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General Knowledge Quiz for August 1, 2026

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Typically, what is the main component of the windblown sediment known as loess?
1. Phosphorus pentoxide
2. Calcium oxide
3. Calcium carbonate
4. Silica

In what country was the first World Championship in Field Archery held, in 1969, the discipline used for the recurve and barebow competitions at the World Games?
1. UK
2. USA
3. Switzerland
4. Poland

The "Don and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy Show" is awarded at which event?
1. Montreux Comedy Festival
2. Edinburgh Festival Fringe
3. Just for Laughs Festival
4. Kamloops International Buskers Festival

What is the term for someone a young woman will keep on good terms with so she will be bought presents?
1. Treacle sister
2. Honey mummy
3. Sugar daddy
4. Fudge brother

As a student, the polymath Charles Babbage, originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer, was a member of a club which investigated what?
1. Boxing science
2. Social mores
3. Odds in horserace betting
4. Supernatural phenomena

According to Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend, who, in Silene, Libya, saved a princess from a dragon by capturing it, and then led it to the king, promising to kill it if his people converted to Christianity?
1. Saint George
2. Saint Michael
3. Saint Patrick
4. Saint Andrew

The term "Teutonic" means relating to what country?
1. Germany
2. Norway
3. Spain
4. France

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 31, 2026

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which song first appeared in the Broadway musical," The Passing Show of 1918", introduced by Helen Carrington?
1. Till We Meet Again
2. A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
3. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
4. Poor Little Butterfly (Is a Fly Gal Now)

When was the first Whitbread Ocean Race (now The Ocean Race) sailed?
1. 1962
2. 1973
3. 1982
4. 1950

What is another name for the type of animal called poatsoj (in some Sámi languages), tuktu (in the eastern Arctic), and caribou?
1. Musk ox
2. Moose
3. Elk
4. Reindeer

Which is NOT one of the meanings of "meld"?
1. Blend or mix
2. Shape
3. Lay down a combination of cards to score points
4. Declare

Three Americans, artist Samuel F. B. Morse, physicist Joseph Henry, and machinist and inventor Alfred Vail, developed what in the 1830s?
1. An electrical telegraph system
2. A type of chair for cinemas
3. A stockbroker's code
4. A ball for basketball

Which Hollywood star married baseball hero Joe DiMaggio?
1. Lana Turner
2. Marilyn Monroe
3. Ava Gardiner
4. Bette Davis

Which US state is named for a King of France?
1. Virginia
2. Georgia
3. Louisiana
4. Arkansas

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 30, 2026

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Russia convicted US sportsperson Brittney Griner in 2022 of smuggling cannabis oil. In what form was the cannabis?
1. Capsules
2. Ampoules for injections
3. Dried buds
4. Cartridges for a vape

Writer Aaron Sorkin and director Thomas Schlamme have collaborated on a number of American TV dramas, including which of these?
1. Molly's Game
2. The Newsroom
3. Manhattan
4. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Which among these is the Zomia area considered to include?
1. Fiji
2. Hungary
3. The Russian Arctic
4. The mountains of Southwest China

What was the reason behind the name given to the theory about cold episodes in Earth's history between 2.4 billion years ago and 650 million years ago?
1. Earth is thought to have become almost completely frozen
2. Snowball fighting became a recognised international sport
3. People drank a lot of advocaat cocktails
4. Flourishing global growth of Viburnum opulus Sterile

The Leominster Rams have won more than 20 US National titles, including six straight wins 2004 to 2009, in which sport?
1. American Football
2. Ice Hockey
3. Basketball
4. Street hockey

According to the saying, a stitch in time saves how many?
1. Twenty
2. Five
3. Many
4. Nine

A group of quails or snipe is usually called what?
1. Gaggle
2. Covey
3. Shoal
4. Pod

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 29, 2026

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What is dichlor-diphenyl-trichlorethane used for?
1. Headaches
2. Party pills
3. Insecticide
4. Preventing nappy rash

Who, born in 1412 in France, was hailed as a saviour by her King, burnt at the stake in 1431 in a trial for heresy subsidised by the English, cleared of her charges soon after her death, and in 1920 canonised as a saint?
1. Olympe de Gouges
2. Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
3. Héloïse
4. Geneviève

Where is the Sahel?
1. In the centre of Australia
2. West to east across the north of China
3. In the centre of Brazil
4. West to east across the middle of Africa

