General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 The Entente Cordiale of 1904 was an

agreement between which two countrie 2 By which name, meaning “Great Soul”, the Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi known?

3 Which Italian dictator formed an allianc

Hitler in 1936?

4 In which century did the Great Plague o

London take place?

5 According to legend, which wife of Leof Earl of Mercia rode naked through the m place of Coventry as a protest?

6 Of which North African country was Ha

king from 1961-99?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Which Mozart opera features the chara Papageno, the birdcatcher, and the Que the Night?

8 From which film does the Jack Nicholso “Here’s Johnny!” come?

9 Which singer-songwriter has released s called The Celts, Book of Days and Orin Flow (Sail Away)?

10 Which West End musical features chara called Jean Valjean, Cosette and Fantine 11 What shape are the pavement plaques o Angeles’s Hollywood Walk of Fame?

12 Which of the Beatles wrote “Octopus’s Garden”?

SCIENCE & NATURE

13 Alopecia is a condition that results in th

of what?

14 What is the name of the chemical proce

which plants convert sunlight into food? 15 The magic lantern was an early form of

item of photographic equipment?

16 Lyme disease is spread by which parasi

creature?

17 In astronomy, what are the Perseids and

Geminids?

18 What type of creature is the coelacanth presumed extinct for millions of years u specimen was found alive in 1938?

SPORT & LEISURE

19 With which sport is Chicago’s Wrigley Fi

associated?

20 Which football team was named after a temporary glass structure built to hous 1851 Great Exhibition?

21 Keirin and Omnium are races from whic

Olympic sport?

22 What name is given to someone employ

carry golf clubs?

23 The cheapest properties on a Monopoly board, Old Kent Road and Whitechapel are what colour?

24 Where were the first Winter Olympics h

1924?

GEOGRAPHY

25 The Gobi desert is in the rain shadow of mountain range that blocks the rain clo from reaching it?

26 Which Scandinavian country’s only land

border is shared with Germany?

27 Zanzibar is part of which African countr 28 The Malagasy Republic is an old name f

which island nation?

29 Speleology is the study of what type of

geological feature?

30 A large statue of which figure with its a outstretched overlooks the city of Rio d Janeiro, Brazil?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror