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00:00Well, hello there, my little cherubs. Welcome for another quiz. I guess that's what you want because you press play.

00:07So, here we go with another quiz. This is general knowledge. Some of the questions are pretty decent.

00:13Some of them are, well, you know, maybe not so bad. But hopefully you'll get the answers to at least half of them.

00:21Write your answers down. We'll do the answers after all the questions have been asked.

00:26So, what do you say? Shall we get on with it?

00:30Question number one. Russell Crowe has claimed to be a direct descendant of whom?

00:37Russell Crowe has claimed that he is a direct descendant of whom?

00:40You don't have long on this quiz, so write your answer down really quickly.

00:46Question number two. The BFI in London has put a blanket trigger warning on a season of films that include movies from which popular franchise?

00:56Is it A. James Bond? Is it B. Avengers? Is it C. Pirates of the Caribbean? Or is it D. Bridget Jones' Diaries?

01:05Which one of those series of movies has a blanket warning from the BFI in London?

01:14Question number three. Which country is that?

01:17Down there where the arrow's pointing? Name that country. Go on, write it down. Be quick. There's not long.

01:25I'll give you a clue. It's not Greenland.

01:32Question number four. Which US state is that?

01:35Yes, where is that little arrow's pointing?

01:38Yes, the blue one.

01:40Where is that? What state is that?

01:43I'll give you a clue.

01:46It's not Washington.

01:50Question number five. Which of these Belgian cities is farthest north?

01:54Is it Bruges? Is it Gwent? Is it Brussels? Or is it Liège?

02:01Which of those is the furthest north in Belgium?

02:07Bruges, Gwent, Brussels or Liège?

02:11Question number six.

02:14What was the most watched television program on the UK TVs on Christmas Day in 2024?

02:21Was it A, Doctor Who? Was it B, Call the Midwife?

02:25Was it C, Kevin and Stacey? Or was it D, the King's Speech?

02:28Make your decision right now.

02:31We'll move on.

02:34Question number seven.

02:37What is the capital of Albania?

02:39What is the capital of Albania?

02:40Skopi, Pristina, Prokka, Triana.

02:44What do you reckon?

02:45A, B, C or D?

02:47Lock your answers in.

02:48I'm going to go to the next slide.

02:51Any moment now.

02:54Ooh, this is a difficult one.

02:56Question eight.

02:57What was Rasputin's first name?

03:00No, not just any old Rasputin, but the famous one who was shot in 1916

03:05and was ultra friendly with the Tsar's wife, if you know what I mean.

03:09What was his first name?

03:12Looks right side.

03:14Nice beard though.

03:16Be quick.

03:17Question number nine.

03:21Which comedian starred in the 2009 film Bruno and is also known for his satirical characters

03:27such as Ali J and Borat?

03:29Is it A, Russell Brand, B, John Oliver, or C, Sacha Baron Cohen?

03:35Which one do you think it is?

03:37Starring Bruno.

03:39Also was Ali J and Borat.

03:42Which one of those was it?

03:44Question number ten.

03:45The iconic British fashion designer, known for her punk-inspired designs and her close association

03:52with the Sex Pistols, was whom?

03:55Stella McCartney, Mary Quant, Vivian Westwood.

03:58Write your answer down.

03:59I don't know either.

04:03Don't ask me.

04:05Question number eleven.

04:07The British TV drama Call the Midwife is set in which London neighbourhood?

04:13The British TV drama Call the Midwife is set in which London neighbourhood?

04:19The British actor starred in A Single Man, The King's Speech, and also played Mr. Darcy in

04:33the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

04:38Who was he?

04:39Such a fine actor.

04:41Distinguished chap.

04:43Well recognisable.

04:45Who is he?

04:46Write your answer down.

04:47We're moving on to question number thirteen.

04:49Which is?

04:50Name the director of the F1 movie which starred Brad Pitt.

04:56Who a matron?

04:58Name the director of the F1 movie which starred Brad Pitt.

05:03There's a little clue there on the screen.

05:06Here it says, the director of Top Gun Maverick.

05:10So if you know that, you know the answer to that question.

05:13Ooh, question number fourteen.

05:16Name that country.

05:17Name the country where the arrow is pointing to.

05:20I'll give you a clue.

05:22It's not Greenland.

05:28Question number fifteen.

05:31Can you name Norway's capital?

05:33Can you name Norway's capital?

05:37What is it?

05:38Ooh.

05:41It's a difficult question.

05:43Question number sixteen.

05:46Who comes next?

05:48James, Zachary, Millard, Franklin, James.

05:52And then who?

05:53Who's next?

06:03That might be a bit difficult.

06:06Well, if you like your history, maybe not.

06:10Question number seventeen.

