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The World's Most Difficult Quiz: The King William's College General Knowledge Papers

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for which popular princess was court mourning interrupted by celebrations of the marriage of her niece? following whose death did the king ensure that masses were said in the Auld Kirk in gratitude for the parishioners’ treatment of her mortal remains? Where was construction of a railway bridge halted for three weeks owing to the activities of two man-eating lions?

claimed that he had been taller, but was worn away by the anxieties and struggles of the Reform bill? where was the portable guillotine put to good use in the town square following its transfer from Sophia?who lampooned the archbishop when pronouncing the grace “Great praise to God and little laud to the devil”? where was a lame person cured, resulting in complimentary, but inappropriate, comparison with Jupiter and Mercurius? The quiz has been published in The Guardian Newspaper just before Christmas since 1951 and has quite a devoted following. Answers are published in the same newspaper towards the end of January.

after an epic Manhattan swim, which Olympian made a trail-blazing crossing of the English channel the following year? Jeremy Paxman announced he would be stepping down as host of TV quiz University Challenge after more than 28 years. Who is taking over his role from 2023? is the suggestion that Queen Eizabeth II be known as "the Great" which would be a bit of a slap in the face for Elizabeth I. The UK experienced record-breaking heatwaves in the summer - what was the highest temperature recorded? 39.3 degrees, 40.3 degrees or 41.3 degrees? simple tale did an accident spare the Greenwich observatory but result in the fragmentation of the bomb-carrier?England Women's football team made history by winning their first ever European Championship title this summer, but which team did they beat in the final? Timothy Dalton and Vanessa Redgrave as Archibald and Agatha Christie in the 1979 film Agatha. Photograph: AA Film Archive/Alamy Sergei Rachmaninoff as pianist for a concerto performance in Lucerne (see question 14:8). Photograph: The Art Archive/Alamy 15 Laura Whitmore announced she would be stepping down as host of Love Island, who will be taking over? Birmingham hosted the Commonwealth Games this year, but which country topped the medals table overall?

whose unnatural death is perhaps recalled by airline passengers changing trains when heading for the Tafelhalle? which native antipodean was named after a colleague by an émigré botany graduate from Kiel University? Tyson Fury has twice fought and retained his Heavyweight title this year, despite retiring in between. Who did he beat in in December to take his fight record to 33-0-1? whose parent did the son of Ecgtheow decapitate, having swum to the bottom of the monster-infested lake?Prince William, Kate, George, Charlotte and Louis moved out of Kensington Palace this year - which UK town do they now call home?

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