Statistics for General Knowledge #09

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Questions	Answer	% Correct
Muscovite is the name given to someone from which city?	Moscow	95%
What colour is the leather on the benches in the UK House of Lords?	Red	95%
The Davis Cup is an international team event for men in which sport?	Tennis	93%
What is considered the largest, thickest and strongest bone in the human body?	Femur	90%
Which US President said 7th Dec 1941 was "a date which will live in infamy"?	Franklin D Roosevelt	85%
Which US TV show, often known as SNL, celebrated its 45th birthday in 2020?	Saturday Night Live	85%
In regular chess, which is the only piece able to 'jump' over other pieces?	Knight	83%
Which Whitney Houston film’s soundtrack album sold over 25 million copies?	The Bodyguard	78%
In 2010, Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of which country?	Australia	75%
La Scala, inaugurated in 1778, is an opera house in which European city?	Milan	75%
Which spirit, whose spelling generally contains an 'e' in the US and Ireland, but not elsewhere, derives its name from the Classical Gaelic word for 'water'?	Whisky / Whiskey	65%
Jacqueline Du Pré is most associated with which musical instrument?	Cello	60%
In the stories by PG Wodehouse, what was the name of Bertie Wooster's valet?	Jeeves	60%
On which date does France celebrate its national day (AKA Bastille Day)?	14th July	58%