General Knowledge Quiz No. 20

[Carl]

• 1. In what year did the first colour supplement to a Sunday newspaper appear ?

• 2. Which Oscar winning screenplay writer also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Superman 2 ?

• 3. In 1985, which entertainer made the first ever mobile phone call in Britain ?

• 4. In what year was the hot air balloon invented ?

• 5. In what year was DNA discovered ?

• 6. In what year was NATO formed ?

• 7. By what name is singer Pauline Matthews better known ?

• 8. In what year did Ladislao Biro invent the ballpoint pen ?

• 9. In what year did MPs first receive a salary ?

• 10. In what year was the television invented ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[freddo]

3 Terry Wogan
10 1927

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In what year did the first colour supplement to a Sunday newspaper appear ? 1962

• 2. Which Oscar winning screenplay writer also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Superman 2 ? Mario Puzo

• 3. In 1985, which entertainer made the first ever mobile phone call in Britain ? Ernie Wise

• 4. In what year was the hot air balloon invented ? 1783

• 5. In what year was DNA discovered ? 1953

• 6. In what year was NATO formed ? 1949

• 7. By what name is singer Pauline Matthews better known ? Kiki Dee

• 8. In what year did Ladislao Biro invent the ballpoint pen ? 1946

• 9. In what year did MPs first receive a salary ? 1911

• 10. In what year was the television invented ? 1926