General Knowledge Quiz - Round 9

 





1. Actress Sue Nicholls has played long-running character Audrey Roberts in which UK TV soap opera?

Coronation Street



2. Which US born actor and playwright created and starred in the musicals Into the Heights and Hamilton?

Lin-Manuel Miranda



3. The Victoria Cross was instituted in which decade? a) 1820’s b) 1850’s c) 1880’s

b) 1850’s



4. A statistician employed to assess risks for an insurance company is called a what?

Actuary



5. In which comedy film of 1994, is the eponymous hero hired to recover the Miami Dolphins’ dolphin mascot?

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective



6. ‘Barnacle Bill the Sailor’ is the theme tune to which long running TV programme?

Blue Peter



7. According to the Chinese calendar 2021 is the year of which animal?

Ox



8. As of May 2021, who is Leader of the House of Commons?

Jacob Rees Mogg



9. Who preceded Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury?

Rowan Williams



10. If something is described as ‘stellate’, what shape does it have?

Star shaped