A Mish-Mash Of General Knowledge Quiz

Answer: Brie

Brie is a soft, white cheese from France known for its creamy consistency and similarity to Camembert. The other three are all famous English cheeses, Stilton being a creamy blue and the other two being hard cheeses.

Answer: Hutch

'Starsky and Hutch' ran from 1975-1979 and starred Paul Michael Glaser as Dave Starsky and David Soul as Ken Hutchinson. Based in California, these two were cool and street-wise cops who often had to bend the rules a little to put away the bad guys. Huggy Bear (played by Antonio Fargas) was their word on the street informer. Makepeace belongs with Dempsey and Lacey belongs with Cagney in two different shows.

Answer: Henry VIII

Anne of Cleves was Henry's fourth wife from six but was the one that not only survived him but also the other five. German born, she was Queen of England from January to July 1540, Henry having the marriage quickly annulled as he was disappointed how different she looked in real life from the portrait he was shown by Hans Holbein the Younger.

After the annulment she was given palaces and led a comfortable life, almost becoming like another sister to the king, a far cry from how some of the other wives were treated.

Answer: Shylock

Eponymous means that a character's name is also in the title of the work. So Cleopatra forms 'Antony and Cleopatra', Romeo forms 'Romeo and Juliet' and Othello forms 'Othello'. Shylock is a character from 'The Merchant Of Venice'.

Answer: The date in December on which Christmas Day falls

The answer is 25. There are three blind mice multiplied by the fourteen from Valentine's Day which makes 42. Adding eight from the octopus tentacles is 50 and halving it makes 25. Christmas Day is December 25.

Answer: Sheep

The Hampshire, Hebridean and Herdwick are three British breeds of sheep. The Hampshire was first bred around 1830 and as the name suggests, originated in the Hampshire Downs. The Hebridean has been around for hundreds of years but came close to extinction in the 1970s.

It has now been taken off the conservation list. It is a black breed of sheep from the Hebrides and Highland areas of Scotland. The Herdwick sheep is native to the Lake District area in Cumbria and has been around since at least the 1100s.

These survived being wiped out from a foot-and-mouth epidemic in 2001 but numbers have since improved.

Answer: Cora

Hawley Harvey Crippen was the first criminal to be caught using transatlantic wireless communication. American by birth, he had lived in London since 1897 with his second wife Cora. He met and hired Ethel Le Neve, a young typist around the turn of the century and she became his mistress a few years later.

After a friend of Cora's notified the police about her suspicions of her sudden disappearance, initial searches of the Crippen house turned up no leads. But Crippen was worried the police knew something so fled with Ethel to Belgium. From there they boarded the SS Montrose and set sail for a new life in Canada. Ethel was disguised as a young boy so as not to arouse suspicion.

However, the captain of the ship recognised them both and asked his telegraphist to inform the British authorities.

Inspector Walter Dew, who had earlier questioned Crippen at his home, boarded the SS Laurentic which was a faster ship than the Montrose and reached Canada first. Crippen was apprehended roughly six months after the murder and brought back to England to stand trial.

After a short deliberation the jury found him guity and Crippen was hung in November 1910 at Pentonville Prison, London.

Answer: Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison was sworn in on March 4 1889 and served just one term as President, leaving on the same date 4 years later. He was the grandson of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President. 25 years before his tenure, he had served in the Civil War for the Union army.

Answer: Tonga

Nuku'alofa is the capital and largest city of Tonga and situated on the island of Tongatapu. The nation gained independence from Britain in 1970 and has had a constitutional monarchy since 1875 but had rulers for hundreds of years previously. Tonga is also known as the Friendly Islands because of their hospitality towards Captain Cook in the 1770s.

Answer: Didier Drogba

The match finished 1-1 in normal time, with extra-time failing to produce any more goals, former Chelsea striker Arjen Robben missing a penalty for Bayern. The resulting penalties were won by Chelsea 4-3 and Drogba's was the last goal he scored for the club before leaving to join clubs in China and Turkey.

He returned to Chelsea in 2014. It was the first final since 1984 where one team had home advantage, the match being played at the Allianz Arena in Munich.