General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Who was Chancellor of the reunited Germ from 1990 to 1998?

2 Which liner sank off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in April 1912?

3 In which year did Elizabeth II become Que

4 How was the US black nationalist leader Malcolm Little better known?

5 Who was President of Cuba between 1976 2008?

6 Who married Catherine of Aragon in 1509

FILM & MUSIC

7 Who played Scarlett O’hara in the 1939 fi Gone with the Wind?

8 What nationality was the composer Jean Sibelius?

9 Which actress starred in Cat Ballou and K

10 Which pop music legend was born Rober Zimmerman?

11 How many strings does a ukulele have?

12 Which late US pop star had hits with Kiss 1999?

SCIENCE

13 Brass is an alloy of which two metals?

14 Which Scottish scientist and inventor pat the telephone in 1876?

15 What do the initials LED stand for?

16 Is colour blindness more common in men women?

17 What are incisors, canines and molars examples of?

18 Which metal can be made pure by the puddling process?

WORDS

19 What does a philatelist collect?

20 Which French term meaning “blue ribbon used to describe food that achieves a deg of excellence?

21 Which sign of the zodiac means “Water bearer” in Latin?

22 What sort of creatures do entomologists study?

23 What does the acronym NATO stand for?

24 When referring to radio waves, what do t initials AM stand for?

UK

25 What is the first name of the Princess Ro

son?

26 On which river does Glasgow stand?

27 Which London street off Whitehall gave it name to the former headquarters of the Metropolitan Police?

28 Which famous London fish market moved

the Isle of Dogs in 1982?

29 Which region of England comprises Norfo Suffolk, and parts of Cambridgeshire and Essex?

30 Which English city was known as Aquae S

by the Romans?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror