General Knowledge Questions and Answers
The July 19 quiz offers a range of general knowledge questions. For instance, a member of the clergy who is knighted does not use a title; the answer is 'None'. The young of a pike is called a jack. American soldiers were known as doughboys in World War I. Lycopene gives tomatoes their red colour. A domestic cat has 18 claws in total (5 on each front paw and 4 on each back paw). The word 'school' is derived from the Greek language. Dan Dare's bumbling batman was named Digby. The Mediterranean Sea does not have tides, unlike all other seas and oceans. Anosmia is the loss of the sense of smell. The garrotting method of capital punishment was last used in Spain in 1974 (the 1970s).
Entertainment Questions and Answers
In entertainment, Napoleon XIV reached No. 4 in the UK in August 1966 with the novelty song 'They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!' Rik Mayall played the role of Richie Rich in the BBC2 sitcom Filthy Rich & Catflap. Muddy Waters, known as the Father of Modern Chicago Blues, was a key figure in post-WWII blues. Burt Reynolds first rose to fame in the TV Western Gunsmoke, playing the blacksmith Quint Asper. The entertainment manager character played by Paul Shane in Hi-de-Hi! was Ted Bovis. Ecky-thump is the secret Lancashire martial art involving hitting unsuspecting people with black puddings, as revealed on The Goodies. Jeremy Brett played the title role in the ITV 80s series Sherlock Holmes. John and Olivia had 7 children in The Waltons: John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Ben, Erin, Jim-Bob, and Elizabeth. Gordon Tracy piloted the submarine Thunderbird 4 in Thunderbirds. Sylvester the cat has the catchphrase 'Sufferin' succotash!'
Additional Questions from July 19
Other questions from this date include: What is the common name for birds of the Alaudidae family? (Answer: larks). Which author of 'The Forsyte Saga' won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932? (John Galsworthy). For which baseball team did both Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth play? (New York Yankees). Robert de Niro won Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part II, and the other two nominees from the same film were Michael V. Gazzo and Lee Strasberg. The chemical symbol for copper is Cu. The River Rhine flows through Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. The three-headed dog guarding Hades is Cerberus. The SI unit of electrical charge, the coulomb, is named after Charles-Augustin de Coulomb. English football team nicknames: The Baggies (West Bromwich Albion), Tangerines (Blackpool), The Cottagers (Fulham), The Toffees (Everton), The Cobblers (Northampton Town). A Norfolk Giant is a type of turkey.
