General knowledge quiz
HISTORY
1 Which former British prime minister was the
first to use the term ‘Iron Curtain’?
2 Which British monarch died in 1901?
3 Of which ancient country was Hatshepsut
ruler?
4 The Monument in London was designed by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate which event of 1666?
5 In which American city was there a famous
‘Tea Party’ in 1773?
6 Whose assassination was investigated by the
Warren Commission?
FILM & MUSIC
7 In which country did Mariachi bands
originate?
8 Who directed the films Nuts in May, Abigail's
Party and Secrets & Lies?
9 Which 2004 computer-animated comedy followed a family of superheroes forced to live like a normal suburban family?
10 Which Irish band is made up of siblings
Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim?
11 Which 1994 black and white Kevin Smith comedy presents a day in the life of store workers Dante and Randal?
12 Who sold “cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o"
in a popular song?
SCIENCE & NATURE
13 What disease is also known as hydrophobia or
lyssa?
14 Which continent is the chinchilla native to? 15 What type of flightless bird is a gentoo? 16 Halley’s Comet revolves around the sun in a period of approximately how many years 17 Retinitis pigmentosa is a hereditary disease of
which part of the body?
18 In which part of the human body is bile
stored?
SPORT & LEISURE
19 In which Scottish town is Queen of the South
Football Club based?
20 A patzer is a poor player of which game? 21 Which US golfer was nicknamed The Hawk? 22 In 1956, at which ground did Jim Laker take 19
wickets in a Test match again Australia? 23 How many players make up a handball team? 24 In National Hunt racing, the Cheltenham
Festival is held annually in which month?
GEOGRAPHY
25 Of which European country is the island
Lesbos a part?
26 What is the capital of Guatemala?
27 On which continent is Lake Tanganyika? 28 In a desert, what is a seif?
29 Which American city is nicknamed the Mile
High City due to its elevation?
30 Which body of water does France’s river Seine
empty into?