General Knowledge Quiz - Round 27

 





1. In the nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Six Pence', what was the king doing in his counting house?

Counting out his money



2. Which English football club play their home games at Ewood Park?

Blackburn Rovers



3. Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker were famous names most closely associated with which musical genre?

Jazz



4. Which ministerial office did George Osborne hold between 2010 and 2016?

Chancellor of the Exchequer



5. Which author wrote the novels ‘Starship Troopers’ in 1959 and ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ in 1961?

Robert A Heinlein



6. ‘And now for something completely different’ is a regular quote from which comedy show?

Monty Python



7. Nightlife Thugs was a previous name of which Irish band?

Boomtown Rats



8. Who was Prime Minister immediately before Margaret Thatcher?

James Callaghan



9. What does the ‘C’ stand for in the United Nations organisation known as UNESCO?

Cultural



10. Which famous scientist is quoted as saying ’if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough’?

Albert Einstein