Easy General Knowledge 35 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The idea of tipping waiters and waitresses

(T)o (I)nsure (P)romptness (tip). The origins of tipping are vague and may have originated from Roman times or when money was first invented.

Answer: Cinderella

Awful Anastasia and dreadful Drizella are two heartless step-sisters of Cinderella who smirk in delight at Cinderella's misfortunes. Lady Tremaine is the spiteful stepmother.

Answer: Agutter

This family drama is based on the story by Edith Nesbit. The other children are Phyllis played by Sally Thomsett and Peter played by Gary Warren. Bernard Cribbins plays the character Perks.

Answer: Gustave

The Eiffel Tower was a landmark built for the Paris Exposition in 1889. Lifts and stairways lead to observation platforms and the tower itself was designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.

Answer: Finland

With eleven percent of the area consisting of lakes together with rivers and canals, Finland provides an extensive network of inland waterways.

Answer: John Lennon

John Winston Lennon (1940-1980) published 'In His Own Write' (1964) and 'A Spaniard in the Works' (1965).

Answer: Ghana

USA and New Zealand are the prime sites in which geysers are found. In Yellowstone National Park, USA, there are over 3,000 geysers and hot springs with Old Faithful geyser once erupting every hour. The Strokkur geyser in Iceland shoots boiling water 70 feet in the air every few minutes. The Waimangu geyser in New Zealand once killed four people because of a violent eruption in 1903.

Answer: Gong

All the words begin and end with the same letter starting at (a) then (b) then (c) to (f). Hence the next in the sequence begins and ends with the letter (g) therefore is 'gong'.

Answer: Israel

Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Siberia, Russia in 1888.

Answer: Paul Daniels

Comedian Russ Abbott once said of him, "Paul Daniels, I think he's magic, rabbits in his jacket and hairs up his nose."

Answer: World War One

All were World War One flying combat aces.

Answer: Adolf Hitler

She was Adolf Hitler's last private secretary who died on 11th February 2002 of cancer.

Answer: Forty

F (6th letter of the alphabet), o (15th), r (18th), t (20th) y (25th)

Answer: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Julie Dawn Cole was twelve when she played the spoilt Veruca Salt who used to stamp her foot and say 'I want it now'. Roy Kinnear starred as Mr Salt and Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka.

Answer: Michael Buerk

Bob Geldof, who was born in 1954, provided aid for famine victims by organizing Live Aid, the greatest live global music event ever televised.

Answer: Russell

Jane Russell was an American leading lady who starred in 'The Paleface'(1948) with Bob Hope and 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1953). Ken Russell is a British director of 'The Boyfriend' (1971) and rock opera 'Tommy' (1975). Theresa Russell was a honey-blonde American actress who in 1982 married director Nicolas Roeg of 'Don't Look Back' (1973) and 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' (1976) starring David Bowie. Willy Russell is a British dramatist who adapted his own plays 'Educating Rita'(1983) and 'Shirley Valentine' (1989) for the screen.

Answer: Cairo (Egypt)

He was born 2nd August 1925 and was the son of a professional soldier. He joined the BBC in 1957 and his famous 'Whicker's World' began in 1958.

Answer: Snowdrops

Galanthus means milk flowers. A galanthophile is a serious collector of snowdrops and the more they can gather in one place, the better.

Answer: Mary Norton

Mary Norton also wrote the children's novel, 'The Borrowers' which was made into a movie starring John Goodman, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent and Ruby Wax.

Answer: Funk

Casimir Funk continued the work of Dutch bacteriologist, Christiaan Eikjman working in the Pasteur Institute in Paris. In 1911 he found that an amine cured Beri Beri. Vital amines or vitamines could also cure scurvy and rickets. He published his research under the title 'Vitamines' which was later shortened to vitamins.

Answer: Supermarket trolley (shopping cart)

He realized that if customers could carry more, they would buy more. The supermarket trolley was born on 4th June 1937 when he asked local handyman Fred Young to make a shopping basket on wheels. The supermarket trolley is known as the shopping cart in North America.

Answer: Houndfish

The houndfish is a name given to various small sharks or dogfish.

Answer: An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Apples may improve cholesterol decreasing cancer and heart attack risks. He is credited with the saying in a speech he gave at the St Louis Expo in 1904 which was witnessed by renowned Ohio apple grower and industry historian Mitch Lynd.
'Eat an apple on going to bed, And you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread.'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Living in Vermont, USA, in the 1890s he invented the game of snow golf. Mark Twain said of golf, that it is a good walk spoilt.

Answer: 193

191 countries are members of the United Nations. Vatican City is independent and is not a member. South Sudan is the world's newest country and became recognized by the United Nations on 9th July 2011. Hope you enjoyed the challenge.