General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 In which year did West German teenager Mathias Rust land a light aircraft in Red Square?

2 Yitzhak Rabin was Prime Minister of which country from 1992 until his assassination in 1995?

3 For which party was Stanley Baldwin prime minister?

4 Which monetary unit was worth onehundredth of a French franc?

5 Of which former country was Tito prime minister and president?

6 In which year did the SAS storm the Iranian embassy in London?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Who played Sally in When Harry Met Sally...?

8 Antonio Stradivari is best known for making which instrument?

9 Which star of The Godfather also starre the 1955 musical film Guys and Dolls?

10 Which 1993 Steven Spielberg film won seven Oscars?

11 Which singer recorded Superstition and Happy Birthday?

12 With which type of music are B.B. King and Muddy Waters associated?

SCIENCE

13 What is the name of a triangular block of glass used to ‘bend’ a ray of light?

14 A supernova is the explosive death of what?

15 Which mathematical term describes the likelihood that an event will occur?

16 Haemoglobin carries which gas?

17 What does sickle-cell disease affect?

18 Which gas forms about 78% of the atmosphere’s lowest layer?

WORDS

19 What is the study and tracing of family histories called?

20 What is the British equivalent of a zip code

21 The name of which American state contains four s’s and four i’s?

22 For which creatures is ursine the related adjective?

23 Agoraphobia is the fear of what?

24 What is a social organisation in which women head the family called?

UK

25 In which county is Aldershot?

26 Which part of London is famous for a (defunct) power station and cats dogs and home?

27 Truro is the administrative centre of which county?

28 Plaid Cymru is a nationalist party of which country?

29 Peterhouse and Clare are colleges of which famous university?

30 Who is the patron saint of Wales?

Answers in Monday’s Daily Record