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quizballs 72 - free general knowledge quiz - questions and answers for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes

Titan and Ganymeade are what in our Solar System? Moons (of Saturn and Jupiter)
In the first episode of the TV series Dallas which character took his new wife home to meet his family? Bobby Ewing (Pam was his wife)
How many players in total are bound together from both sides in forming a rugby union scrum? Sixteen
Which English county is known locally as Kernow? Cornwall
Pogonophobia is a fear of what (usually) male characteristic? Beards
What does an arctophilist collect: shrunken heads, teddy bears, tiny boats made from sugar, or antique door-frames? Teddy bears
Who was the last surviving of the literary Bronte sisters? Charlotte
Which Guns 'n' Roses song is based on a short story by Del James called Without You? November Rain
In which year was the Wall Street Crash? 1929
Lake Van is in which European country? Turkey
In a theatre what is the job of a visagiste? Make-up artist
Who runs the Greendale post office in the children's TV show Postman Pat? Mrs Goggins
In Greek mythology what is a nymph called who inhabits a wood or a tree? Dryad
In cricket what is a batsman's score of nought commonly called? A duck
GBJ is the international vehicle registration for where? Jersey
What is the fruit of the blackthorn (prunus spinosa)? Sloe
What would a silkworm grow to become if permitted to do so? Silkmoth (the worms are boiled in their silk cocoons before they can emerge as moths, or the threads of the cocoons would be damaged)
The Domesday Book was made by order of which English monarch? William the First (William the Conqueror, ordered in 1085, published 1086)
Who played Dr Who in the 1965 film Dr Who and the Daleks? Peter Cushing
What is the medical condition in which a person has an extreme tendency to fall asleep at inappropriate times? Narcolepsy
Which country was previously called Siam? Thailand
Who wrote the novel The Murders in the Rue Morgue? Edgar Allan Poe
Which singer and winner of the 2002 Mercury Music Prize was born Niomi McLean-Daley? Ms Dynamite
Which retail chain changed their corporate font in 2009 from Futura to Verdana? IKEA
What is the standard duration of a chukka in the sport of field polo? Seven minutes
What is the title of the first James Bond film? Dr No (1962)
Who was the first president of independent Russia (as distinct from USSR, the Soviet Union)? Boris Yeltsin (1992)
What merchant bank collapsed in 1995 due to unauthorised debts accumulated by trader Nick Leeson? Barings
In the US and Canada, Labor Day falls on the first Monday of which month? September
What was the name and call-sign of the Apollo Eleven lunar module? Eagle

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