The fictional story teller Uncle Remus narrates stories about what character?
1. Br'er Rabbit
2. Asterix
3. Tintin
4. Winnie the Pooh

What was the official length of the shortest recorded war?
1. 6 days
2. 6 hours
3. 4 days
4. 45 minutes

In 2016, Play! Pokémon announced that what tournament would have its own championship series and would be played at the Pokémon World Championships?
1. Pokémon Unite
2. Pokémon Sword and Shield
3. Pokkén Tournament
4. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Three weeks after the USSR launched the first man into space what did the USA launch, with its first manned space flight?
1. Mercury-Redstone 3
2. MR-2
3. Freedom 6
4. Friendship 7

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 28, 2026

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The charter of Georgia in America, when it was established in 1732, prohibited liquor and what else?
1. Cave dwellings
2. Private ownership of rifles
3. Crack cocaine
4. Slavery

To dree something is to what?
1. Tie it up
2. Sift it
3. Grumble about it
4. Endure it

Where are "black smokers" found?
1. As part of charcoal-burning stacks
2. Near nuclear power plants
3. In the middle of coal heaps
4. On deep-sea ocean floors

Which of these has the second highest annual consumption of pure alcohol per capita?
1. Germany
2. United Kingdom
3. Ireland
4. France

Which long-running British TV series featured the characters Captain Peacock, Mrs. Slocombe, Mr. Humphries, Miss Brahms, Mr. Rumbold, Mr. Grainger and Mr. Lucas?
1. Only Fools and Horses
2. Are You Being Served?
3. Fawlty Towers
4. Laverne and Shirley

FEI, established 1921, is the international body governing what kind of sports?
1. Equestrian
2. Extreme
3. Eccentric
4. Electric cars

Who resigned his army commission in 1858 to write music, such as the opera "Boris Godunov" and "Pictures at an Exhibition"?
1. Igor Stravinsky
2. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Modest Mussorgsky
4. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 27, 2026

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What is the term for a pair of arched fibre tracts that join under the corpus callosum of the brain, or for the line of reflection of the conjunctiva from the eyelid to the eyeball, or for the annular recess around the outside of the cervix?
1. Cul-de-sac
2. Annular ligament
3. Fornix
4. Arcus conjunctiva

Which of these became a parliamentary republic in 1994 with a new constitution?
1. Abkhazia
2. Transnistria
3. Ukraine
4. Moldova

Each side of a chess game has castles, knights, bishops, a King, a Queen and 8 what?
1. Pawns
2. Serfs
3. Underlings
4. Employees

The Atlas Mountains occupy most of the land area of which country?
1. Algeria
2. Morocco
3. Romania
4. Kazakhstan

Who wrote the children's books centred round Dr Doolittle?
1. Hugh Lofting
2. Hugh Grant
3. Hugh Walpole
4. Hugh Laurie

An expression for completely full is "...[what]... full"?
1. Dock
2. Chuck
3. Pluck
4. Chock

An easel is most likely to be used by ...?
1. A cattleherder
2. A painter
3. A sculptor
4. A wizard

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 26, 2026

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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"Rock 'n' Roll", a play by Tom Stoppard that premiered in 2006, takes place in Cambridge, England and what other city?
1. Tel Aviv
2. Memphis
3. Istanbul
4. Prague

Snooker is played with a what?
1. Paddle
2. Stick
3. Racquet
4. Cue

Charles Lindbergh's first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 was between which two cities?
1. Montpellier, Vermont and Birmingham, England
2. St Louis and Dublin
3. Boston and London, UK
4. New York and Paris, France

Which of the Great Lakes is the only one located entirely within the USA?
1. Lake Michigan
2. Lake Erie
3. Lake Huron
4. Lake Superior

Which of these singers is also a children's author, most notably with the "English Roses" series, the first of which was published in 2003?
1. Madonna
2. Britney Spears
3. Julie Andrews
4. Beyoncé

What is the name for the outer covering of the shell of a coconut which is made into yarn used to make matting and brushes?
1. Skein
2. Rattan
3. Slarn
4. Coir

A modified version of which type of weapon was designed by US frontiersman Jim Bowie?
1. Spear
2. Rifle
3. Pistol
4. Knife

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 25, 2026

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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A popular standard of the early 1930s "When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You", by Joe Burke (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics), was originally written for the film version of what musical?
1. Dancing Sweeties
2. Let's Go Native
3. Hold Everything
4. The Blue Angel

