Mastermind Club
Quiz 2022
Number 2
General Knowledge
Set by Mel Kinsey
Move Cursor Here
For the answer
1/ Couvade Syndrome is also known as what?
Sympathetic Pregnancy
2/ Which political campaigner and cleric served as General Secretary, and later Chairman, of CND between 1930 and 1990?
Bruce Kent
3/ Which female singer had hits with “Days” “A new England "and" ‘l'here's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis?
Kirsty McColl
4/ How many flavours are there of the subatomic particles called Quarks?
Six
5/ In 1655 which mathematical symbol was introduced b John Wallis?
Infinity
6/ Which female singer had hits with “Running up that hill” ,“Cloud busting” ,“This woman’s work" and "Army Dreamer's”?
Kate Bush
7/ What is the stage name of the actor and comedian Michael Pennington. He has played sit-com characters Wet Eric and the Oracle?
Johnny Vegas
8 Which French politician was President of the European Commission from 1985 t0 1995. He oversaw the introduction of the Single Market between member states?
Jacques Delors
9/Antares is the brightest star in which constellation?
Scorpio
10/ What is the name of the hillside in the Santa Monica mountains on which the famous Hollywood sign stands?
Mount Lee’
11/ The Duveen Galllery, in the British Museum, was specially built to house what?
The Elgin Marbles
12/ Which motor racing driver posthumously won the 1970 F1 World Driver’s Championship?
Jochen Rindt
13/ Which is the smallest city in Scotland by population?
Stirling
14/Which mythological sea monster had its lair at the Lake of Lerna?
The Hydra
15/What was the name of the house band that backed Dr Teeth on the Muppet Show?
Electric Mayhem
16/ Which city, on the Adriatic Sea, used to be known as Ragusa?
Dubrovnik
17/ Played by William B Davis “Cigarette Smoking Man” was the main villain in which TV series?
The X Files
18/Which breed of horse is traditionally associated with the Spanish Riding School in Vienna?
Lipizzaner
19/ What is the name of the former Labour Shadow Culture Secretary who caused uproar in the House of Commons and in the media over her off the shoulder dress?
Tracey Brabin
20/ In the TV series “The Good Life” Tom and Barbara Good’s next door neighbours are called Margo and Gerry but what was their surname?
Ledbetter
21/ The right hand page of a book in printing is known as recto, what is the left hand page called?
Verso
22/ In 1900 the American army physician Walter Reed proved a theory proposed by Carlos Finlay that mosquito’s transmitted which disease?
Yellow Fever
23/ Which U.S. city is about 16 miles upstream from Niagara Falls?
Buffalo, NY
24/ By population which is the largest city on the Mediterranean coast?
Barcelona
25/ Which was the first U.S. city to host the Olympic Games?
St.Louis in 1904