General Knowledge Quiz 1

Questions

1. Which country was named ‘Santiago’ by Christopher Columbus when he first sighted it in 1494?

2. How is deoxyribonucleic acid more commonly known?

3. What is the name of the pub in Shaun of the Dead?

4. Into which river does the Yazoo flow?

5. The street artist ‘Banksy’ was originally associated with which British city?

6. ‘A Tower’ is the collective noun for a group of what?

7. Which was first to officially become a city? Birmingham, Liverpool or Manchester?

8. Who wrote the book “Billy and the Minpins”?

9. Toby the dog appears in which traditional puppet show?

10. Whose album entitled “True Blue” went to number 1 in 28 countries in 1986?

Answers

1. Jamaica

2. DNA

3. The Winchester

4. Mississippi

5. Bristol

6. Giraffes

7. Manchester (1847)

8. Roald Dahl

9. Punch & Judy

10. Madonna

Questions

1. Anagram: ‘WOMAN HITLER’ can be re-arranged to find which relation?

2. In the 1920’s, Charlie Chaplin is said to have insured what part of his body for $100,000?

3. What type of beetle was once worshipped by the Ancient Egyptians?

4. How many sides does a dodecahedron have?

5. “I will always Love You” was a massive hit for Whitney Houston in 1992. Who originally recorded the song in 1973?

6. Florence Nightingale featured on which banknote?

7. What name is given to the cabin below an airship?

8. Listed alphabetically, which of the signs of the zodiac would come second to last?

9. In which song does Michael Jackson want to know if ‘Annie’s OK’?

10. In 1971 which boxer inflicted Muhammed Ali’s first professional defeat?

Answers

1. Mother In-Law

2. His feet

3. Scarab (Dung Beatle)

4. 12

5. Dolly Parton

6. £10 note

7. Gondola

8. Taurus

9. “Smooth Criminal”

10. Joe Frazier

Questions

1. Taken from her album “Renaissance Act II” which artist hit the Number One spot in the UK with the country song “Texas Hold ‘Em” in 2024?

2. In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces?

3. Who directed the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs?

4. What currency is used in Japan?

5. In which US state would you find the windy city?

6. Had Adolf Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain succeeded, which City had he planned to be the new capital?

7. Which metal is used in thermometers?

8. At the end of WWII who succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of the UK?

9. In a standard game of monopoly, what colour is Vine Street?

10. Which building is pictured on a bottle of HP sauce?

Answers

1. Beyonce

2. Knight

3. Quentin Tarantino

4. Yen

5. Illinois (Chicago)

6. Oxford

7. Mercury

8. Clement Attlee

9. Orange

10. Houses of Parliament

Questions

1. Anagram: Rearrange the following to find a footballer: GO GETS BEER

2. Who presented the TV show Countdown from 1982 to 2005?

3. The Ishihara test is used to determine what?

4. The volcanic island of Sumatra is part of which country?

5. The ‘Artful Dodger’ is a character from which Charles Dickens novel?

6. In which city would you find the headquarters of the United Nations?

7. Which Disney film features ‘Prince Eric’?

8. ‘It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…’ are the opening lines of which Charles Dickens novel?

9. In which 1994 film did Jim Carey play the character ‘Stanley Ipkiss’?

10. Which band released their debut album “Hot Fuss” in 2004?

Answers

1. George Best

2. Richard Whiteley

3. Colour Blindness

4. Indonesia

5. “Oliver!”

6. New York

7. The Little Mermaid

8. “A Tale of Two Cities”

9. The Mask

10. The Killers

Questions

1. Which animated dog, created by Nick Park, first appeared on our TV screens in 1989?

2. Who wrote the book “Pride and Prejudice”?

3. In a standard deck of playing cards, the king of hearts is the only king without a what?

4. The 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty dramatizes the capture of who?

5. Which 2 European countries have coastlines on the Bay of Biscay?

6. In which decade was Netflix founded?

7. In 1973, who did Billie Jean King defeat in the famous ‘Battle of the Sexes’ exhibition tennis match?

8. What was the name of the holiday camp in the TV sitcom Hi-Di-Hi?

9. If an Olympian had the letters ‘RSA’ on their chest, which country would they be representing?

10. Who resigned as the first secretary of the Communist party of Cuba in 2011 after serving the party for 45 years?

Answers

1. Gromit

2. Jane Austin

3. Moustache

4. Osama Bin Laden

5. France and Spain

6. 1990’s (1997)

7. Bobby Riggs

8. Maplins

9. South Africa

10. Fidel Castro

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