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General Knowledge Quiz for June 22, 2026

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Who was vice-president to US president Ronald Reagan?
1. Dan Quayle
2. Bob Dole
3. Dick Cheney
4. George H. W. Bush

The Italian cheese called dolcelatte translates into English as what?
1. Hard holes
2. Smelly feet
3. Sweet milk
4. Toy cream

When was the first road speed limit set in the UK for powered vehicles?
1. 1878
2. 1903
3. 1861
4. 1920

The Chukchi Sea washes the shores of which two countries?
1. Greenland and the USA
2. Indonesia and Australia
3. Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands
4. Russia and the USA

Which country was the largest producer of kiwifruit (also known as Chinese Gooseberry or kiwi) in 2005?
1. New Zealand
2. Chile
3. China
4. Italy

The World Outdoor Bowls Championships were first held in 1966 in what country?
1. Albania
2. Azerbaijan
3. Andorra
4. Australia

"Goodbye Piccadilly" is part of the chorus of a song made popular during what?
1. A Gilbert & Sullivan opera
2. First World War
3. The bird flu pandemic
4. The World War II blitz in Britain

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 21, 2026

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which song has the opening lines "She said it's cold outside, and she hands me my raincoat. She's always worried about things like that"?
1. "Just Like a Woman" by Bob Dylan
2. "The Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits
3. "Lightning Crashes" by Live
4. "3 a.m." by Matchbox Twenty

Castor oil is used in the production of which of these?
1. Floor polish
2. Vehicle brake fluid
3. Worcestershire sauce
4. Lemonade

Lake Titicaca is on which continent?
1. Europe
2. Africa
3. Australia
4. South America

What name was given to 6 December 1745, after Scottish highlanders led by Charles Edward Stuart reached Derby, over 200 miles (320 km) into English territory, causing a financial panic in London?
1. Scottish Monday
2. Black Friday
3. Bloody Sunday
4. Pancake Tuesday

Which of these was an explorer of Australia who led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, from Sydney and Adelaide?
1. Roald Amundsen
2. James Cook
3. Doctor David Livingstone
4. Charles Sturt

Which of these is a procedure popularly thought of as used for excommunication from the Catholic Church for one who had committed a particularly grievous sin?
1. Lock, stock and barrel
2. Hook, line and sinker
3. Bell, book and candle
4. Blood, sweat and tears

Stirling WHO was a British racing driver, who raced from 1948 to 1962 and won 212 of the 529 races he entered, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix?
1. Marsh
2. Fern
3. Lichen
4. Moss

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 20, 2026

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which is the oldest and still inhabited lighthouse in Europe?
1. Cordouan
2. Cap Fréhel
3. Tower of Hercules
4. Hook

When did the style of football known as "Total Football" reach the World Cup?
1. 1978
2. 1968
3. 1974
4. 1986

By what name is actor Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez, appearing in a remake of "Anne of Green Gables", better known?
1. Antony Starr
2. Steve Martin
3. Gérard Depardieu
4. Martin Sheen

How many songs from the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" were released as singles?
1. Five
2. One
3. Seven
4. None

Which birds from around Papua New Guinea and brought to Europe were believed never to land and to be kept aloft by their plumes, because native traders had removed the wings and feet from the specimens?
1. Hornbill
2. Hooded Pitohui
3. Cassowary
4. Bird of Paradise

In the Brothers Grimm story, a dog, cat, rooster and a donkey run away to go to Bremen to become what?
1. Zoo keepers
2. Soldiers
3. Vegetarian chefs
4. Musicians

Which ocean or sea does the Zambezi River flow into?
1. Indian Ocean
2. The Mediterranean
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. The Red Sea

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 19, 2026

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Mansaf, the national dish of Jordan, is made of meat from what animal, cooked in a sauce of fermented reduced yoghurt and served with rice?
1. Dog
2. Goat
3. Lamb
4. Calf

Which war, from 1853 to 1856, was between Turkey and Sardinia together with (from 1854) Britain and France, on one side and Russia on the other?
1. Crimean War
2. Seven Years' War
3. The Wars of the Roses
4. The Hundred Years' War

With what is the Indonesian term "lahar" associated?
1. The nest of the Komodo dragon
2. Strong ocean current
3. Volcanic eruptions
4. A type of interisland ferry

In what century did the small group of islands off the coast of French Guiana known as Îles du Salut acquire their name?
1. 12th
2. 15th
3. 16th
4. 18th

