General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Which US civil rights leader made the fam

“I have a dream” speech? 2 Which former US president died aged 81

1994? 3 In Greek legend, the Greek army entered

in what type of wooden animal? 4 Which war was fought between Russia an

Britain, France, Turkey and Sardinia? 5 Which Republican politician led the antiCommunist “witch-hunts” in the 1950s? 6 Which of the knights in Arthurian legend

found the Holy Grail?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Who composed the comic opera The Mar of Figaro? 8 Which simple metal device is used for providing a reference pitch in music? 9 Which composer wrote the US folk opera Porgy and Bess? 10 Which composer is associated with the Aldeburgh festival? 11 Which classic 1973 film starred Paul Newm and Robert Redford as con artists? 12 Which Starsky and Hutch star had a No. 1 Don’t Give Up on Us?

SCIENCE

13 What do we call an anaesthetic which onl affects part of the body? 14 Hyperglycaemia involves an excess of wh the blood? 15 Which part of the body does lumbago aff 16 What is the value of the Roman numeral 17 What is the smallest unit of an organism to function independently called? 18 Which word is the name for a computer programming language and a unit of pressure?

WORDS

19 According to a traditional English spelling I [comes] before E except after which lett 20 Which title, used by German emperors, is derived from the Latin Caesar? 21 Which country has Helvetia on its stamps 22 For which television network is BBC an abbreviation? 23 According to the idiom, to which city is someone who is being ignored sent? 24 From which language is the word decor derived?

UK

25 In which county is Basingstoke? 26 What is the highest mountain in Britain? 27 When British women finally got the vote 1918, how old did they have to be to exerc this new right? 28 Which city was England’s capital before London? 29 Which was the first Cambridge college, founded in 1284? 30 What is Britain’s largest county?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record