General knowledge quiz
HISTORY
1 Which Roman general and statesman abandoned his wife Octavia to live with Cleopatra in Egypt?
2 What was the name of the Great Charter was sealed at Runnymede by King John o England in 1215?
3 Which general was president of France fr
1959 to 1969?
4 Which Belgian village was the site of a fam battle on 18 June 1815 which ended the Napoleonic Wars?
5 How was the Strategic Defence Initiative announced by Ronald Reagan in 1983 popularly known?
6 Which presumed assassin of John F. Kenn
was killed by Jack Ruby?
FILM & MUSIC
Which US actor starred in Twelve Angry M and On Golden Pond?
8 Which British composer of German desce
wrote On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spr 9 Which producer and director made the 19 silent film King of Kings?
Who directed Close Encounters of the Th Kind?
Which singer/songwriter released The Tim They Are a-changin’ in 1964?
12 La Marseillaise is the national anthem of
which country?
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SCIENCE
13 Which bodily organs are supplied with blo
by the renal artery?
14 Which alloy (of lead and tin or copper and zinc) is melted to form a joint between ot metals?
15 What does the letter E represent in Einste
equation E = mc2?
16 The deficiency of which vitamin can caus
rickets?
17 Which Greek letter denotes the ratio of th
circumference of a circle to its diameter? 18 Which technical term describes the stiffe of a body after death caused by chemica changes in the muscles?
WORDS
19 What name for a traitor is derived from a Norwegian army officer who collaborated the Nazis?
20 What name is given to an auction in whic the auctioneer gradually reduces the bidd price?
21 Which economic indicator is represented
the abbreviation RPI?
22 Which character seen in horror films is al
known as a lycanthrope?
23 What name is given to the point in the sk
directly above an observer?
24 What does CB stand for in CB radio?
UK
25 On which river does the city of Glouceste
stand?
26 Which Labour prime minister was defeate by Margaret Thatcher in the 1979 genera election?
27 Of which English county is Shrewsbury th
administrative centre?
28 Which defensive earthwork along the We border is named after a former King of Mercia?
29 In which Scottish town was the Royal and
Ancient Golf Club founded in 1754?
30 Which British political group became the
Conservative Party under Robert Peel?