General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Who was the first English printer?

2 Who was elected president of the United

States in 1988?

3 Which building designed by Joseph Paxto the Great Exhibition of 1851 burned down 1936?

4 Which English actress and orange-seller w

mistress of King Charles II?

5 The Hindenburg Line was a defensive ba

built by the Germans in which war?

6 Who became president of Iraq in 1979?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Which Tchaikovsky ballet tells the story o Odette, a princess under a sorcerer’s spe who falls in love with Prince Siegfried?

8 Which 1990 film starred Morgan Freeman Hoke Colburn, chauffeur to Jessica Tandy elderly Jewish widow?

9 Who had a 1993 number one hit with

Oh Carolina?

10 Which US rock band released the 1989 si

Paradise City?

11 Which 1959 Disney film features a prince

called Aurora?

12 The 2010 film The Social Network charts

rise of which website?

SCIENCE

13 Of what is palaeontology the study?

14 What colour is sulphur?

15 Which is the lowest prime number?

16 How many dots represent S in Morse cod 17 What makes up the outer layer of human

teeth?

18 What is the technical name for the

collarbone?

SPORT & LEISURE

19 In which sport might you see a Salchow o

Axel?

20 Which Texas city has an American footba

team called the Cowboys?

21 According to tradition, which games were

held in 776 BC?

22 Which English batsman did Shane Warne

dismiss with his first ball in a Test in Engl 23 From which European capital do the foot

team Ajax come?

24 With which game is Emanuel Lasker

associated?

UK

25 The Minack open-air theatre is built into t

cliffs of which county?

26 In which year was Queen Elizabeth II bor 27 Which famous London department store’s address is 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge?

28 Milk bottles containing creamy milk from Jersey or Guernsey cows have what colo foil lids?

29 Where in Britain are the Black Mountains 30 What is the largest city in Scotland?