General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Which 1957 treaty paved the way for the

European Union?

2 Who sailed around the world in the Gipsy

Moth IV?

3 Which important figure in the history of nursing was the first woman to receive th Order of Merit?

4 Which Asian kingdom was formerly know

Siam?

5 Who was Nelson’s mistress and mother o

child Horatia?

6 Which two Houses contested the Wars of

Roses?

FILM & MUSIC

7 In which 1939 film did Judy Garland sing the Rainbow?

8 By what name was jazz pianist and band leader William Basie popularly known?

9 Which English-born US actor starred in th Hitchcock films To Catch A Thief and Nor Northwest?

10 Which star of The Godfather also starred the 1955 musical film Guys and Dolls?

11 With which British composer was the ten Peter Pears closely associated?

12 Which US folk singer is known for the son This Land is Your Land?

SCIENCE

13 Which giant planet takes approximately 1

earth years to orbit the Sun?

14 What sort of substances are adrenaline, cortisone, insulin, oestrogens and testosterone?

15 What name is given to a device for findin

direction of magnetic north?

16 What impressions may be made up of loo

whorls and arches?

17 Which metric unit of volume is equal to o

cubic decimetre?

18 What name is given to a celestial phenomenon that has undergone such to gravitational collapse that no light can es from it?

WORDS

19 What name for a tea container is a corru

of the Malay word kati?

20 What name is given to a large landed est

Spanish-speaking countries?

21 From which character in Greek mytholog

we get the word tantalise?

22 Which adjective refers to the reign of

James I?

23 Which whirlpool off the Lofoten Islands in Norway gave its name to whirlpools in general?

24 What name for the Virgin Mary means ‘m

lady’ in Italian?

UK

25 The Union Flag combines the crosses of w three saints?

26 Who opened a waxworks exhibition in Lo in 1802?

27 Which village near Dunnet Head is the traditional destination for walks from Land’s End?

28 In which English county is the Forest of D 29 Which city in Wales shares its name with town in Northern Ireland?

30 Which large black birds are found at the T of London?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror