General knowledge quiz

2024-05-11 -

HISTORY

1 In which year did Margaret Thatcher resign as prime minister of the United Kingdom?

2 Which country did Mozambique gain independence from in 1975?

3 Colditz Castle, used as a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War, is in which country?

4 In which war did the Battle of Jutland take place?

5 Who was the leader of the Soviet Union a time of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962?

6 In which US state did the Battle of the Little Bighorn take place in 1876?

7 Which English guitarist is nicknamed Slowhand?

8 Which young actress starred as Iris in the 1976 film Taxi Driver?

9 Which actor played James Bond in the 1989 film Licence to Kill?

10 Who stars as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 comedy-drama film The Devil Wears Prada?

11 In relation to how notes are played in music, what does staccato mean?

12 Known for hosting pop and rock concerts Knebworth House is in which English county?

13 Which popular ornamental plant with large flowerheads will grow blue coloured flow in acidic soil and pink coloured flowers in alkaline soil?

14 What do phlebotomists do?

15 What name is given to the method of growing plants in nutrient rich water without soil ?

16 What type of astronomical features are Horsehead, Cat’s Eye and Crab?

17 Which UK seabirds are known as ‘clowns of the sea’ or ‘sea parrots’?

18 In which part of the body is the hypothalamus?

19 In which European capital were the 1952 Summer Olympics held?

20 How many players are there on a women's lacrosse team?

21 A game of American Football is divided into how many sections of play?

22 For which northern club did Jack Charlton play for his entire career?

23 The Welsh 3000 is a challenge to climb all 15 peaks over 3000 feet in which National Park?

24 A match of which Afro-Brazilian martial art is called a jogo and takes place within a Roda?

25 Which area of Tokyo gives its name to a unique style of Japanese fashion?

26 Saint Peter Port is the capital of which of the Channel Isles?

27 From which island nation did East Timor gain independence in 2002?

28 Baffin Bay lies between Canada and which country?

29 Which geological coastal feature is created when the top of a natural arch collapses?

30 Damascus is the capital of which country?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record