CambridgeshireLive General Knowledge Quiz

25 tricky quiz questions for your night in

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1. ‘Rats and mice’ is Cockney rhyming slang for what?

2. Who was Henry VIII’s sixth – and last – wife?

3. How many square miles does the Pacific Ocean cover?

4. Which girl group won the X Factor in 2011?

5. Which team did France beat to make them the winners of the 2018 World Cup?

6. Who plays Willy Wonka in the 1971 version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

7. Who wrote The Lady In The Van, a memoir based on the writer’s own experiences that was turned into a 2015 film starring Maggie Smith?

8. How old is Home Alone actor Macaulay Culkin?

9. What are the famous final words from the first Back to the Future film?

10. What role does ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband now hold in the cabinet?

11. Which of the following quotes is attributed to Queen Victoria?

12. Who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women?

13. Which ex-president of the US was once an actor?

14. Which of the following is not a song by British rapper Stormzy?

15. In the American TV show Spongebob, what animal is Sandy Cheeks?

16. Where is the TV series Peaky Blinders set?

17. How many balls, including the white and black balls, are in a traditional game of pool?

18. Where is the 2003 novel The Kite Runner set? The book went on to be turned into a film, which was released in 2007.

19. Seoul is the capital city of which country?

20. Which of the following is a Kate Bush song?

21. Which of the following words is not a name for a group of foxes?

22. In the ancient practice of trepanning, where in the body would a hole be drilled?

23. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously said: “This lady’s not for what”

24. Who painted The Scream?

25. What is the name of the 2022 SZA album, which gained the artist nine nominations in the 2024 Grammy Awards?

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