The last lines of which book include: "My spirit will sleep in peace, or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell."?
1. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
2. Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
3. A Tale of Two Cities
4. The Count of Monte Cristo

To roquet in a game what must a player do?
1. Hit one ball into another
2. Hit a ball through a hoop
3. Ricochet one ball off another into a third
4. Hit a ball out of the grounds

Who would Gwalchmei, also known in legend as Sir Gawain, be most likely to have talked with?
1. King Alfred
2. Robert the Bruce
3. Richard the Lionheart
4. King Arthur

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 18, 2026

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In 1931, lawyer and politician Sir Isaac Isaacs was sworn in as the first what?
1. Australian-born Governor-General of Australia
2. Head of the League of People with Doubled-Up Names
3. Surfer to lead snail- and tortoise-racing
4. Official "Keeper of the Broom" for Ig Nobel prize awards

Who constructed railway lines between Stockton and Darlington (in 1821) and Manchester and Liverpool (in 1829), and designed and built railway engines, including "The Rocket".
1. George Churchward
2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
3. Richard Trevithick
4. George Stephenson

Singers and performers Joseph Utsler and Joseph Bruce perform under what name?
1. Ill & Al Scratch
2. Insane Clown Posse
3. Black Sheep
4. M.O.P.

The Coco, Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an extended archipelago stretching north between the north-western tip of Indonesia and what other country?
1. Myanmar/Burma
2. Thailand
3. Bangladesh
4. Malaysia

Where would a fluffer be most likely to be found?
1. In the make-up department of a fashion show
2. In an industrial carpet-making process
3. In a dog show
4. In an underground railway line

In badminton, how many times may the shuttlecock be struck by each side before it passes over the net?
1. Once
2. Twice
3. Six times
4. Four times

Although the speed of light is a constant 186,000 miles per second (299,792,458 metres per second) when passing through a vacuum, it slows in dense mediums. What is the densest of these mediums, i.e. slows light the most?
1. Water
2. A gas of bosons (Bose-Einstein condensates) at near absolute zero
3. Diamond
4. Glass

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 17, 2026

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In January 2009, what did global accountancy firm KPMG ask its 11,000 British staff to do, that was widely reported?
1. March on parliament to demand a bail-out check
2. Switch to a 4 day week or take a long holiday at 30% pay
3. Schedule coffee and toilet breaks to improve desk-sharing routines
4. Print in grey on both sides of each piece of paper

What is the name for an expert on reptiles?
1. Herpetologist
2. Iguanologist
3. Lisanthropist
4. Alligheny

Which nation was the first to declare itself a nuclear free zone?
1. Republic of Palau
2. New Zealand
3. Austria
4. Estonia

What is the next in the series: Waterloo, Blackfriars, Blackfriars Railway, Millennium … ?
1. Southwark
2. Cannon Street Railway
3. London
4. Tower

For whom was the boot designed which eventually came to be called a gumboot or welly?
1. Sir Arthur Dayne
2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3. Sir Arthur Wellesley
4. Sir Arthur Guinness

Which of these requires the largest playing area?
1. Basketball court
2. Squash court
3. Tennis court
4. Netball court

Which of the following actors has never played the title role in the British science fiction drama "Doctor Who", in its TV series or on film, radio or the internet?
1. Peter Cushing
2. Ian Holm
3. William Hartnell
4. Tom Baker

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 16, 2026

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which film starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton was set mainly on a ship at sea?
1. The Old Man and the Sea
2. It Happened One Night
3. Men Against the Sea
4. Mutiny on the Bounty

Which of these most nearly describes a link between South Sudan and Eritrea?
1. They are the first and last of the world's six newest sovereign states
2. They were colonised by Italy
3. They compete as a joint team as the Summer Olympics
4. They lie on opposite banks of the White Nile river

Which of Queen Elizabeth's children is the lowest in succession to (i.e. furthest away from) the throne in the UK?
1. Edward
2. Charles
3. Andrew
4. Anne

Which chief laid siege to Fort Detroit in 1763, an action that led to widespread rebellion against colonists in the area around Ohio and Illinois?
1. Pontiac
2. Cadillac
3. Potomac
4. Buick

