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The Friday Multiple Choice Quiz (General Knowledge) #27
Every friday a group of us meet up for a quiz at St.Stephens church cafe, Norwich, Norfolk. Here are ten of the questions asked at last friday's quiz (22/5/2026)
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1. Who was United States president when prohibition was introduced?
Congress passed the bill after over-riding Woodrow Wilson's veto.
Franklin D.Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
Woodrow Wilson
Benjamin Harrison
2. In 1968 which group reached number 2 in the UK singles chart with the song 'Jesamine'?
Cascades
Slade
Casuals
Rolling Stones
3. The Brenner Pass forms the main part of the border between which two countries?
Austria and Italy
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Germany and Austria
Sweden and Norway
4. Which chemical element is named after the country of Japan?
Nipponium
Nagoynium
Nagasakium
Nihonium
5. In 1995 comedian Norman Wisdom was made an honorary citizen of which European capital city
Tashkent
Chisinau
Tirana
Istanbul
6. Which two companies combined forces to produce the first compact disc?
Samsung and HMV
Sony and Philips
Universal and Disney
Sony and IBM
7. Which country's population was 4.05 million in 1781, 8.18 million in 1841, 6.55 million in 1861, and just 4.21 million by 1931?
Ireland
Malta
Greece
Peru
8. Who once famously referred to Margaret Thatcher as "the best man in England"?
Michael Foot
Ronald Reagan
Quentin Crisp
Denis Thatcher
9. Blickling Hall in Norfolk, England is said to be haunted by which one of Henry VIII's wives?
Mary Boleyn
Anne of Cleaves
Anne Hathaway
Anne Boleyn
10. In 2025 Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on goods from the Australian territory of Heard Island. What was fundamentally flawed about this?
The island does not exist
The island is populated by zombies
The island is uninhabited
The island is an exhibiton piece at Legoland in Beijing
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