Puzzles Brain teasers Weekly General Knowledge Quiz
1. The colón is the national currency of which country? A Costa Rica
B Egypt
C Thailand
D Austria
2. Which film star was born Margarita Carmen Cansino?
A Rita Hayworth B Judy Garland C Deborah Kerr D Shirley MacLaine
3. Which Welsh star was born Richard Jenkins in 1925?
A Richard Burton B Anthony Hopkins C Richey James D Tom Jones
4. In Greek mythology, who was the chief god of the sea, identified with the Roman Neptune?
A Pluto
B Zeus
C Poseidon
D Hades
5. Which colourless liquid, once used as an anaesthetic, is also called trichloromethane?
A Chloroform
B Ether
C Methanol
D Ethanol
6. Which Japan-based US crime drama on BBC1 stars Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe as a journalist and a detective respectively?
A Tokyo Vice
B Atelier
C Giri/Haji
D CSI: Osaka
7. What name is given to the small bones that make up the spine?
A Lumbar
B Vertebrae
C Ventricles
D Thorax
8. Which British universities compete in an annual Boat Race on the River Thames?
A Oxford and Birmingham B Bristol and Bath C Sheffield and Leeds D Oxford and Cambridge
9. Which acute infectious disease seen mainly in children is also called pertussis?
A Measles
B Whooping cough
C Chicken pox
D Mumps 10. What is the passage of a solvent from a less concentrated into a more concentrated solution through a semipermeable membrane called?
A Photosynthesis
B Dialysis
C Atmolysis
D Osmosis
11. Who had nothing to offer but “blood, toil, tears and sweat”?
A Neville Chamberlain
B Winston Churchill
C David Lloyd George
D Margaret Thatcher
12. Which famous British secret agent was created by Ian Fleming?
A Simon Templar
B Indiana Jones
C James Bond
D George Smiley
13. What does ROM stand for?
A Random Access Memory B Re-Operative Memory C Read-Only Memory D Real Operator Memory
14. What sort of creature is a bass?
A A bird
B A fish
C A mammal
D An insect
15. What is the honeysuckle genus of plants called?
A Erica B Lonicera C Veronica D Lilium