Which of these has the most legs?
1. Parrot
2. Ant
3. Spider
4. Horse

Anousheh Ansari is the first Iranian, and the first Iranian woman, to do what?
1. Win a Nobel Peace Prize
2. Win a professional car race
3. Travel in space
4. Top US$10b p.a. in philanthropic donations

At the 1968 Olympic Games held at Mexico City, what was the now-universal style introduced to world attention in the high jump?
1. Rezovà round turn
2. Carruthers crash
3. Gavrilov gavotte
4. Fosbury flop

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 15, 2026

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What occasioned the death of Mumtaz Mahal in 1631, at the age of 37?
1. A heart attack while dancing for her husband
2. Poison administered by other wives in the harem
3. Fall from horseback while hunting with her husband
4. Childbirth, while accompanying her husband in a military campaign

In the James Bond film who played Bond girl Anya Amasova?
1. Jane Seymour
2. Britt Ekland
3. Barbara Bach
4. Jill St. John

What does a phlebotomist usually deal with?
1. Injections
2. Removing kidney stones
3. Flora
4. Taking blood

What is cholesterol?
1. An amino acid derivative
2. Signalling molecule, known as an eicosanoid
3. A naturally occurring steroid
4. A protein hormone

What was the name chosen for the international games organised by Pierre de Coubertin at the end of the 19th century?
1. Championships of the Midland Counties
2. The Olympic Games
3. Belgian Athletics Championships
4. Gran Premio di Milano

Which is the highest of these national capital cities?
1. Quito, Ecuador
2. Sucre, Bolivia
3. Bogotá, Colombia
4. Caracas, Venezuela

Who directed the Oscar-winning 1938 romantic comedy film "You Can't Take It With You"?
1. Frank Perry
2. Frank Capra
3. Frank N. Stein
4. Frank Coppola

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 14, 2026

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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He was a founding member, songwriter, and guitarist with the rock band Magic Alex, made his professional acting debut in 1992 in UK TV, and in TV has starred alongside Robbie Coltrane, Philip Glenister, David Tennant and Jim Broadbent. Who is he?
1. Marc Warren
2. John Lynch
3. James Nesbitt
4. John Simm

In the 1950s, what was Jersey Joe Walcott known for?
1. Boxing
2. Sculpture
3. Motor racing
4. Cooking

Which of these words can be applied correctly to 97% of all animal species?
1. Mammals
2. Vertebrates
3. Invertebrates
4. Reptiles

Since the mid 1990s the USA has banned what in hunting water fowl?
1. The use of falcons
2. Guns with capacity for more than two shots
3. The issuing of licences to permanently disabled hunters
4. The use of lead shot

Helen Clark, who was appointed Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in 2009, is from which country?
1. England
2. Australia
3. South Africa
4. New Zealand

Why was the 1974 revolution in Portugal called the Carnation Revolution?
1. Almost no shots were fired and at the end people filled the rifle muzzles with carnations
2. The revolutionaries all wore a carnation in their buttonhole
3. It was particularly bloody
4. It was sparked by a carnation grower

What complex of artificial biological environments near St Blazey and St Austell in Cornwall was opened to the public in 2001?
1. The Eden Project
2. Mitchell Park Domes
3. The Lost Gardens of Heligan
4. The Montreal Biodome

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 13, 2026

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What name was given to the group of English artists which included Holman Hunt, Rossetti and Millais who, in 1848, broke away from the conventional art of the day with the idea of returning to the primitive outlook of the early Italian painters?
1. Renaissance men
2. Impressionists
3. Pre-Raphaelites
4. Cubists

In 1871 a proclamation was made in Europe which is celebrated as the founding of what?
1. The French Third Republic
2. The Census in Wales
3. The Spanish Fire Service
4. The German Empire

The trophy for the winner of the Australian Open Tennis Men's Singles is named after which champion?
1. Norman Brookes
2. Frank Sedgman
3. Gerald Patterson
4. Jack Crawford

The dessert known as "crumble" usually consists of a sweet topping covering a layer of what?
1. Potato
2. Mince
3. Chopped liver
4. Stewed fruit

What was the name of ten Kings of Denmark between 1448 and 1947?
1. Frederick
2. Christian
3. Hans
4. Christopher

Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Nigeria have proven reserves of what (as at the end of 2005)?
1. Gold
2. Diamonds
3. Crude oil and gas
4. Cobalt

The repeating decimal of which number equals the real number 1?
1. 1
2. 0.999…
3. 1.0101…
4. 1.0505…

