General knowledge quiz

2022-06-11 -

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1 Which political party governed the UK from 1951 to 1964?

2 Which European country colonised Martinique in 1635?

3 Which king of the Huns was known as the Scourge of God?

4 In what year did World War II start?

5 In which country did Fidel Castro establish a socialist government in 1959?

6 What was banned under the USA’s Prohibition from 1920 to 1933?

7 Which German composer wrote the overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

8 Which US actor starred in the films The Bank Dick and My Little Chickadee?

9 Which pop singer instigated the Band Aid project Do They Know It’s Christmas?

10 What nationality was the composer Franz Joseph Haydn?

11 Which US singer and actress starred in the films Hello Dolly and A Star is Born?

12 Who directed the film Jaws?

13 Which line on a weather map links places of equal atmospheric pressure?

14 Of which planet are Metis and Ganymede satellites?

15 Which acute tropical viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes takes its name from the jaundice it causes?

16 What was Sir Geoffrey De Havilland famous for designing and manufacturing?

17 What is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor?

18 To what is hay fever an allergic reaction?

19 Which hoisting device used on ships is named after a 17th-century English hangman?

20 What name is given to the handrail fixed to the walls of a ballet studio?

21 By what name is the clavicle more commonly known?

22 What form of ESP takes its name from the French for ‘clear seeing’?

23 Which large, coarse fern is also known as brake?

24 Which small flute shares its name with a Scottish region?

25 What was the surname of the brothers who developed the area of London known as the Adelphi?

26 What is the largest Anglican church building in England?

27 In which English county is Saint Michael’s Mount?

28 On which river does Balmoral Castle stand?

29 In which English county is the town of Dawlish?

30 On which plateau in Wiltshire does Stonehenge stand?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror