General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 How many wives did King Henry VIII of

England have?

2 Which electrician became leader of the Polish trade union Solidarity in 1980, and awarded the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize?

3 Which US president founded the Peace C

in 1961?

4 What name was given to the Nazi regime succeeded the Weimar Republic and end with Germany’s defeat in World War II?

5 Which modern-day country was once hom

the Aztecs?

6 Which mining safety device did British ch

Sir Humphry Davy invent in 1815?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Which British actor starred in The Damne

and Death in Venice?

8 Which US actor starred in Casablanca an

Big Sleep?

9 Which Italian directed film versions of Th

Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Jul 10 Which composer wrote the overture Fing

Cave?

11 To which group of musical instruments d

triangle, cymbals and glockenspiel belong 12 Which US composer wrote Rhapsody in B

SCIENCE

13 Which poisonous halogen gas is represen

by the symbol Cl?

14 In which part of the body can the tibia be

found?

15 Which system of writing for the blind to r by touch is named after the French teach who devised it?

16 In which organ can grey matter and the

cerebrum be found?

17 Which word describes the passage of all o part of an astronomical body into the sha of another?

18 In which scale is the temperature of boili

water taken as 212 degrees?

WORDS

19 Which supernatural being takes its name

the German for noisy ghost?

20 What does a lepidopterist collect?

21 To which animals does the adjective cani

relate?

22 What is the technical term for loss or

impairment of memory?

23 What is a champignon?

24 Which specialist division of the Army is k

by the initials SAS?

UK

25 Which English city is famous for its Georg

architecture such as the Royal Crescent? 26 In which English county is the village of

Tolpuddle, famous for its trade union ma 27 Which event planned by Prince Albert too

place in the Crystal Palace in 1851?

28 Which official of the House of Lords sum

MPS to hear the Queen’s Speech?

29 Who became the first monk to hold the o

of Archbishop of Westminster in 1976?

30 Which uncompromising and outspoken minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster became leader of the Democrat Unionist Party in 1971?