General knowledge quiz
HISTORY
1 Which tribe was led by Boadicea or Boud
2 Of which country was Catherine the Grea empress?
3 Who was the commander of Apollo 11?
4 What was the name of the raft Thor Heye used to sail from Peru in 1947?
5 Which palace was the principal London residence of the monarch from 1697 unti was superseded by Buckingham Palace?
6 What was the supreme council of ancient Rome called?
FILM & MUSIC
7 What musical instrument was developed John Philip Sousa?
8 How many piano concertos did Beethove write?
9 Which British portrait photographer desi the costumes for the musical My Fair Lad
10 Which Louisiana port is regarded at the traditional birthplace of jazz?
11 Who did Harrison Ford play in Star Wars?
12 Who directed the 1990 film Goodfellas?
SCIENCE
13 What is the usual British name for the
domestic heating fuel also called kerosen
14 Which planet is approximately 150 million
kilometres from the Sun?
15 Which warm ocean current flows from th Gulf of Mexico and turns into the North Atlantic Drift?
16 Which Scottish inventor developed the fir
commercially practical pneumatic tyres?
17 What is the central part of an atom called
18 Which Greek philosopher and mathemati is associated with a famous theorem concerning right-angled triangles?
WORDS
19 What is a tarantella?
20 What name for a day nursery is derived f
the French for ‘crib’?
21 What name is given to a word or sentenc
that reads the same backward and forwa
22 Which Italian leader was the first to use t
word fascism?
23 What name is given to the inability to sle
adequately?
24 What is the last letter of the Greek alpha UK
25 Which English river flows from Malham T
to the River Ouse?
26 In which English county is Gatwick Airpor
27 The Royal Military Academy is commonly
known by the name of which nearby tow
28 In which English county is the town of
Malvern?
29 By what name are the Royal Botanic Gard
commonly known?
30 What title did Sophie Rhys-Jones receive
when she married Prince Edward in 1999
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record