The Jeans for Genes GENEral Knowledge Quiz
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Which member of the Royal Family made a cameo appearance on Coronation
Streets 40th anniversary edition? Prince Charles
2. What is the real life connection between Robbie Ray Stewart and Hannah
Montana? They are father and daughter. Robbie Ray is played by Billie Ray
Cyrus and Hannah is played by his daughter, Miley.
3. Which English Queen had eleven fingers? Anne Boleyn
4. What links Perry Fenwick, Larry Lamb, Charlie Jones and Rita Simons? They’ve
all played members of the Mitchell family in Eastenders
5. How many children did Queen Victoria have? 9
6. Your jeans are made out of denim. But where was it first made? France, in a
town called Nimes
7. In science what do you call the asexual reproduction of a genetic carbon copy
of an animal or plant? Clone
8. Kate Winslet, Minnie Driver and Robert Carlysle have all played patients in
which medical drama? Casualty
9. In what year was the National Health Service founded? 1948
10. How many pairs of chromosomes does each person have? 23 pairs
BLOCKBUSTER ROUND
1. What G was the Ancient Roman name for France? Gaul (Gallia)
2. What E does a praying mantis only have one of? Ear
3. Which N would you visit for a holiday in Hell? Norway
4. What E is the name of the spacecraft that, on 20th July 1969, landed the first
man on the moon? Eagle
5. In which R are we told that 666 is the number of the beast? Revelations
6. What A first went ‘plink-plink-fizz’ in 1931? Alka-Seltzer
7. What T does a Brownie jump over when she becomes a Guide? Toadstool
8. Which I has more than 100 active volcanoes? Iceland
9. What O called himself the ‘one that lov’d not wisely but too well’? Othello
10. What N is the name of the dog in Peter Pan? Nana
MUSIC ROUND
1. Which David Bowie album featured The Jean Genie? Aladdin Sane
2. Zak, Dhani, Julian, Sean, Mary, Stella, James and Beatrice – which illustrious
parents do these children have? Their parents are the Beatles: Zak Starr,
Dhani Harrison, Julian and Sean Lennon, Mary, Stella,James and Beatrice
McCartney
3. Girls Aloud have been shopping and have all bought new pairs of jeans. How
many trouser legs do they have altogether? 10
4. Which group’s first UK top ten hit was ‘Follow you, Follow Me’ in 1978?
Genesis
5. Who was ‘Forever in Blue Jeans?’ Neil Diamond
6. What was the name of the punk band formed by Billy Idol in 1976? Generation
X
7. The three members of 80s girl group Wilson Phillips had famous musical
parents from two bands of the 1960s. Name those bands. The Beach Boys and
The Mamas and the Papas
8. Which song gave Dexy’s Midnight Runners their first number one? Geno
9. The lead singer of this current band has spina bifida and his father is also in the
band? Name them. Mystery Jets
10. Which brother and sister band have sold over 100 million singles and albums
since they formed in the 70s? The Carpenters
X (AND Y) FILES
1.
What does Y.M.C.A stand for?
Young Men’s Christian Association
2.
Which chromosome determines the characteristics of the female gender?
XX
3.
Which black American activist was assassinated in Harlem in 1965?
Malcolm X
4.
How is 99 written in Roman Numerals?
XCIX
5.
Yellow is the third colour of a rainbow. Name the other 6.
Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
6.
Xylotomy, is the preparation of what material for microscopic study?
Wood
7.
What musical instrument is stargazer Patrick Moore well known for playing?
Xylophone
8.
What sport is 'XC' a recognised abbreviation?
Cross-Country
9.
What medical discovery was the German physicist Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen
famous?
X-rays
10.
What is the abbreviation for describing an unexploded bomb?
UXB
THE HIDDEN GENE
Find the ‘gene’ word from the following clues:
1. Not definite, vague
General
2. Munificent, giving
Generous
3. Applicable to a whole group
Generic
4. To bring new life
Regenerate
5. Patron saint of Paris
Genevieve
6. Person of exceptionable ability
Genius
7. Headquarters of the International Red Cross
Geneva
8. Debased, degraded
Degenerate
9. Supreme commander
Generalissimo
10. French dramatist, works included The Maids
Jean Genet
CHILD’S PLAY
1. Name the 7 dwarves? Grumpy, Sneezy, Dopey, Bashful, Doc, Happy, Sleepy
2. How old has the ageless Bart Simpson been ever since the TV show began? 10
3. Which hero of science fiction has two hearts? Doctor Who
4. Which character in one of Roald Dahl’s children’s books was inspired by his
now famous granddaughter? Sophie in the BFG
5. Who owns the copyright of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan? Great Ormond Street
Hospital
6. Which former Blue Peter presenter has a daughter whose hits include ‘Murder
on the Dancefloor’? Janet Ellis
7. Whose alternative career includes writing the children’s books The Adventures
of Abdi and The English Roses? Madonna
8. The Rubik’s Cube is one of the most popular toys on Amazon.co.uk. But in
which year did Ideal Toys first launch it? 1980
9. The box office smash Wall-E is about a little earth-cleaning robot. But what
does Wall-E stand for? Waste Allocation Lift Loader, Earth class
10. The name of which enduring children’s toy translates as ‘play well’? Lego (from
the Danish ‘Leg’ god)
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