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 12, 2026

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The citadel known as Machu Picchu is in the eastern cordillera of which country?
1. Brazil
2. Mexico
3. Venezuela
4. Peru

"Bonanza" is the Spanish word for what?
1. Fine weather
2. Cattle ranch
3. Lottery
4. Chest of gold coins

Current scientific thought is that the Milky Way and which other galaxy are possibly heading for collision or a near fly-past in 4 to 5 billion years time?
1. Canis Major
2. The Large Magellanic Cloud
3. Andromeda
4. Sagittarius

The 12th century Hildegard of Bingen, later Saint Hildegard, is most widely known now for what?
1. Converting the king of Sweden, Olof Skötonung, to Christianity
2. Studies of beetles
3. Her music
4. Tales of Indian society

What was signed to end World War I?
1. The Treaty of Königsberg
2. Magna Carta
3. The Treaty of Berlin
4. The Treaty of Versailles

In what sport are the Leonard and Taylor trophies awarded to the world championships winners?
1. Chess
2. Outdoor bowls
3. Golf croquet
4. Figure skating

The lights were turned off in the Empire State Building for 15 minutes in August 2004 to mark the death of whom?
1. Naomi Watts
2. Fay Wray
3. Barbara Ann Scott
4. Rich Little

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 11, 2026

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Who, though he died at 35, wrote over 600 works including 23 string quartets, 5 string quintets, 21 piano concertos and 19 operas?
1. Bach
2. Beethoven
3. Mozart
4. Ravel

With whom or what is Androcles associated in ancient legend?
1. Andromache
2. A clown
3. Miraculous writing on a wall
4. A lion

What is the scientific symbol for calcium?
1. Cl
2. C
3. Na
4. Ca

What is a "quandong"?
1. Oil obtained from a rubber plant
2. A Vietnamese boat
3. An Indian item of clothing
4. A fruit from Australia

Indigenous languages spoken in French Guiana include Wayampi, Emerillon and ...?
1. Tupi
2. Tairona
3. Carib
4. Guaraní

Bob Judd wrote novels based in what environment?
1. Spies working in enemy territory
2. Horse racing
3. Gambling casinos
4. Formula One and Indycar racing

How many are there usually in a team for championship dragon boat racing?
1. 2
2. 20
3. 4
4. 100

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 10, 2026

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What does Border Morris Dancing entail?
1. Hobby horses
2. Bells and handkerchiefs
3. Solo dance in clogs featuring percussive footwork
4. Heavy sticks, live music including percussion, and, often, painted or disguised faces

Staten Island, New York, is at the mouth of which river?
1. Missouri
2. Mississippi
3. Hudson
4. Potomac

What does the Tokyo-based Project Persephone focus on?
1. Interpretation of Greek mythology in the light of UFO culture
2. Evolvable biotechnology in space
3. Genetically modified rice varieties
4. Women in business

What was unusual about the catching of two examples of a species of fish, called the "Coelacanth", in 1938 and 1952?
1. Both had developed legs
2. Both were radioactive
3. They were thought to have been extinct for 66 million years
4. It was believed that they communicated by thought waves

Where in Europe would you go to attend the World Backgammon Championship?
1. Paris
2. Monaco
3. London
4. Geneva

Which is the last major military engagement of the American Civil War?
1. Battle of Five Forks
2. Battle of Nashville
3. Battle of Cedar Creek
4. Siege of Petersburg

"Holiday" was released in 1983 as a single from whose debut album?
1. Justin Timberlake
2. Prince
3. Gloria Estefan
4. Madonna

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 9, 2026

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What does "parsimonious" mean?
1. Loyal to a particular cause
2. Carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly
3. Careful in the use of money or other resources
4. Scrupulously exact

Which calendar was different from its predecessor because leap years did not fall on years divisible by 100 unless they were also divisible by 400?
1. Roman calendar
2. Gregorian calendar
3. Lunar Calendar
4. Julian calendar

What was the first name of "Rumpole of the Bailey"?
1. Oswald
2. Rupert
3. Henry
4. Horace

During his visit in May 2009, the Pope was urged to complain about the state of what landmark between Israel and Jordan?
1. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
2. The Wailing Wall
3. Temple Mount
4. River Jordan

What 2024 international event featured 5 rings displayed against the background of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France?
1. Jewellers International
2. Summer Olympic Games
3. Quidditch Global
4. Cirque de Cirques