What is most likely to be food for a tenrec?
1. Durian fruit
2. Krill
3. Termites
4. Antelopes

Miso soup originated in which country?
1. India
2. Japan
3. France
4. Italy

The customs union established by three countries in Europe which came into force in 1948 is known as what?
1. European Economic League
2. Benelux
3. European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
4. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)

Rabbits are the background for what hit song, biggest selling single in the UK in 1979?
1. Run, rabbit, run
2. Watership Down
3. When You're Losing Your Way in the Rain
4. Bright Eyes

Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and Turkey were the venues for the inaugural World Series in 2009 for which sport?
1. Cliff diving
2. Base Jumping
3. Drone flying
4. Free climbing

Which of these is not a monarchy?
1. Sweden
2. Finland
3. Denmark
4. Netherlands

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 24, 2026

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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When did disciplines in Wushu officially join the permanent competition programme of the World Games?
1. 2025
2. 2013
3. 2009
4. 2022

Gros Michel, Cavendish and Dacca are all what?
1. Makes of cigar
2. Banana cultivars
3. Holiday resorts in the South Island of New Zealand
4. Names of tornadoes

What is Bektashism?
1. A Sufi order of Islam
2. A type of religious chant
3. A burial practice in ancient Japan
4. A school of kite design

King James VI of Scotland was also King James I of where?
1. Aquitaine
2. Sweden
3. Calais
4. England

According to the unpublished memoirs of animator Friz Freleng, which Clark Gable film inspired the character of Bugs Bunny due to the personality of a minor character, Oscar Shapely and his penchant for referring to Clark Gable's character as "Doc", an imaginary character named "Bugs Dooley" that Gable's character uses to frighten Shapely, and a scene in which Clark Gable eats carrots while talking quickly with his mouth full?
1. It Happened One Night (1934)
2. The Call of the Wild (1935)
3. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
4. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Which was first?
1. Cold War
2. Spanish Civil War
3. World War II
4. Russian Revolution

In which country is the city of Dundee?
1. Scotland
2. England
3. Wales
4. Northern Ireland

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 23, 2026

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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At the 1988 Olympics, in a split decision, South Korean boxer Park Si-Hun beat American Roy Jones, Jr., though Jones landed 86 punches to Park's 32 and a judge admitted the decision was a mistake. All 3 judges voting against Jones were suspended. What was the final outcome?
1. Roy Jones, Jr. was declared the winner
2. Park Si-Hun remained the winner
3. It was declared to be a draw
4. There was a rematch, which Park Si-Hun won

According to an old English poem, who was slain by a dragon?
1. Eormanric
2. Merlin
3. Weland
4. Beowulf

What was the name given to the directional anti-personnel mine, remotely detonated, and placed above-ground, developed for the USA?
1. Claymore mines
2. Bouncing Betty
3. POMZ mines
4. Mon-50

Pol Pot was overthrown as ruler of what country in 1979?
1. Haiti
2. Ethiopia
3. Myanmar
4. Cambodia

UNESCO was formed in 1945 for the purpose of building world peace and security through strengthening international co-operation in what?
1. Identifying areas of national significance
2. Sporting tournaments
3. Dealing with refugee issues
4. Education, sciences and cultural relations

By 2016 36% of Belize's land territory and 13% of Belize's marine territory falls under some form of official protected status; what, and when, was Belize's first gazetted sanctuary for wildlife protection?
1. Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, 1986
2. The island atoll of Half Moon Caye, 1928
3. La Amistad International Park, 1988
4. Parque Nacional La Tigra, 1980

Which of these animals is native to South America?
1. Lion
2. Tiger
3. Leopard
4. Jaguar

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 22, 2026

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The andenes in the Sacred Valley near the Inca capital of Cuzco and in the Colca Canyon in Peru, were originally created for what main purpose?
1. As irrigation channels for agriculture
2. To create pathways to high temples
3. To make level planting areas on steep slopes
4. As small waystation shrines

Who co-starred with Kevin Costner in "The Bodyguard" and released a song from the movie, "I Will Always Love You", which became a hit?
1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Bette Midler
3. Whitney Houston
4. Barbra Streisand

A 2025 article by William Wong examines the rising effect of what on voters and democracies?
1. AI-driven disinformation
2. Identity-driven division
3. Economic sections
4. Social media influencers

