General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Chiang Kai-shek was president of which country after leaving China?

2 The Jarrow Crusade in 1936 was a march from Jarrow to which city?

3 U-boats were used by which country in W War Two?

4 In which year was the Space Shuttle first launched?

5 Who was South Africa’s first black preside

6 Brazil was colonised by which European country from 1500?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Which debonair British actor played Phile Fogg in the 1956 film Around the World in Days?

8 Which country singer had hits with Lucille Coward of the County?

9 With what type of music were The Wailer associated?

10 Who directed and starred in the 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing?

11 Who was the drummer in The Beatles?

12 Which comedian starred as The Jerk in a comedy?

SCIENCE

13 Which part of the body does periodontal disease affect?

14 For which metric unit is cm an abbreviati

15 Anthracite and lignite are types of which fuel?

16 In physics, which term represents the qua of matter in a body?

17 Which unit of measurement can be prece by nautical and statute?

18 For what does REM stand in the term REM sleep?

WORDS

19 How many game birds make up a brace?

20 What is the science and technology of me called?

21 From which language are the words sopr and piazza derived?

22 What is the illegal import/export of prohi goods called?

23 What type of question does not require a answer?

24 For what is UFO an abbreviation?

UK

25

Which hills form a large part of the Engla Scotland border?

26 Which city, once a capital of Scotland, sta on the River Tay?

27 Who was the first female MP to actually t up her seat in Parliament?

28 Which Royal House was called Saxe-Cobu Gotha until 1917?

29 Which building, purpose-built for the Grea Exhibition of 1851, burned down in 1936?

30 What is the capital of Jersey?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror