General knowledge quiz

2022-05-21 -

HISTORY

1 The day on which the Allied invasion of Normandy was launched from Britain in 1944 is known as what?

2 Which dictator ruled over Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975?

3 In which city did the Jewish girl Anne Frank write her celebrated diary whilst in hiding from the Nazis?

4 Which two countries collaborated on the supersonic aircraft Concorde?

5 Which country in the Mediterranean was awarded the George Cross for its resistance to German attack during World War II?

6 By what name was the separate development policy of the white and non-white populations in South Africa known?

7 Which German composer wrote the oratorio Carmina Burana?

8 With which sort of music is Enrico Caruso usually associated?

9 Andrés Segovia helped revive the popularity of which instrument?

10 Which French mime artist developed the white-faced character Bip?

11 Women in Love and Gothic were directed by which controversial British film maker?

12 Which US actor co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in nine films?

13 Which hereditary disease causes the blood not to clot properly?

14 Which optical phenomenon consists of an arc of light across the sky composed of the colours of the spectrum?

15 Which giant planet orbits the Sun every 84 years, between Saturn and Neptune?

16 Which gas is represented by the symbol He?

17 Which sometimes fatal infection is caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila?

18 Which branch of mathematics, whose name means “the reunion of broken parts”, uses symbols to represent unknown quantities?

19 What name is given to an artificial lake in which water is stored?

20 Which country is called Österreich in German?

21 From which European language is the South African language Afrikaans derived?

22 Which charity is represented by the initials NSPCC?

23 Which heavenly beings get their name from the Greek for messengers?

24 What name is given to a word that has the same meaning as another word?

25 Which village near Balmoral is famous for its Gathering, the most celebrated of the Highland Games?

26 What is the administrative centre of Hertfordshire?

27 Whom did Margaret Thatcher succeed as leader of the Conservative Party?

28 Which English city is the administrative centre of Cumbria?

29 In which English county is the port of Harwich?

30 Which UK government securities introduced in 1956 entitle the holders to participate in a prize draw?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record