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27/09/2010

British Isles

 15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter.  Each answer contains (often hidden) the name of one of the islands off mainland Britain.  Make your choice.

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Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number.  Each answer contains (often hidden) the name of one of the islands off mainland Britain.

1.

Dancing

2.

Charities

3.

Periodicals

4.

English

geography

5.

Calendar

6.

TV

personalities

7.

Sports

8.

Football

9.

1960s

pop music

10.

Cuisine

11.

Anthropomorphism

12.

Games

13.

Botany

14.

Medieval

monarchs

15.

Fish
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Dancing

What would you dance to this?  (click to play)
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2.

Charities

What is the name of the British charity for blind ex-service personnel?
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3.

Periodicals

Which literary journal was published between 1894 and 1897 and had as its first art director Aubrey Beardsley?
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4.

English geography

What name is given to the stretch of English coastline that runs from Orcombe Point near Exmouth in East Devon to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in East Dorset?
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5.

Calendar

What is the traditional English name for the Monday that precedes Ash Wednesday?
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6.

TV personalities

Which British TV personality, and Radio DJ, released The Bucket of Water Song in the 1970s?
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7.

Sport

In 2008 who beat Rebecca Adlington and Lewis Hamilton to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?
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8.

Football

Which footballer had spells with (in chronological order) Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham, Sydney and Sunderland before retiring in 2009?
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9.

1960s pop music

         Which group can you hear?  (click to play)
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10.

Cuisine

The name of which food dish means literally ‘pepper water’ in tamil?
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11.

Anthropomorphism

Who is this?
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12.

Games

In 1947 Peter Adolph launched a new game for boys onto the market which he named after the bird of prey, the Eurasian Hobby.  What was the game called?
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13.

Botany

What is this plant?
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14.

Medieval monarchs

On Christmas Day 800 the Carolingian, Charles I, became what?
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15.

Fish

What sort of fish is this?
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