Mastermind Club
Quiz 2024- 9
General Knowledge
Set by Mel Kinsey
Answers
1/ How many European countries have a capital of the same name?
4 (Monaco, San Marino, Vatican and Luxemburg
2/ Who directed the Bond movies Skyfall and Spectre?
Sam Mendes
3/ If you see a Japanese police officer wearing a red armband what does it mean?
They can speak English
4/What colour is the outer ring of an official, Fita-approved archery target?
White
5/What did Tarzan name his son in the 1930 series of movies?
Boy
6/What country has the Internet Top Level Domain .by?
Belarus
7/Which country has sovereignty over the Galapagos Islands?
Ecuador
8/Which musical instrument did Jazz musician Django Reinhardt play?
Guitar
9/On which American state’s flag does the British ´Union Jack´ appear?
Hawaii
10/In darts, what is the lowest score that cannot be finished with three darts?
159
11/What was the first movie based on a Stephen King novel?
Carrie
12/Which small car is named after the muse of history?
(Renault) Clio
13/Which country was the first to win 2 Football World Cups?
Italy 1934 &1938
14/According to Bedevere in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a person is a witch if they weigh exactly the same as which animal?
A Duck
15/Which is the only US state to border both an ocean and one of the Great Lakes?
New York
16/Apart from Wales – what is the only European country to have a dragon on its flag?
Malta (On the George Cross)
17/If you found yourself in the Simpson Desert, in which country are you in?
Australia
18/After Brazil and Argentina, measured by area, what is the third largest country in South America?
Peru
19/The Battle of Minden which took place in 1759 was a decisive engagement in which War?
Seven Years’ War
20/What is the name of the underfloor heating system that was used in ancient Roman bathhouses?
Hypocaust
21/In Greek mythology, who was the Trojan princess cursed with the gift of prophecy but who was never believed?
Cassandra
22/Napoleon Bonaparte won a decisive victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. In which country does the battlefield now lie?
Czech Republic
23/What degenerative disorder of the central nervous system is named after the English doctor who published the first detailed description of it in 1817?
Parkinson’s disease (James Parkinson)
24/From which European country did Rwanda gain independence on 1st July 1962?
Belgium
25/ For which two films did Dustin Hoffman win the Best Actor Oscar?
Rainman & Kramer v Kramer