06:13Who wrote the novel The Thursday Murder Club?

06:16Who wrote the novel The Thursday Murder Club?

06:20It also launched a series of books along the same theme with the same murder club.

06:26So, who wrote it?

06:28Question number eighteen.

06:30Ooh, this is a difficult one.

06:32What is the longest river in the world?

06:35What is the longest river in the world?

06:39I'll give you a clue.

06:41It's not The Ooze.

06:43Time's up.

06:50Moving on.

06:51Question number nineteen.

06:53Do you know what year the Berlin Wall fell?

06:58Do you know what year the Berlin Wall fell?

07:03Ooh.

07:04That's a long time ago.

07:10Question number twenty.

07:12Which river is the longest?

07:15Is it A, the Danube, or B, the Zambezi?

07:19Which river is the longest?

07:21Is it A, the Danube, or is it B, the Zambezi?

07:25Flippin' Nora.

07:26That's difficult.

07:28What do you reckon?

07:29Write it down.

07:30Get ready for the answers.

07:34You've got some thinking time.

07:35I've got some tea drinking time.

07:40Righty-ho.

07:43Russell Crowe has claimed he's a direct descendant of Simon Fraser,

07:48who was the last man to be executed by beheading in England.

07:51Well, there we go.

07:56Gosh.

07:58James Bond is the movie franchise which has got a blanket trigger on.

08:03It says contains language, images, or other content that reflects views prevalent at the time,

08:11but will cause offence today.

08:14Hmm.

08:15I'm not sure it will cause offence.

08:17Yeah, dated.

08:18But then again, anything made in those days is dated now,

08:21because that's the way time moves forward.

08:24Question number three.

08:27The country that the arrow was pointing to was Australia.

08:30Of course it was down there at the bottom.

08:34That state that the arrow was pointing to was Florida.

08:37Hello, Florida.

08:39Question five.

08:40Bruges is the furthest north of all of those Belgian cities.

08:44It's much nearer the coast than any of the other cities on that list.

08:48Question number six.

08:49Gavin and Stacey was the most watched TV show on UK TV on Christmas Day 2024,

08:57with 12.5 million viewers.

09:01That's a lot of sets of eyes.

09:05Tirana is the capital of Albania.

09:08There we go.

09:09It's been inhabited since prehistoric times.

09:15Rasputin's first name.

09:17Grigori.

09:18Grigori.

09:19Question number nine.

09:23Sasha Baron Cohen played Bruno and was Ali G and Borat.

09:29Question ten.

09:31Vivian Westwood was the designer.

09:34Bit of punky snish and closely associated with the Sex Pistols.

09:40Call the Midwife is set in the London neighbourhood of Poplar.

09:45It's an East End.

09:47I didn't get it.

09:47Ah, the lovely Colin Furr starred in A Single Man and The King's Speech,

09:54as well as playing Mr. Darcy and a whole host of other roles.

09:58Thank you, Colin.

09:59Thank you, Colin.

09:59Question number thirteen.

10:01F1 movie, which starred Brad Pitt.

10:05Oh, of course it was Joseph Kaczynski.

10:08Good gosh.

10:09Well, there we go.

10:12He did Maverick, Top Gun Maverick, and a load of other movies as well.

10:16Well done, Joseph.

10:17Good man.

10:18What was that country where the arrow was pointing to?

10:22Well, it was Norway.

10:23The clue was in question number fifteen that followed, because I asked you, what was Norway's capital?

10:29And that was Oslo, which also happens to be the most popular city in Norway.

10:35It's very expensive though.

10:38Who came next?

10:39Well, it was Abraham.

10:40If you didn't get it, they were all US presidents in order from 1845 to April 1865.

10:48James K. Pollock, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and Abraham Lincoln.

11:02Gosh, that was pretty difficult.

11:05Extra gold point if you got it right, as you'd think you did, because you, you are supremely clever.

11:13At number seventeen, Richard Osman wrote the Thursday Murder Club book, as well as all the series of books that have come after it.

11:20Well done, Richard.

11:23The longest river in the world is the Nile.

11:26Yes, the Nile.

11:29Number nineteen, the Berlin Wall fell in November.

11:33Nineteen.

11:35Oh, when did it fall?

11:37It's gone.

11:39Nineteen eighty-nine.

11:42Flippin' Nora.

11:44That's a long time ago.

11:46The longest river is the Danube at 1,795 miles.

11:52Zambezi is 1,703 miles.

11:56So, my little friends, how did you do?

11:58Tot up your scores, work it out, leave it in the comments if you want to.

12:03Gold star for you if you got the President Abraham Lincoln.

12:07Never mind if he didn't.

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12:17Until the next time we're together again.

12:19Take care of yourself.

12:21Toodle pip.

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