General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Who famously circled the globe in the Go

Hind?

2 Which country used kamikaze pilots in Wo

War Two?

3 Corazon Aquino was president of which

country 1986-92?

4 Which English city was bombed for 57

consecutive nights during the Blitz?

5 How many British kings have been called

George?

6 Who claimed to have had an annus horrib

in 1992?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Which American comedian starred in the film The Cat and the Canary?

8 Who wrote Roll Over Beethoven?

9 Who starred in 1989 baseball movie Field Dreams?

10 Which orchestral percussion instrument produces the lowest sound?

11 Which Australian screen idol played a run in Gallipoli?

12 Which classic 1974 adventure movie starr Paul Newman in a blazing building?

SCIENCE

13 What is the term given to the liver compl

which is often associated with alcoholism

14 How is deuterium oxide better known?

15 Which device, patented by American lawy Carl Magee, appeared in London streets i 1958?

16 Which instrument is used to record earth

tremors and earthquakes?

17 In which part of the body would you find

cochlea?

18 Which chemical compound is used in bak

powder, fizzy drinks and medicinal antaci

WORDS

19 What is the legal term for defamation in writing, print or pictures?

20 What does RIBA stand for?

21 Which alphabet is used in the Russian language?

22 For what, in the arts world, does RSC stan

23 What is the chief language of Brazil?

24 What do the initials IVF stand for?

UK

25 Of which political party was Hugh Gaitske leader from 1955 to 1963?

26 Kingston-upon-thames is the administrat centre of which county?

27 Which Welsh city lies at the mouth of the River Taff?

28 Dartmouth can be found in which English county?

29 In which year was the late Queen Mother born?

30 What is Britain’s national bird?