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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Mixed 15 Q. Difficult : The Joy of Knowledge

Introduction:
"Another fifteen questions to increase your general knowledge and perhaps impress your friends and family."


1. Which working-class family resided in the terraced premises of 30, Kelsall Street, Liverpool, England?
    The Buckets (Keeping Up Appearances)
    The Bradys (The Brady Bunch)
    The Boswells (Bread)
    The Parkinsons (Butterflies)


2. Which of the following was associated with a different type of hat?
    Stan Laurel
    Sherlock Holmes
    Oddjob (Goldfinger's side-kick)
    Charlie Chaplin


3. A white rhino is grey in colour so what does the 'white' refer to?
    Its tail
    Its excrement
    Its underbelly
    Its mouth


4. Clive Dunn played Corporal Jones in 'Dad's Army'. How old was he when he first portrayed this character part?
    late 30s
    late 50s
    Late 40's
    late 60s


5. Which character is associated with J Wellington Wimpy, Swee'Pea, Ham Gravy and Bluto?
    Popeye
    Dennis the Menace
    Sergeant Bilko
    Desperate Dan


6. A turophile is a lover or connoisseur of which of the following?
    Horror movies
    The Renaissance of Turin
    Turnips
    Cheese


7. Which British athlete was born in St Andrews, Jamaica?
    Daley Thompson
    Roger Bannister
    Sebastian Coe
    Linford Christie


8. Who said, "I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost three days already"?
    Paul Daniels
    Jack Daniels
    David Copperfield
    Tommy Cooper


9. Name the celebrity lawyer known as 'Mr Loophole' who has defended a string of celebrity clients including Sir Alex Ferguson and snooker's Ronnie O'Sullivan?
    Nick Freeman
    Nick Parsons
    Nick Nickleby
    Nick Nack


10. Chose the red-coloured fruit with prominent scales and a thin rind which encases a large mass of sweetly flavoured red and white pulp?
    Phoenix pear
    Dragon fruit
    Gryffindor plum
    Horseradish


11. Name the largest burrowing herbivorous mammal which is classified as vermin by the Australian state of Victoria?
    Numbat
    Wombat
    Tasmanian devil
    Cassowary


12. What appears next in this sequence:
ALBAN, ALGER, AUSTRAL, AUSTR, ________ ?
    BOLIV
    BANGLA
    BELG
    BULGAR


13. Complete the following quotation by American James Thurber who was an author, cartoonist and satirist:
"I hate ________ because they always know where things are?"
    women
    kleptomaniacs
    surgeons
    magicians


14. Which television programme featured Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara and Aunt Harriet?
    Yogi Bear
    Skippy
    Top Cat
    Batman


15. Who featured in the 'Cat and Mouse Act' of 1913?
    Harry Houdini
    Suffragettes
    Pied Piper of Hamelin
    King Edward VIII


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