General knowledge quiz

2024-03-09 -

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1 In which country, in 1799, was the Rosetta Stone discovered by a French soldier?

2 The British ocean liner, RMS Lusitania, was sunk in 1915 off the southern coast of which country?

3 Which major Roman road connected York to London?

4 Which country was Carlos Menem the president of from 1989-99?

5 What was the codename of the Russian counteroffensive against Germany during the Battle of Stalingrad?

6 At which royal residence is St George’s Chapel, the burial place of Henry VIII?

7 Michael Myers is a fictional character from which series of slasher movies?

8 Which Soviet composer died on 5 March 1953, the same day as Joseph Stalin?

9 What was Pierce Brosnan’s last film as James Bond?

10 Who had a UK No 1 single in 2018 with the song God’s Plan?

11 Which New Romantic band of the early 1980s had hits with Prince Charming and Stand and Deliver?

12 Which actress starred as April Wheeler in the 2008 film Revolutionary Road?

13 In computing, what does the second S in MS-DOS stand for?

14 What type of creature is a devil’s darning needle?

15 In botany, what does the word nuciferous mean?

16 What is the basic SI unit of mass?

17 What colour is the chemical element sulphur?

18 In medicine, what is a suture?

19 What nationality is former motor racing driver Jody Scheckter?

20 In horse racing, which course hosts the Scottish Grand National?

21 In Scrabble, how many tiles does a player start a game with?

22 In football, Stanley Park separates the grounds of Liverpool and which other club?

23 What is, traditionally, the final event of the women’s heptathlon?

24 What is the current maximum number of rounds in a bout in men’s professional boxing?

25 How many counties are there in the Republic of Ireland?

26 The region of Transylvania is in which European country?

27 Into which ocean does the Orinoco river and its delta empty?

28 At over 400m high, what is the Rock of Gibraltar promontory made of?

29 In terms of population, what is Spain’s third largest city?

30 In which country does the Euphrates river rise?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror