General Knowledge Quiz - Round 34

 





1. How many inches are there in the unit of measurement Hand?

4



2. Which British serial crime drama originally broadcast on ITV focused on police detectives DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman)?

Broadchurch



3. Hugh Bonneville played which character in the Downton Abbey series?

Lord Grantham



4. Derived from the Mexican word Chaparejos, what is the name for the leather protective trousers worn by cowboys?

Chaps



5. Schnozz, honker and beak are all nicknames for which body part?

Nose



6. Which actor played Richard "Richie" Richard in the 1990s television series ‘Bottom’?

Rik Mayall



7. Which multi-spindle spinning frame, one of the key developments of the industrialisation of textile manufacturing, was invented in 1765 in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire?

Spinning Jenny



8. The final words of which Queen Consort is said to be “ The executioner is, I believe, very expert; and my neck is very slender”

Anne Boleyn



9. Which British children's author wrote Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Witches?

Roald Dahl



10. In the United States, the National Broadcasting Company is better known by which abbreviation?

NBC