Quizzes General Knowledge

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90 General Knowledge Quizzes (15 per page with answers)

General Knowledge Quizzes 15 per page with answers
General Knowledge 001	What is 'mulligatawny'?	General Knowledge 051	In the nursery rhyme, who tried to put 'Humpty Dumpty' together again?
General Knowledge 002	In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, with which famous words did 'Julius Caesar' receive his wounds from 'Brutus'?	General Knowledge 052	Which two continents does the Bosphorus link?
General Knowledge 003	What name do we give to a native or inhabitant of Manchester?	General Knowledge 053	Which mountain range separates the highlands and lowlands of Scotland?
General Knowledge 004	How many lines does a limerick always have?	General Knowledge 054	Who wrote the Just So Stories?
General Knowledge 005	Where is Traitors' Gate?	General Knowledge 055	Which British city is spanned by the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
General Knowledge 006	Which word beginning with ante- means 'before marriage'?	General Knowledge 056	Who wrote Home Thoughts from Abroad?
General Knowledge 007	Who wrote the play Cavalcade?	General Knowledge 057	Which US state lies between California and Utah?
General Knowledge 008	St Francis de Sales is the patron saint of whom?	General Knowledge 058	What acronym describes the type of sleep associated with dreaming?
General Knowledge 009	Which anniversary does a crystal wedding celebrate?	General Knowledge 059	Which book of the Bible begins 'In the beginning was the Word'?
General Knowledge 010	If something is served a la maitre d'hotel, how is it prepared?	General Knowledge 060	Who wrote the Thomas the Tank Engine stories?
General Knowledge 011	How wide are the clock faces on the Clock Tower at Westminster: 23 feet, 25 feet or 30 feet?	General Knowledge 061	In which English county is the holiday resort of Morecambe?
General Knowledge 012	In a pack of cards, which way does the Jack of Diamonds look, to his left, or to his right?	General Knowledge 062	Who said that his goal was thanks to 'the hand of God'?
General Knowledge 013	What food is junket?	General Knowledge 063	Which English painter is known for his paintings of bleak industrial scenes with dark, matchsticklike figures?
General Knowledge 014	Who was the Yorkshire Ripper?	General Knowledge 064	According to the fairy story, who was the long-haired beauty who is locked in a tower by a witch?
General Knowledge 015	Which anniversary does a copper or pottery wedding celebrate?	General Knowledge 065	Who wrote Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats?
General Knowledge 016	What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?	General Knowledge 066	What is a chateaubriand?
General Knowledge 017	If you asked for a 'biscuit' in the United States, what would you get?	General Knowledge 067	Who wrote Watership Down?
General Knowledge 018	What does 'to bellyache' mean?	General Knowledge 068	Which saint's feast day falls on 26 December?
General Knowledge 019	What does cack-handed mean?	General Knowledge 069	What is named after the Australian gardener Maria Ann Smith?
General Knowledge 020	Which fruit was traditionally eaten on Mothering and Palm Sundays?	General Knowledge 070	What does a couch potato do all the time?
General Knowledge 021	Victoria railway stations can be found in three cities in the world. Two of them are London and Bombay. Where is the other?	General Knowledge 071	Who wrote Winnie the Pooh?
General Knowledge 022	Who plays 'Mr Bean' in the comedy series of that name?	General Knowledge 072	What were Laurel and Hardy's first names?
General Knowledge 023	What do we call a young frog?	General Knowledge 073	When was the Samaritans founded?
General Knowledge 024	On which main river is Bristol situated?	General Knowledge 074	From which language do the words 'tsar', 'steppe' and 'vodka' originate?
General Knowledge 025	What is the traditional name of the dish made of sausages in batter?	General Knowledge 075	Who played 'The Prisoner' in the TV series of that name?
General Knowledge 026	With which country do we associate pizzas?	General Knowledge 076	Who wrote Hancock's Half Hour?
General Knowledge 027	What do we call a young horse?	General Knowledge 077	In which modern-day country did the ancient city of Troy lie?
General Knowledge 028	What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet?	General Knowledge 078	What canal links the North and Baltic Seas?
General Knowledge 029	Who wrote The Mayor of Casterbridge?	General Knowledge 079	In secretarial terms, what do the initials w.p.m. stand for?
General Knowledge 030	According to some alchemists, into what was the 'philosopher's stone' thought to be capable of transmuting base metals?	General Knowledge 080	In which century was the English Civil War?
General Knowledge 031	Into which sea does the River Mersey flow?	General Knowledge 081	Albion, Crown Derby and Meissen are all kinds of what?
General Knowledge 032	What musical term means 'notes of a chord played in quick succession'?	General Knowledge 082	Who first said, 'A week is a long time in politics'?
General Knowledge 033	Which French writer in his book The Fall is quoted 'Style, like sheer silk, too often hides eczema'?	General Knowledge 083	What kind of creature is an impala?
General Knowledge 034	In music, 'nocturne' suggests the qualities of what time of day?	General Knowledge 084	In financial terms, what do the initials IMF stand for?
General Knowledge 035	What was the name of the yacht in which Sir Francis Chichester sailed around the world in 1966_67?	General Knowledge 085	Which knighted author wrote a famous novel about Kenilworth in Warwickshire?
General Knowledge 036	When was Braille invented? (a) 1824, (b) 1799 or (c) 1856?	General Knowledge 086	What are the three Rs?
General Knowledge 037	Where is the Scottish Football Cup Final played?	General Knowledge 087	In which poem do 'slithy toves' originate?
General Knowledge 038	What is the term for the type of tree which annually sheds its leaves?	General Knowledge 088	In which city is the famous 'Western Wall', or 'Wailing Wall'?
General Knowledge 039	To which college in Cambridge does the Bridge of Sighs belong?	General Knowledge 089	What kind of seafood are 'Moules a la Mariniere'?
General Knowledge 040	What is the English name for the American game of 'checkers'?	General Knowledge 090	From what main ingredient is hummus made?
General Knowledge 041	Which British statesman is quoted in various speeches as saying: 'Wait and see'?
General Knowledge 042	What kind of plant is marjoram?
General Knowledge 043	From whom does the teddy bear take its name?
General Knowledge 044	What is the French term used for a clear soup?
General Knowledge 045	For what purpose, in the nursery rhyme, did 'Jack and Jill' go up the hill?
General Knowledge 046	What is the American word for English 'sweets'?
General Knowledge 047	In the nursery rhyme, 'I had a little nut tree', it would only bear two things, what were they?
General Knowledge 048	What are you doing if you 'pull the wool over someone's eyes'?
General Knowledge 049	What flavour is Creme de Menthe?
General Knowledge 050	What does 'heterogeneous' mean?

About these quizzes

These quizzes are for general purpose as Quiz Night type quizzes and should not be mistaken for Exam questions, they are simply to use as general quizzes and can be used for relief lessons or quiz nights or as a general quick subject quiz for students.

NOTE: most quizzes are being updated so this is a work in progress.

I ran a quiz each week in the computer lab with one question per week pasted on the notice board, on Fridays at morning recess I would draw entries out of a bag (A4 Envelope) and for the correct answer a prize was given to the wining student (usually a Crunchie Bar).

On Friday recess I then ran a quick 10min quiz on any topic and these became quite popular, so I have put together many quizzes over several years and from various quiz books that I purchased. Here are some of the quizzes, many starting around 1997-8 so some may now be slightly outdated but I am certain you can modify the questions to bring them up to date.