General knowledge quiz

HISTORY

1 Who famously circled the globe in the Go

Hind?

2 Which country used kamikaze pilots in Wo

War Two?

3 Corazon Aquino was president of which

country 1986-92?

4 Which English city was bombed for 57

consecutive nights during the Blitz?

5 How many British kings have been called

George?

6 Who claimed to have had an annus horrib

in 1992?

FILM & MUSIC

7 Which American comedian starred in the

film The Cat and the Canary?

8 Who wrote Roll Over Beethoven?

9 Who starred in 1989 baseball movie Field

Dreams?

10 Which orchestral percussion instrument

produces the lowest sound?

11 Which Australian screen idol played a run

in Gallipoli?

12 Which classic 1974 adventure movie starr

Paul Newman in a blazing building?

SCIENCE

13 What is the term given to the liver compl

which is often associated with alcoholism 14 How is deuterium oxide better known?

15 Which device, patented by American lawy Carl Magee, appeared in London streets i 1958?

16 Which instrument is used to record earth

tremors and earthquakes?

17 In which part of the body would you find

cochlea?

18 Which chemical compound is used in bak

powder, fizzy drinks and medicinal antaci

WORDS

19 What is the legal term for defamation in

writing, print or pictures?

20 What does RIBA stand for?

21 Which alphabet is used in the Russian

language?

22 For what, in the arts world, does RSC stan

23 What is the chief language of Brazil?

24 What do the initials IVF stand for?

UK

25 Of which political party was Hugh Gaitske

leader from 1955 to 1963?

26 Kingston-upon-thames is the administrat

centre of which county?

27 Which Welsh city lies at the mouth of the

River Taff?

28 Dartmouth can be found in which English

county?

29 In which year was the late Queen Mother

born?

30 What is Britain’s national bird?