General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Of which African country was Colonel Ga head of state?

2 Which king did Eleanor of Castile marry?

3 In what year did the Falklands War take p

4 Of which war was the Battle of Gettysbur one of the most important battles?

5 What were the people who fought in anc Roman amphitheatres called?

6 Which American general’s ‘last stand’ wa the Battle of Little Bighorn?

FILM & MUSIC

7 With which musical instrument was Jasc Heifetz associated?

8 Who directed the film Dr Strangelove?

9 Which US film director noted for his West was born Sean O’feeney?

10 Of which Australian pop group was Micha Hutchence lead singer?

11 Which singer-songwriter recorded the alb Blood On The Tracks?

12 Which US jazz singer became famous wit song A-tisket, A-tasket?

SCIENCE

13 By what name was the apatosaurus form known?

14 What is the lightest gas?

15 What is the unit used in measuring nucle explosives that is equal to an explosion o million tons of TNT?

16 What number is represented by the Rom numeral L?

17 What name is given to chemical compoun of carbon and hydrogen?

18 How many yards are there in a statute m

WORDS

19 What is the American equivalent of a

postcode?

20 Which disease was named from the form

belief that it was caused by bad air?

21 What name was given to a member of th

Japanese warrior caste?

22 What word is given to the practice of

voluntarily abstaining from eating?

23 What name is given to the covering, padd

and stuffing of seating and beds?

24 In law, what name is given to an attack on

person’s reputation by libel or slander?

UK

25 To the nearest hundred miles, as the crow flies, how far is John O’groats from Land End?

26 By what name are soldiers of the Royal Engineers known?

27 Which royal residence includes St George Chapel?

28 Of which Welsh city is Tiger Bay a suburb

29 Who was elected leader of the Liberal Democrats in 1999?

30 In which county are the Mendips?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror