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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