?

Mars Mercury Earth Jupiter

12. How many trips did the Titanic complete?

One Ten None 100

13. Between which years did the First World War take place?
1939-1945 1853-1855 1642-1648 1914-1918
14. To the nearest mile, how long is a marathon race?
26 50 33 10

15. How many minutes are there between noon and midnight?
60 360 1000 720

16. How old will the Queen be on her next birthday?

90 85 66 75

17. Which public school was attended by Prince William and Prince Harry?
Gordonstoun Harrow Benenden Eton

18. Which scientist’s picture currently appears on the reverse of a £10 note?
Isaac Newton Charles Darwin Albert Einstein Galileo

19. Noah’s Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat. In which modern country is it?
Syria Israel Turkey Azerbaijan

20. Who had a horse called Marengo?

Napoleon Hitler Stalin Julius Caesar

21. Benedict XVI is the current…what?

US President England football manager Pope X Factor winner

22. Which of these islands is in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland?
Wight Man Sheppey Lindisfarne

23. Which of these years was NOT a leap year?

1956 1914 1928 1992

24. Where do the Greek gods live?

Mount Everest Mount Olympus Mount Etna Ben Nevis

25. Where would you find Adam’s Apple?

On a tree In the supermarket At the top of a mountain In your throat

26. Which TV show is co-presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly?

The X Factor East Enders Spooks Strictly Come Dancing

27. What would you be eating if you indulged in geophagy?

Soil Salt Carrots Ice Cream

28. Which gas is responsible for the bubbles in fizzy drinks?

Nitrogen Oxygen Cyanide Carbon Dioxide
29. Which is the world’s deepest ocean?
Atlantic Pacific Antarctic Indian

30. What was London called in Roman times?

Londinium Capitolium Lindum Urbs Primus

31. How many strings are there on a violin?

Two Four Six Eight

32. What is the largest country in South America?

Argentina Peru Brazil Chile

33. In which country did this year’s Commonwealth Games take place?
Pakistan England Ghana India

34. Which cricketer has scored the greatest ever number of runs in Test cricket?
Ricky Ponting Sachin Tendulkar Chris Martin Brian Lara

35. How many sides does a nonagon have?

Three Five Nine None

36. Who wrote the poem ‘Armistice’?

David Raikes David Beckham Wilfred Owen Michael Owen

37. Which chemical element has the symbol Pb?

Plutonium Phosphorus Lead Palladium

38. What name is given to a baby hare?

Leveret Harelet Harebaby Rabbikin

39. Barack Obama’s best selling book is called ‘The Audacity Of …’ - what?
Russia Money America Hope

40. Which of these is NOT a current pop singer?

Lady Gaga Cee Lo Green Pixie Lott Ducky Twango

41. Which of these is worth two crotchets?

A semibreve A minim A quaver A semiquaver

42. What can be Honeydew, Canteloupe, Water or Ogen?

Lemon Orange Melon Grapefruit

43. Who invented the language for blind people known as Braille?
Louis Braille Bill Gates Bill Blind Braille Jones
44. Who was the first Roman emperor?
Tiberius Hadrian Augustus Constantine

45. What is the collective name for vegetables such as cabbages and sprouts?
Jessicas Brassicas Tapiocas Crunchies

46. What is the nearest National Trust property to Brambletye?

Buckingham Palace Battle Abbey Standen Batemans

47. What is the word used to describe a plant or animal that is both male and female?
Heterodyte Hermaphrodite Neuter Weird

48. Which road runs past the entrance to Brambletye?

A264 M25 A22 B2010

49. How much is 9 x 9 x 9?

999 729 27 90

50. Who discovered the Victoria Falls in 1855?

Doctor Who Doctor Finlay Doctor Watt Doctor Livingstone

51. Which company was responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill earlier this year?
Esso Shell Mobil BP

52. Which country has been hit by the worst floods for 80 years, affecting 20 million
people?
Chile Pakistan Scotland Iceland

53. What does the festival of Eid mark the end of?
Ramadan Easter The Hunting Season Divali

54. How many miners were trapped underground in Chile before being rescued?
23 66 33 10

55. What is the name of David Cameron’s baby daughter?

Nick Davidia Rose Margaret

56. Which band won this year’s Mercury Music Prize?

The Ting Tings The Coors The XX The The

57. Near which New Zealand city did an earthquake take place in September?
Auckland Nelson Wellington Christchurch

58. Which poet thought that ‘Home is so sad’ and finishes his poem with the words
‘That vase’?
Ted Hughes Seamus Heaney Philip Larkin Thom Gunn
59. Where was Dylan Thomas ‘young and easy under the apple boughs’?
Fern Hill Fern Cotton Mill Hill Llareggub

