General knowledge quiz

2022-07-16 -

HISTORY

1 Which French monarch was known as the

Sun King?

2 Which Anglo-Saxon leader of a revolt aga William the Conqueror took refuge on the Isle Of Ely?

3 What was the title used by ancient

Egyptian kings?

4 Which Bantu peoples of South Africa fou

the British at the Battle of Rorke’s Drift?

5 What was the surname of the French

emperor Napoleon I?

6 Which survey of England was carried out

officials of William the Conqueror in 1086

7 In concert pitch, to what note are orches instruments tuned?

8 What is the lowest female singing voice?

9 Which American film star won Oscars for roles in High Noon and Sergeant York?

10 Which style of jazz originated in New Orle at the start of the 20th century?

11 Which former Olympic swimming champ became the first Tarzan in sound films?

12 Which actor starred in the films All the President’s Men and Out of Africa?

13 What name is given to a place equipped w telescopes for studying the sky?

14 What is the name of the dwarf planet tha is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?

15 What is the formula for the toxic gas carb

monoxide?

16 Which unit of weight for precious stones

equal to 0.2 grams?

17 Of which science are quantum mechanic

and thermodynamics branches?

18 What name is given to the mixture of boi linseed oil and whiting used for fastening glass in windows?

19 Which crude incendiary device is named after the Soviet foreign minister during World War II? 20 Which organisation is represented by the

abbreviation RNLI? 21 What is the collective name for a group o geese on land? 22 Which muscle derives from the Latin for “two heads”?

23 What does the e stand for in e-mail? 24 Which item of plumbing is called a faucet in America?

25 Which major airport is in the London borough of Hillingdon?

26 On which river do the towns of Halifax an Wakefield stand?

27 Since the Second World War, which Lond building has been the primary venue for the Proms?

28 Which cathedral has the tallest spire in England?

29 Which holiday resort in North Wales was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis?

30 Which Warwickshire castle gives its name a Walter Scott novel? Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record