Multiple choice general knowledge questions on different topics. You can find the correct answers at the end of this quiz. Enjoy!
GENERAL Knowledge Questions
1. The Plaka is the oldest quarter of which city?
a. Athens
b. Prague
c. Rome
d. Vienna
2. What is an axolotl?
a. A nerve in the brain
b. A multi-axled vehicle
c. A type of mortice lock
d. A species of salamander
3. The Panama Canal was officially opened by which US president?
a. Calvin Coolidge
b. Herbert Hoover
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Woodrow Wilson
4. In which opera did Maria Callas make her last appearance at Covent Garden?
a. ‘Carmen’
b. ‘Tosca’
c. ‘Madame Butterfly’
d. ‘La Boheme’
5. After Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel who is the next person mentioned in the Bible?
a. Enoch
b. Jubal
c. Lamech
d. Zillah
6. What is a kudzu?
a. Antelope
b. Bird
c. Jewish settlement
d. Climbing plant
7. Outlawed from 1603 to 1774, which Scottish clan was known as the ‘Faceless Clan’?
a. Campbell
b. MacGregor
c. MacLeod
d. MacDonald
8. From which country does tennis player Andres Gomez, winner of the 1990 French Championships, come?
a.Ecuador
b.Peru
c.Portugal
d.Spain
General Knowledge Questions : Geography Questions
9. Which US city is located on the Maumee River at Lake Erie?
a. Detroit
b. Toledo
c. Cleveland
d. Buffalo
10. Lisbon stands at the mouth of which river?
a. Seine
b. Duoro
c. Rio Grande
d. Tagus
11. What is the longest river in France?
a. Loire
b. Seine
c. Rhone
d. Gironde
12. In which Australian state is Darwin?
a. Queensland
b. Western Australia
c. Northern Territory
d. Tasmania
13. Apart from Rome, how many cities in Italy have a population of over one million?
a. Three: Milan, Naples and Turin
b. Two: Genoa and Venice
c. One:Ancona
d. Four:Florence, Bologna, Trieste and Palermo
14. What in America is the Palmetto state?
a. Florida
b. Louisiana
c. Alabama
d. South Carolina
15. In which ocean is Madagascar?
a. Atlantic
b. Pacific
c. Indian
d. Arctic
16. In which US city is the Sears Tower?
a. Boston
b. Chicago
c. St. Louis
d. San Francisco
General Knowledge Questions : Science and Technology Questions
17. Galena is an ore of which metal?
a. Copper
b. Lead
c. Zinc
d. Iron
18. Which sign of the zodiac comes between Leo and Libra?
a. Virgo
b. Taurus
c. Aries
d. Capricorn
19. Which planet is said to influence the way we communicate?
a. Venus
b. Mercury
c. Mars
d. Saturn
20. Are you a fire, air, water or earth sign if you were born under Aquarius?
a. Fire
b. Water
c. Air
d. Earth
21. Which star sign is the first sign of the zodiac?
a. Pisces
b. Capricorn
c. Taurus
d. Aries
22. If you were born on New Year’s Day, which is your astrological sign?
a. Aries
b. Cancer
c. Capricorn
d. Leo
23. What is the ruling planet of Scorpio?
a. Pluto
b. Venus
c. Earth
d. Saturn
24. Pisces and Scorpio are two of the water signs, name the third.
a. Aquarius
b. Sagittarius
c. Cancer
d. Leo
General Knowledge Questions : Sports Questions
25. At which sport in the 1960s did Peggy Fleming become a household name?
a. Equestrian
b. Tennis
c. Sprinting
d. Figure skating
26. Who revolutionised high jumping when he used his flop technique to win an Olympic gold medal in Mexico in 1968?
a. Dick Fosbury
b. Mick Cadbury
c. Nick Fosdyke
d. Vic Foster
27. What nationality was tennis player John Newcombe?
a. British
b. Canadian
c. Irish
d. Australian
28. About which golfer did the great Bobby Jones remark : “He is playing an entirely different game – a game I’m not even familiar with.” ?