An astringent substance does what?
1. Increases acid content
2. Puckers the skin of the tongue
3. Gives "bite" to the taste of a fluid
4. Tightens or contracts soft tissue

The song "Love To Love You Baby" was banned by the BBC in 1975. Who was the artist?
1. Diana Ross
2. Cilla Black
3. Dusty Springfield
4. Donna Summer

Where did the Eureka Rebellion happen?
1. Syracuse, Sicily
2. Ballarat, Australia
3. Eureka, California, USA
4. Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Which venue has hosted the Ryder Cup the most times since 1980?
1. The K Club - Palmer Course, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland
2. Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky
3. The Belfry, Wishaw, Warwickshire, England
4. Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 21, 2026

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Before 918 CE, when Alfred the Great's son Edward accepted their submission, who ruled in East Anglia and parts of Mercia in England?
1. Norsemen
2. The Danes
3. The Swedish
4. The French

Who was Scrooge's dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol"?
1. Mr Pickwick
2. Jacob Marley
3. Miss Havisham
4. Bill Sykes

Typically, how many minutes long is a round in a professional men's boxing match?
1. As determined at the start of the match
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Eggs are the traditional base of which of these?
1. Tamales
2. Paella
3. Jambalaya
4. Tamagoyaki

Suriname on the north-eastern coast of South America was at one time one of the top producers in the world of what?
1. Bauxite
2. Dysprosium
3. Platinum
4. Yttrium

Which of these is a migratory bird?
1. Goforit
2. Quick
3. Speedy
4. Swift

Which English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose 20th-century fame established him posthumously among the leading Victorian poets, was praised because "his experimental explorations in prosody ... and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse"?
1. William Wordsworth
2. John Masefield
3. John Betjeman
4. Gerard Manley Hopkins

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 20, 2026

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What is the usual food source for a hoatzin?
1. Leaves, flowers, fruit and buds
2. Krill
3. Ants
4. Insect larvae

What began in the US entertainment industry at the end of the 1940s, with the onset of the Cold War between the western and eastern blocs?
1. The Burbank whiteschedule
2. The Hollywood blacklist
3. The Appalachian redchart
4. The Wild West brownbox

The Irishmen William Burke and William Hare were famous for doing what in the early 19th century?
1. Starting a revolution to free Ireland from British rule
2. Exploring central Australia
3. Discovering the existence of X and Y chromosomes
4. Murdering people and selling the bodies

Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy led the world rankings in early 2016 in what sport?
1. Tennis
2. Swimming
3. Single sculls
4. Golf

Which of these is a port on Cyprus?
1. Limassol
2. Marsaxlokk
3. Messina
4. Cagliari

Which of these people was related to Diana, Princess of Wales, by marriage?
1. Barbara Cartland, author
2. Jeffrey Archer, author, politician
3. Jeremy Spencer, guitarist for "Fleetwood Mac"
4. Edmund Spenser, poet

The Council of Trent in the 16th century was held between believers of what religious faith?
1. Sufi
2. Islam
3. Christianity
4. Buddhism

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 19, 2026

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of these is another word for the thumb?
1. Thorax
2. Caster
3. Pollex
4. Hallux

Which US president occupied 2 executive mansions in New York City [at 3 Cherry Street (April 1789 - February 1790) & 39-41 Broadway (February - August 1790)], and 1 in Philadelphia at 190 High Street (November 1790 to March 1797)?
1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Andrew Jackson
4. James Garfield

Which of these is associated with boxing?
1. Frank Bruno
2. Nigel Mansell
3. John Mayer
4. David Cameron

Which of these words is a common English word for moonshine, illicitly-distilled corn whiskey?
1. Poitín
2. Hooch
3. Mash
4. Mountain mist

What is the occupation of the title character in "Finnegans Wake" by James Joyce?
1. Professor of Law
2. Hod carrier
3. Game keeper
4. Machine operator

Iraq lies between Syria to the west and what country to the east?
1. Iran
2. Afghanistan
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Pakistan

What became legal in the Republic of Ireland when the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1995?
1. Membership of the IRA
2. Divorce
3. Abortion
4. Contraception

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 18, 2026

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Who commissioned film-maker Leni Riefenstahl to make “Olympia”, the first documentary film on the Olympic Games at the 1936 Berlin Games?
1. The British Equestrian Team
2. The Nazi Party
3. Jesse Owens
4. International Olympic Committee

