General knowledge quiz

2024-01-13 -

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1 In which year did Nigel Lawson resign as chancellor of the exchequer?

2 In which country was the Deutschmark th monetary unit before the introduction of euro?

3 Which king was the target of Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot of 1605?

4 Which order of Roman Catholic monks w founded in 1098 at Cîteaux, France?

5 The Diary of which English writer describ the Restoration, the Plague, and the Fire London?

6 During which war was the Imperial War Museum founded?

7 Which widely-used musical instrument was patented by Adolphe Sax in 1846?

8 Which US actress starred in Funny Girl and Yentl?

9 Which US composer wrote the musicals The Gay Divorcee and Anything Goes?

10 Who directed the film The Shining?

11 Which US rapper had a 1995 hit with “Gangsta’s Paradise”?

12 Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet co-starred in 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the… what?

13 What kind of creature is a whitethroat?

14 Natural gas and marsh gas consist chiefly of which type of gas?

15 A dialysis machine provides a substitute for the normal function of which organ?

16 Sn is the symbol for which chemical element

17 How many planets in our solar system are classed as gas giants?

18 To what family of plants does lady’s-slipper belong?

19 With which sport is Donald Bradman associated?

20 In which sport do cross-country runners have to find their way using a map and a compass

21 In what month is the Derby run at Epsom?

22 Has the tug-of-war ever been an Olympic event?

23 In which European country are the ski resorts of Davos and Klosters?

24 Where were the 2000 Olympic Games held?

25 Tijuana is on the border between which two countries?

26 Of which country is Lima the capital?

27 What is the second largest continent in the world?

28 In which ocean are the Seychelles situated?

29 Andalusia is a region of which European country?

30 What is the English name for the Italian city of Livorno?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror