General knowledge quiz
HISTORY
1 Which people in Asia were united in the early 13th century by Genghis Khan?
2 Which Nazi politician was arrested when he made a secret trip to Scotland in 1941 to negotiate peace?
3 What was the title of the heir to the French throne from 1350 to 1791?
4 Who was director of the FBI from 1935 to 1972?
5 What was the first name of the 19th-century prime minister Gladstone?
6 Which queen of England was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon?
FILM & MUSIC
7 Who played the lead in the 1968 film Funny Girl?
8 Who topped the singles chart with 1990’s Vogue?
9 What kind of musical instrument is a tom tom?
10 Which rock singer starred as Franz Liszt in the 1975 film Lisztomania?
11 Which girl-group sang the 1964 hit Baby Love?
12 How many strings does a standard guitar have?
SCIENCE
13 Of which organ is the medulla oblongata part?
14 Which device in a jet engine provides extra thrust for takeoff or supersonic flight?
15 Which narcotic drug obtained from opium is used in medicine for the relief of severe p
16 What name is given to an inflammation at the root of an eyelash?
17 What name is given to the breakdown of sugar into alcohol by the action of yeast?
18 In computing, what does the abbreviation AI stand for?
SPORT & LEISURE
19 With which sport is Dennis Rodman associated?
20 In which country did the game of shinty originate?
21 What nationality was the 1979 Formula 1 world champion Jody Scheckter?
22 For which country did fast bowler Jeff Thomson play?
23 Which horse race run annually at Aintree is the most famous steeplechase in the world?
24 What nationality is the former skier Franz Klammer?
UK
25 Which American tennis player won her first Wimbledon singles title in 1974? 26 Which annual dog show is held at Birmingham’s NEC? 27 What is the minimum voting age in Britain? 28 Which is the largest country of the British Isles? 29 Which is the lowest rank in the British Army? 30 Who was the leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994?
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror