General knowledge quiz

2022-05-28 -

HISTORY

1 Which historical event started in Pudding Lane, London in 1666?

2 Which Soviet statesman signed a major arms limitation treaty with President Reagan in 1987?

3 Which Indian stateswoman was prime minister of her country from 1966 to 1977 and 1980 to 1984?

4 What was the name of the monarch whose third wife was Jane Seymour?

5 What sort of creature was Laika, who bec the first animal in space in 1957?

6 Who became president of the USA in 1974 following Nixon’s resignation?

7 Which singer won an Oscar for his role in the film From Here to Eternity?

8 Using the tonic sol-fa system, what follows doh in the rising major scale?

9 Which comedy writer, actor and director is famous for the film The Producers?

10 Which Welsh actor and star of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf married Elizabeth Taylor twice?

11 What nationality was the composer Johann Sebastian Bach?

12 Which French actress became famous in the 1960s after her performance in the film And God Created Woman?

13 Which halogen gas is represented by the symbol F?

14 Which scientific term describes the spreading or bending of light waves as they pass the edge of an object?

15 Which dome-shaped sheet of muscle between the thorax and the abdomen plays an important role in producing breathing movements?

16 How many grams are in a kilogram?

17 What is the largest planet in our Solar System?

18 Which scientific device rotates mixtures a high speed so that the heavier components can be separated from the lighter?

19 What does the abbreviation AD stand for?

20 What name is given to connecting words such as ‘and’ and ‘or’?

21 Which petroleum product is known as kerosene in the United States?

22 Which form of unarmed combat takes its name from the Japanese for empty hand

23 Which branch of mathematics is one of the Three Rs?

24 What name is given to radioactive mater that settles on the earth’s surface followi nuclear explosion?

25 Which Scottish city was chosen as European Capital of Culture in 1990?

26 In which English county is Borstal, which gave its name to young offenders’ institutions?

27 In which English county is the town of Woking?

28 Which former British coin was equal to twelve old pence?

29 On what date is St David’s Day celebrated

30 Which famous public school was founded by King Henry VI in 1440?

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