Last night at the Christmas Party, I did a quiz for the Shiny Media staff. On request, here are the questions from the general knowledge round. Remember, they didn’t have access to Google or Wikepedia…

1. What is the name of Tin Tin’s dog?

2. On a Monopoly board, what colour is The Angel Islington?

3. Margaret, Josephine, Elizabeth and Amy March are better known as what?

4. Brompton Road, South Harrow and York Road are closed stations on which Tube line?

5. The Piazza San Marco is a famous square in which city?

6. Who presented the MTV Video Music Awards this year?

8. In which area of London did Tim Bisley and Daisy Steiner live?

9. From 1600 – 1854 only one European nation could trade with Japan. Who was it?

10. John Everett Millais, Frederic George Stephens,and Thomas Woolner were part of which artistic movement?

11. Which 19th-century French author’s grandmother was a former Afro-Caribbean slave?

12. Name all the original Thundercats.

13. Which three teams were relegated from the Barclay’s premiership last season?

14. Which artist & designer famously added graffiti to Louis Vuitton bags shortly before his death?

15. Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine are part of which group of elements?

16. Who won the ‘Best Actress’ award at the 2008 Academy Awards?

17. In 2004, who dumped her boyfriend of 43 years for a surfer called Blaine?

18. What is a Shrike?

19. Which American post-modern author, the writer of Infinite Jest, hung himself earlier this year?

20. What was the name of the home of the Gods in Norse mythology?

21. Which group are Scott Summers, Bobby Drake and Hank McCoy part of?

22. What does DHTML stand for?

23. What marmalade substitute did Paddington Bear recently try in his sandwiches?

24. George Bailey is the main character in which festive film?

25. George Bush, Cameron Diaz, Eliza Dushku and Kelly McAuliffe…who’s the odd one out and why?