Which of these words refers to a name used to hide an individual's real identity?
1. Demonym
2. Acronym
3. Synonym
4. Pseudonym

A road system running down the west coast of the Americas, apart from a short gap across the south part of Central America, from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina, is called what?
1. Route 66
2. The Pan-American Highway
3. The Americas Trail
4. The Yellow Brick Road

What field of science is British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton particularly known for?
1. Development of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2. Sports
3. Quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit
4. Electron dynamics in matter

Which period in Japanese history came to an end in 1868?
1. Meiji Period
2. The Edo, or Tokugawa, Period
3. Jōmon Period
4. Reiwa Period

What song is this lyric from: "Driver at the engine, fireman rings the bell, sandman swings the lantern to show that all is well"?
1. Puff, the Magic Dragon
2. The Carnival Is Over
3. Blowing in the Wind
4. Morningtown Ride

What system was the spacecraft Rosetta launched on?
1. Ariane
2. MSL
3. Long Now
4. Voyager

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 17, 2026

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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A tophus, or tophi, can occur as a result of what?
1. Polio
2. Over-exposure to sun
3. Inflammation in the body's joints
4. An excess of uric acid in the body

The forces in which country were described by the leader of the opposing forces during battles in 1808 as "an army of bandits led by monks"?
1. Spain
2. Austria
3. Finland
4. Belgium

Which British journal of political and social satire was first published in July 1841?
1. Horse & Hound
2. Private Eye
3. Tatler
4. Punch

When was the opening theme music for the BBC television programme Top Gear (1977-2001) first released on an album?
1. 2000
2. 1976
3. 1973
4. 1982

Record medal winner in the Rio Olympics 2016 Simone Biles from the USA competed in what discipline?
1. Diving
2. Rhythmic gymnastics
3. Swimming
4. Gymnastics

Which US city has the same name as the state that it is in?
1. New York
2. Denver
3. Buffalo
4. San Francisco

Who is the lead singer of the American rock / ska-pop / reggae band "No Doubt", winners of 2 Grammy Awards, which was formed in Anaheim, California, in 1986?
1. Linda Ronstadt
2. Gwen Stefani
3. Lily Allen
4. Debbie Harry

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 16, 2026

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Alexandre Pushkin (1799-1837) is internationally acclaimed in what field?
1. Science
2. Literature
3. Military action
4. Painting

At the time of her construction in 2003, what was the longest, widest, tallest, largest passenger ship ever built?
1. Queen Elizabeth 2
2. Queen Mary 2
3. Lusitania
4. Queen Elizabeth I

Sim, a two-player game designed to be played with pencil and paper, calls for the players to do what?
1. Find the quickest path through a maze
2. Avoid creating triangles in a basket of lines connecting 6 vertices
3. Draw the most recognisable character from the "The Sims"
4. Play a chess game from the Siberian International Masters repertoire

Which is the largest working water wheel in the world?
1. Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire, UK
2. Llanberis, North Wales, UK
3. Laxey Wheel on the Isle of Man, UK
4. Old Mill at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, USA

Which 1983-2004 UK television series starred, among others, Kevin Whately, Timothy Spall, and Jimmy Nail?
1. Blott on the Landscape
2. Inspector Morse
3. Red Dwarf
4. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

What did the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 mark?
1. End of the state of war of the First World War
2. Completed renovations at the Palace of Versailles
3. Agreement to build a Channel Tunnel
4. Agreed definition of the length of the metre

Serotonin is a hormone that mainly affects what in the human body?
1. Production of urine
2. Heart rate
3. Hair growth
4. Mood, intestinal movements, vasoconstriction

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 15, 2026

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In which sport did Olympic gold medallists Roger Ducret, Lucien Gaudin, Laura Flessel-Colovic, Gaston Alibert, Pascale Trinquet, Christian d'Oriola, Jehan Buhan and Albert Robert Ayat represent France?
1. Cycling
2. Fencing
3. Canoeing
4. Swimming

If a hibiscus is pictured on a bank note what is the name of the currency?
1. Ringgit
2. Renminbi
3. Leu
4. Rial

In what country is the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile river?
1. Ethiopia
2. Egypt
3. Sudan
4. Uganda

T S Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" (1939) formed the basis for which long-running musical show?
1. Rats
2. Cats
3. Possums
4. Practical Guide to Cat Shows

