General knowledge quiz

2022-09-03 -

HISTORY

1 What relation was William of Orange to Charles I?

2 Which Scottish missionary and explorer was joined by Sir Henry Morton Stanley while trying to find the source of the Nile?

3 Which German city was the venue for the trials of Nazi war criminals after World War II?

4 Who was the father of Queen Elizabeth I?

5 Which famous mass-produced Ford car was nicknamed the Tin Lizzie? 6 What was the first truly synthetic fibre, introduced commercially in 1938?

7 Who directed the 1998 thriller Jackie Brown?

8 Who formed Wham! with George Michael?

9 Who sang the 1985 hit We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)?

10 What was ABBA’s first UK hit single called?

11 What nationality is the pop singer Shakira?

12 Who played Hans Gruber in the 1988 film Die Hard?

13 What is the third planet from the Sun?

14 Which imperial unit of weight is equal to 2240 pounds in its long form?

15 Which wood preservative is obtained by distilling coal tar?

16 Which device in a petrol engine vaporises the fuel and mixes it with air in the correct proportions?

17 What is the main organ of taste?

18 Which optical instrument consists of two telescopes fixed side by side?

19 Which sport is also known as freefall parachuting?

20 What nationality was the runner Paavo Nurmi who won nine Olympic gold medals?

21 From which card game did bridge evolve?

22 What name is given to the treatment of injuries and disabilities by massage, exercise or heat?

23 Which chess piece is also called a castle?

24 By what acronym is soccer’s world governing body known?

25 Which political party’s name means ‘Party of Wales’?

26 In what year was the Princess Royal born?

27 On which coin might you see the edge inscription ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’?

28 What was the popular name for the Community Charge, introduced in Britain between 1989 and 1990?

29 On which river is Derby?

30 Which old tea clipper built in 1869 is preserved in dry dock at Greenwich?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record