General knowledge quiz

2022-06-18 -

HISTORY

1 Which 1957 treaty paved the way for the

European Union?

2 Who sailed around the world in the Gipsy Moth IV?

3 Which important figure in the history of nursing was the first woman to receive th Order of Merit?

4 Which Asian kingdom was formerly known as Siam?

5 Who was Nelson’s mistress and mother of his child Horatia?

6 Which two Houses contested the Wars of the Roses?

7 In which 1939 film did Judy Garland sing Over the Rainbow?

8 By what name was jazz pianist and band leader William Basie popularly known?

9 Which English-born US actor starred in the Hitchcock films To Catch A Thief and North By Northwest?

10 Which star of The Godfather also starred in the 1955 musical film Guys and Dolls?

11 With which British composer was the tenor Sir Peter Pears closely associated?

12 Which US folk singer is known for the song This Land is Your Land?

13 Which giant planet takes approximately 165 earth years to orbit the Sun?

14 What sort of substances are adrenaline, cortisone, insulin, oestrogens and testosterone?

15 What name is given to a device for finding the direction of magnetic north?

16 What impressions may be made up of loops, whorls and arches?

17 Which metric unit of volume is equal to one cubic decimetre?

18 What name is given to a celestial phenomenon that has undergone such total gravitational collapse that no light can escape from it?

19 What name for a tea container is a corruption of the Malay word kati?

20 What name is given to a large landed estate in Spanish-speaking countries?

21 From which character in Greek mythology do we get the word tantalise?

22 Which adjective refers to the reign of James I?

23 Which whirlpool off the Lofoten Islands in Norway gave its name to whirlpools in general?

24 What name for the Virgin Mary means ‘my lady’ in Italian?

25 The Union Flag combines the crosses of which three saints?

26 Who opened a waxworks exhibition in London in 1802?

27 Which village near Dunnet Head is the traditional destination for walks from Land’s End?

28 In which English county is the Forest of Dean?

29 Which city in Wales shares its name with a town in Northern Ireland?

30 Which large black birds are found at the Tower of London?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record