What acts on copper to produce true, or neutral, verdigris?
1. Acid, usually acetic acid
2. Sulphur
3. Carbon dioxide
4. Chlorine

Who are Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick?
1. Professional golfers
2. The backing band for Madonna
3. US Congressmen
4. "South Park" kids

When South Sudan was established as a country independent of Sudan in 2011 how was this done?
1. By referendum
2. A truce between warring factions
3. Military action overseen by the East African Community
4. By edict from the religious leader of Sudan

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 14, 2026

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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When it was enacted in 1883 what did the Pendleton Act establish in the USA?
1. Rules governing rodeo
2. Regulations limiting anti-competitive conduct by companies
3. Protection of industrial property
4. The basis for the modern USA Civil Service

The lyrics of the English madrigal "If love now reynyd as it hath bene" were written in which century?
1. 12th
2. 16th
3. 11th
4. 17th

What is the capital of the state of North Dakota, USA?
1. Pierre
2. Fargo
3. Bismarck
4. Sioux Falls

Acorns come from which species of tree?
1. Pines
2. Oaks
3. Cedars
4. Sequoias

Which of these "Catherine/Katherine"s was never a queen or empress?
1. Born 1729, the daughter of a German prince. Married Peter, Duke of Holstein. Died 1796.
2. Born 1684 in Lithuania. Married a Swedish soldier. Died 1727.
3. Catherine of Siena, born 1347. Persuaded the Pope to return to Rome from Avignon. Died 1389
4. Daughter of Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain, born 1485. Married the Prince of Wales, 1501. Died 1536.

Where is the adoption date of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) inscribed on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbour?
1. Around the base of the torch in the statue's right hand
2. On the statue's pedestal
3. On the tablet in the statue's left hand
4. At the entrance to the statue

What does the platform DAZN, established in 2015, provide?
1. A forum for sports fan communities
2. Live and on-demand digital sports broadcasting
3. A space for Q & A in world politics
4. An international umbrella for dance organisations

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 13, 2026

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Who founded the Ptolemaic dynasty which followed Alexander the Great as Pharaohs of Egypt?
1. A Greek philosopher
2. Niece of the previous pharaoh
3. Alexander's son
4. One of Alexander's military commanders and personal bodyguards

Where is the Great Basin Desert?
1. USA
2. Australia
3. Brazil
4. China

What was the name of the ship captained by Nemo in "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"?
1. Pequod
2. Nautilus
3. Enterprise
4. Hispaniola

Which singer, songwriter, dancer and actor figured in part or all of the two top spots in the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004?
1. Usher
2. Alicia Keys
3. OutKast
4. Beyoncé

The nickname "Grasshopper", made prominent in a 1972 TV series, was applied to a student of what sport?
1. Boxing
2. Martial arts
3. Tennis
4. High jump

Which of these is a French liqueur made in the town of Voiron, composed of distilled alcohol flavoured with 130 herbal extracts and named after the monastery where it was formerly produced?
1. Chartreuse
2. Kahlua
3. Sabra
4. Advocaat

What is Munk's Roll?
1. A move in pole vaulting
2. A series of medical biographies
3. Published Canadian governmental foreign policy papers
4. An escape tactic used by chipmunks

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General Knowledge Quiz for July 12, 2026

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What city was not known to the Western world until 1812, when it was discovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a sonnet by John William Burgon?
1. Petra
2. Cheops
3. Babylon
4. Atlantis

Over several weeks after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union agreed to give up its monopoly of power, on February 7, 1990, the constituent republics of the USSR held their first competitive elections. How many republics were there?
1. 15
2. 10
3. 8
4. 4

What was the title of the book that sold for $US556,500 at auction in New York in June 2009?
1. Moby Dick
2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3. Poor Richard's Almanack
4. The Bible

What type of aircraft powerplant uses a gas turbine to drive a propeller?
1. Biplane
2. Jet
3. Turbo prop
4. Monoplane

Windsurfing equipment includes...?
1. A compass
2. An anemometer
3. A sail
4. Scuba gear

Who was the elected President of Mexico from 1877 after the overthrow and execution of Emperor Maximilian until, with a gap from 1880 to 1884, a rebellion in 1911?
1. Bartholomew Diaz
2. Cameron Diaz
3. Porfirio Díaz
4. José Feliciano

Typically, a male moose sheds its antlers how frequently?
1. Every 6 months
2. Every year
3. Every two years
4. Every five years

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