Which is an initiating process in thermohaline circulation in oceans?
1. A tsunami
2. A typhoon
3. Formation of sea ice
4. Bottom trawling

Who created the fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey?
1. Dorothy L Sayers
2. P G Wodehouse
3. J K Rowling
4. P D James

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 8, 2026

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In the southern hemisphere, the winds associated with a cyclone, a region of low pressure, blow in which direction?
1. Clockwise
2. Anti-clockwise
3. North
4. South

On or with what does a young hoatzin move around?
1. Claws
2. Suckers
3. Feet
4. Fins

In which 1988 Academy Award-winning film did Dustin Hoffman play a character with special mental powers called Raymond Babbitt?
1. Sleet Man
2. Snow Man
3. Shower Man
4. Rain Man

Who created the character of Harold C. "Rabbit" Angstrom who appears in the stories "Rabbit, Run", "Rabbit Redux", "Rabbit Is Rich", "Rabbit at Rest" and "Rabbit Remembered"?
1. Len Deighton
2. Beatrix Potter
3. John Updike
4. Ernest Hemingway

In Greek legend, a woodland deity, half man, half goat, is called a … ?
1. Minotaur
2. Chimaera
3. Anemone
4. Satyr

In the 7th to 9th century, which kingdom of England was between the Thames and the Trent?
1. Anglia
2. Wessex
3. Mercia
4. Sussex

Where were the 2026 Winter Olympics held?
1. Switzerland
2. Harbin
3. Singapore
4. Lombardy and northeast Italy

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 7, 2026

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Why did the Mars Climate Orbiter, launched on 11 December 1998, drift off course during its voyage and enter a much lower orbit than planned before being destroyed by atmospheric friction?
1. Came under the influence of the sun's gravity
2. Hit by a meteor
3. A faulty computer software specification
4. Illness of the crew

The line "You're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking boot licking Nazi creep" is from which song?
1. "21 Guns" by Green Day
2. "Womanizer" by Britney Spears
3. "Handle Me" by Robyn
4. "Let's Take A Bow" by Rihanna

The Basques are native people of France and which other neighbouring country?
1. Germany
2. Belgium
3. Spain
4. Italy

Who was the first Englishman to lead an expedition to circumnavigate the earth by sea, and died of dysentery in the West Indies 16 years later?
1. Charles Darwin
2. James Cook
3. Walter Raleigh
4. Francis Drake

What are raced in the Iditarod, held annually since 1973 in Alaska from Anchorage to Nome?
1. Cars
2. Sled dogs
3. Horses
4. Motor bikes

What is the term for a collector of autographs?
1. Demographer
2. Philographer
3. Stenographer
4. Biographer

What was the first building in London to be erected on a fully loadbearing steel frame, construction for which started in 1904?
1. Ritz Hotel
2. The Old Bailey
3. Cannon Street Station
4. The Barbican

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 6, 2026

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of these people was the lead singer for the group "The Verve"?
1. Richard Ashcroft
2. Michael Stipe
3. Chris Martin
4. Thom Yorke

The flatmates in the UK supernatural television series "Being Human" which first aired in 2008 are a werewolf, a vampire and which other?
1. Ghosts
2. Banshees
3. Wizards
4. Fairies

In the nursery rhyme, who could eat no fat, and whose wife could eat no lean?
1. The Duke of Gloucester
2. Jack Sprat
3. The Grand Old Duke of York
4. Jack Horner

What is a haboob?
1. A dust storm
2. A form of lightning
3. A headdress
4. A type of desert formation

Where in South America is the striking red Laguna Colorada?
1. Suriname
2. Venezuela
3. Tierra del Fuego
4. Bolivia

A team from which of these countries competed in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1952 at Helsinki?
1. Australia
2. Republic of China
3. Spain
4. USSR

The ancient city of Petra in Jordan, thought to have been built around 312 BCE, is known for its towering rose red rocks and what quality of its buildings?
1. They are inverted cones
2. They are faced with tiled mosaics
3. They are underground
4. They are cut into the rock

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 5, 2026

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In 1950 a competition was held to build St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, UK, after it was destroyed in WWII, and was won by which architect?
1. Antony Gormley
2. Jørn Utzon
3. Basil Spence
4. Norman Foster

