Disclaimer : - My word is final! www.justmaths.co.uk General Knowledge www.justmaths.co.uk 1. By what name is St. Stephens Day better known? Boxing Day 2. How many inches are in a yard? 36 3. Which company produces `Miniature Heroes` chocolates? Cadburys 4. How is the number 1000 represented in Roman numerals? M 5. Multiply this year by last year? 4046132 6. How many spots are there on a dice? 21 7. What is the name of a polygon with 10 sides? Decagon 8. What is the largest number you can make with the numbers 5, 1, 9, 2? 9521 (I will accept 9x5x2x1 = 90) 9. How many years on the throne did the Queen celebrate this year? 60 10,000m and 5,000m (for 2 points) 10. What two events did Mo Farah win at the Olympics? www.justmaths.co.uk Music www.justmaths.co.uk 1. So Solid Crew had how many seconds to go? 21 2. How many members in the4Beatles were there? (Ringo, Paul, John & George for extra points) 3. Which Britney Spears song has the number 1 in the title? Baby ONE more time 4. Which Jay-Z song has a 2 digit number in title? 99the problems 5. How many people wrote the song "Scream", performed by Usher 3 Back in time 6. Which PitBull song was in the film Men In Black III? Loud 7. What does the word “forte” mean? LouisDirection? Tomlinson (he’s 20 and is Birthday is 8. Who is the oldest member of One Christmas Eve) 9. How old is Madonna ? 54 10. The Rolling Stones have been together for how long? 50 years www.justmaths.co.uk Sport www.justmaths.co.uk 1. In which sport would you find a ‘silly mid on’?? Cricket 2. In ten-pin bowling, what name is given to knocking down all ten pins with two balls Spare 3. Who is this? For an extra point what is he? Andy nationality Murray - Scottish 4. What distance is covered in one circuit of a modern outdoor running track? ? 400m 5. What football club is the oldest surviving club? Sheffield Utd 6. How many times has the UK hosted the Olympics? 3 – 1908, 1948 and 2012 7. Who was the first person to run a mile in under 4 mins? Roger Bannister 8. What is a perfect score in gymnastics? 10 9. Which 2 teams compete for The Ashes ? andon England 10. What are the positions of the Australia two players a netball team who are permitted to shoot? Goal Attack (GA) and Goal Shooter (GS) – 2 points www.justmaths.co.uk Science and Nature www.justmaths.co.uk 1. Where in the human body would you find the metatarsals? Foot 2. Which of the following could you use to measure how far you had walked? A Pedometer, A Cryometer or a Micrometer Pedometer 3. In computing what does RAM stand Random for? Access Memory 4. What is the name given to a young lion? A cub 5. Dry ice is a frozen form of which gas? Carbon Dioxide 6. What unit do barometers and weather maps usually display atmospheric pressure in? Millibars 7. In trigonometry, what is calculated by the adjacent over the hypotenuse? Cos 8. Which mineral forms the lead in a pencil? Graphite (will accept Cosine – its proper name) 9. What do 1,000 gigabytes make? Terabyte 10. What is the usual colour of copper sulphate? www.justmaths.co.uk Blue TV and Film www.justmaths.co.uk 1. What character does the winner of I’m a Celebrity play? Janine 2. Woody and Buzz Lightyear are two of Andy’s toys. Who is the next door neighbour that Andy’s toys fear Sid 3. What is the meaning of the phrase “Hakuna Matata”? No worries 4. Which of Forrest Gump’s body parts was wounded, thereby Buttocks sending him home from Vietnam? Sue Barker 5. Who hosts “A Question of Sport”?? 6. In which film does the line “Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Wizard of Oz Kansas anymore” appear? 7. Which children`s television show featured characters of Rainbow George, Zippy and Bungle? Home and Away 8. Which long-running Australian soap is set in Summer Bay? 9. Who played the Vicar of Dibley? 10. Which series did Jack Bauer feature? www.justmaths.co.uk Dawn French 24 www.justmaths.co.uk