a. Gary Player
b. Tiger Woods
c. Jack Nicklaus
d. Peter Allis
29. Which tennis player, famous for her two-handed backhand and baseline-dominated play was nicknamed ‘The Ice Maiden’?
a. Steffi Graf
b. Chris Evert
c. Evonne Cawley
d. Kim Clijsters
30. Who was the Argentinian racing driver ( 1911 – 1995 ) who won five world championships and was team leader of Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati?
a. Juan Manuel Fangio
b. Alberto Ascari
c. Giuseppe Farina
d. Jose Gonzales
31. Which Italian jockey rode his first winner Lizzy Hare, at Goodwood in 1987?
a. Giovanni Forte
b. Diego Dettori
c. Uto Viaggi
d. Frankie Dettori
32. With which baseball team did Jose DiMaggio achieve icon status in the 1940s?
a. Chicago Bears
b. New York Yankees
c. Baltimore Batters
d. Cleveland Steelers
General Knowledge Questions : Food Questions
33. What type of cheese is Stilton?
a. Blue
b. Green
c. Hard
d. Mouldy
34. What do you add to milk to make porridge?
a. Cruel
b. Oats
c. Sugar
d. Whisky
35. What is minestrone?
a. Cheese
b. Noodles
c. A type of potato
d. Soup
36. What is bottled tomato sauce called?
a. Brown sauce
b. HP sauce
c. Ketchup
d. Piccalilli
37. What colour is gin?
a. Colourless
b. Blue
c. Green
d. Yellow
38. Which fruit is covered with toffee at a fairground?
a. Banana
b. Apple
c. Carrot
d. Pear
39. Which nuts are used to make marzipan?
a. Almonds
b. Chestnuts
c. Hazelnuts
d. Walnuts
40. What meat dish is Cumberland famous for?
a. Bacon
b. Deep-fried Mars Bars
c. Ribs
d. Sausage
General Knowledge Questions : British History Questions
41. Which British monarch succeeded Queen Victoria?
a. Elizabeth II
b. Edward VI
c. Edward VII
d. George VII
42. Richard III died at which battle?
a. Bosworth Field
b. Barnet
c. Hastings
d. York
43. Who was the last viceroy of India?
a. Clive
b. George VI
c. Prince Louis of Battenburg
d. Lord Louis Mountbatten
44. Which English monarch married Eleanor of Aquitaine?
a. Henry II
b. Henry IV
c. Henry VI
d. Henry VIII
45. Who was the last wife of Henry VIII?
a. Anne of Cleves
b. Catherine of Aragon
c. Catherine Howard
d. Catherine Parr
46. Which country did Britain fight in the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
a. France
b. Ireland
c. Spain
d.Wales
47. Which King George did Prince Regent become?
a. George IV
b. George III
c. George II
d. George I
48. At the Siege of Mafeking, who led the British forces?
a. Robert Baden-Powell
b. Colonel B. T. Mahon
c. Fieldmarshal Bernard Montgomery
d. Louis Mountbatten
49. The House of Lancaster kings were all called what?
a. Charles
b. Edward
c. George
d. Henry
50. Apart from Mad George, which kinder nickname did George III have?
a. Big George
b. Farmer Giles
c. Farmer George
d. Happy George
General Knowledge Questions and Answers
- a) Athens
- d) A species of salamander
- d) Woodrow Wilson
- b) Tosca
- a) Enoch
- a) Antelope
- b) MacGregor
- a) Ecuador
- b) Toledo
- d) Tagus
- a) Loire
- c) Northern Territory
- a) Three: Milan, Naples and Turin
- d) South Carolina
- c) Indian
- b) Chicago
- b) Lead
- a) Virgo
- b) Mercury
- d) Air
- d) Aries
- c) Capricorn
- b) Pluto
- c) Cancer
- d) Figure skating
- a) Dick Fosbury
- d) Australian
- c) Jack Nicklaus
- b) Chris Evert
- a) Juan Manuel Fangio
- d) Frankie
- b) New York Yankees
- a) Blue
- b) Oats
- d) Soup
- c) Ketchup
- a) Colourless
- b) Apple
- a) Almonds
- d) Sausage
- c) Edward VII
- a) Bosworth Field
- d) Lord Louis Mountbatten
- a) Henry II
- d) Catherine Parr
- c) Spain
- a) George IV
- a) Robert Baden-Powell
- d) Henry
- c) Farmer George
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