General Knowledge by pjh2
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1 What was/were used at Wimbledon for the first time in 1986?
Yellow tennis balls
 
2 What is the maximum length of bandages a boxer is allowed to wear around his wrists?
36 feet (Just under 11m)
 
3 Where would the 1916 summer Olympic games have been held?
Berlin, Germany
 
Cancelled because of WWI
4 In 2009, which newspaper first released leaked details of parlimentary expenses culminating in the "Expenses Scandal" that prompted the creation of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority?
The Daily Telegraph
 
5 Who, born Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, is a comedian who used her then-manager's surname when he told her to change her name when she first started out?
Joan Rivers
 
6 What is a scrimshaw?
An object made by sailors, typically from whale teeth/bone/
 
7 Who was King of Britain from 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820?
George III
 
8 What is the most northerly city to have staged a FIFA World Cup final?
Stockholm
 
1958
9 Ambulophobia is the fear of what?
Fear of walking.
 
10 Which 1962 novel, made into a film of the same name in 1975 starring Jack Nicholson, was written by Ken Kesey?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest