General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Che Guevara helped effect revolution in w country? 2 What type of weapons were the V1 and V 3 Which former Conservative prime ministe was nicknamed Supermac? 4 What organisation was founded in 1910 as girls’ equivalent of the Scouts? 5 Which king was overthrown by the French Revolution? 6 Siegfried Sassoon’s War Poems are abou which war?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Which 1994 comedy directed by Howard Deutch starred Ted Danson and Macaulay Culkin? 8 Which pop singer played a lawyer in the 1 thriller Suspect? 9 Which glamorous actress starred in The S Year Itch? 10 Which star of The Big Chill played a newscaster in Broadcast News? 11 Who played the antagonist in the 1991 remake of Cape Fear? 12 Which group sang Stayin’ Alive and Night Fever?

SCIENCE

13 What is the coloured diaphragm that con the size of the pupil called? 14 Which South African surgeon performed first human heart transplant? 15 What is the medical term for tooth decay 16 Which instrument measures time using a shadow cast by the sun? 17 How is the children’s disease pertussis m commonly known? 18 How was the element mercury formerly known?

WORDS

19 What is the common name for facsimile

transmission? 20 The name of which style of preparing and presenting food means ‘new cooking’ in French? 21 What do the initials PAYE stand for? 22 Which legal term describes a person who

authorized to stand in another’s place? 23 What is the legal term for the offence of

marrying a person while already married 24 Which German car manufacturer’s name

literally means ‘people’s car’ ?

UK

25 In which city is New Scotland Yard? 26 In which city can the Bodleian Library be found? 27 What is the capital of Scotland? 28 In which county is the New Forest? 29 What is the Welsh name for Wales? 30 Which London Royal residence was completely redesigned by John Nash for George IV?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record