60. Whose home was a stately pleasure dome in Xanadu?

Amir Khan Hashmath Khan Kubla Khan Imran Khan

61. Which poet’s home was Max Gate?

John Donne Thomas Hardy Oliver Hardy John Dryden

62. Which blue liqueur is named after a Dutch Caribbean island?

Peperoni Blue Cuba Curacao Montserrat

63. Which sea shares its name with a Narnian prince?

Azov Aral Red Caspian

64. What is the correct name for ‘counties’ in Switzerland?

Cantons Contours States Caoutchoucs

65. If you were at the North Pole, in which direction would you have to travel to get
to Moscow?
North South East West

66. In Spain, which one of these is a group demanding independence for Basques?
IOTA OPEC ETA THETA

67. Which composer’s first names were Wolfgang Amadeus?

Beethoven Mozart Britten Selleck

68. Who commanded the first expedition to sail around the world?
Magellan Drake Branson Scott

69. Where will you find the Sea of Tranquillity?

The South Pole The North Pole The Moon The Sun

70. When describing a car engine, what does BHP stand for?
Big Heavy Parts Better Have Petrol Brake Horse Power
Boot Hold Pressure

71. Which two countries who do not get on terribly well are separated by a border
known as the 38th Parallel?
North and South Korea England and Scotland USA and Russia
Australia and New Zealand

72. Who famously began a speech with the words ‘I have a dream’?
John F Kennedy Martin Luther King Nelson Mandela Jose Mourinho
73. Which one of these is the patron saint of England?
Patrick George Andrew David

74. Which one of these is the patron saint of Wales?

Patrick George Andrew David

75. On which TV show has Karen Brady replaced Margaret Smallwood?

The X Factor Tracy Beaker The Apprentice Spooks

76. Who is the current Mayor of London?

Tony Blair Prince Philip Boris Johnson Vladimir Putin

77. What will be the cost of the cheapest ticket to see the Opening Ceremony of the
2012 Olympics?
£200 £20.12 £12 £20

78. What was the nationality of the ancient mathematician Euclid?

Roman Persian Indian Greek

79. Who proved that, in any triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum
of the squares of the other two sides?
Euler Pythagoras Archimedes Mr Gomm

80. Who plays Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean films?
Orlando Bloom Andy Serkis Sting Johnny Depp

81. At which public school was the band Keane formed (taking the name from their
favourite dinner lady!)?
Tonbridge Charterhouse Eton Harrow

82. Who said ‘Cogito ergo sum’ or ‘I think, therefore I am’?

Plato Aristotle Descartes Homer Simpson

83. Who was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral in December 1170?

Thomas Aquinas Henry II Robin Hood Thomas a Becket

84. In which year did the Channel Tunnel open?

1894 1945 1994 2000

85. Charlotte Edwards is the captain of the England women’s team in which sport?
Netball Cricket Hockey Lacrosse

86. Who officially opened the Brambletye Sports Hall in the year 2000?
Ted Hankey Ted Nugent Ted Danson Ted Dexter
87. In which TV series did the actor Matt Smith make his debut on New Year’s Day
2010?
East Enders Hollyoaks Total Wipeout Doctor Who

88. What is the capital city of Scotland?

Glasgow Edinburgh London Inverness

89. In the film ‘The Great Escape’, who or what were Tom, Dick and Harry?
Prisoners Soldiers Tunnels Mice

90. Where would you find the faces of four American presidents carved in stone?
Mount Rushmore Mount Everest Mount Noddy Mount Bush

91. What important position is currently held by Rowan Williams?

England football captain Pope Archbishop of Canterbury
Controller of BBC1

92. What is the name of Harry Hill’s comical look at the week’s TV?
TV Teehee TV Funnies TV Burp TV Drivel

93. Who is the world’s number one women’s squash player and current
Commonwealth champion?
Nicole David Nicola Davis Nicky Davies Nicole Dee

94. Where would you expect to find a limpet?

On your face In your tea Stuck to a rock In a tree

95. The Hundred Years War was fought between England and which other country?
Spain Scotland Ireland France

96. Which England rugby player was forced to retire in October due to injury?
Vic Phillips Phil Vickers Phil Vickery Vic Philpot

97. Who made friends with the Seven Dwarves?

Cinderella Snow White Thumbelina Dorothy

98. How many sharps are there in the key of C Major?

Three Two One None

99. Who was the Headmaster of Brambletye before Mr Cocke?

Mr Blencowe Mr Jones Mr Fowler-Watt Mr Chips

100. MACHO 96 in the constellation Sagittarius is an example of…what?

A planet A star An asteroid A black hole

Don’t forget to check that you have answered every question! Good luck!