Which of these is a double-reed instrument with a range of over 3 1/2 octaves?
1. Shawm
2. Oboe
3. Bassoon
4. Clarinet

Why did a skeleton athlete in the 2026 Winter Olympics Ukraine team, Vladyslav Heraskevych, have his accreditation rescinded?
1. He was not Ukrainian
2. He was found to be underage
3. Because of the pictures he wore on his helmet
4. He failed successive drug tests

The Nobel Prizes were established, beginning in 1901, in 5 categories. When was the sixth category, Economic Sciences, added?
1. 1949
2. 1915
3. 1969
4. 1920

Where is the village of Chamonix?
1. Germany
2. France
3. Canada
4. USA

Who, in 1901, was the first to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
1. Emil von Behring
2. Henri Becquerel
3. Pierre Curie and Marie Curie
4. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

The European banking crisis of 1931 was triggered by the collapse of several major banks in which country or countries?
1. Norway and Sweden
2. Belgium and the Netherlands
3. The UK
4. Austria and Germany

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 4, 2026

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which country came first second and third in the golf teams event at the 1904 Olympic Games at St Louis?
1. France
2. USA
3. Great Britain
4. Australia

When, for the first time in history, were all 4 of the top acting honours in the Academy Awards awarded to non-Americans?
1. The 49th Academy Awards (for the best films of 1976)
2. The 80th Academy Awards (for the best films of 2008)
3. The 27th Academy Awards (for the best films of 1954)
4. The 37th Academy Awards (for the best films of 1965)

Which journey by James Lovell, John Swigert and Fred Haise in 1970 almost ended in disaster?
1. Apollo 13
2. Apollo 12
3. Apollo 11
4. Apollo 10

On 3 January 2009 the starting block of a chain, known as the genesis block, was mined to create the first what?
1. Legoland
2. Bitcoin network
3. Byte Net
4. The Hadron Collider

What is the longest of the named rivers in North America, which runs from Montana to near St Louis, Missouri?
1. Colorado
2. Mississippi
3. Missouri
4. Hudson

Who under the monarch of the United Kingdom governs the Bailiwick of Jersey?
1. The Governor General
2. The Bailiff
3. The Lieutenant Governor and the Bailiff
4. The Procurator Fiscal

Why did Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German carpenter, make international news in 1936 when he was sentenced to death and executed for what became known as "The Crime of the Century"?
1. Shooting people in a supermarket carpark
2. Spying for the German army
3. The Lindbergh kidnapping
4. Attempting to burn down the White House

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 3, 2026

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What symptoms most usually present with the first stages of seborrheic dermatitis?
1. Flaky nails
2. An increase in freckles
3. Sore toes
4. Flaky and red skin on the head or torso

Yvette Williams, Mary Rand, Willye White and Kathy McMillan are all medal winners in which Olympic sport?
1. Archery
2. Shot put
3. Cross country
4. Long jump

Who was "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"?
1. Quasimodo
2. Frankenstein
3. Sasquatch
4. Les Miserable

For administrative purposes, Turkiye is divided into 81 provinces formerly termed vilayet which are now called what?
1. Departments
2. States
3. Iller
4. Cantons

When were fingerprints first accepted as evidence in an English court of law?
1. 1860
2. 1956
3. 1818
4. 1901

What fully-fledged fictional language, which has a number of typologically uncommon features, was deliberately designed to be "non-human" by Marc Okrand?
1. Klingon
2. Lapine
3. Qenya
4. Newspeak

In which year did George Bush succeed Ronald Reagan as US President, the US ratify the Berne convention on copyright, Time Inc and Warner Communications merge to form Time-Warner, and the Exxon Valdez spill oil in Alaska?
1. 1989
2. 1991
3. 1987
4. 1985

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General Knowledge Quiz for June 2, 2026

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Where in Paris would you go to stand under the Eiffel Tower?
1. Champs de Mars
2. Champs Elysees
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Montmartre

Who founded "Answers" in 1888, and later founded Amalgamated Press in the UK which, at various times, owned "The Evening News", "The Daily Mail", "The Daily Mirror", "The Observer" and "The Times"?
1. Lord Northcliffe
2. Lord Beaverbrook
3. William Randolph Hearst
4. Rupert Murdoch

What is most likely to be seen at the World Freestyle Championships, held in white water venues?
1. Swimmers
2. Kayakers
3. Water polo competitors
4. Rowers

What was the focus of Sony Pictures Animation's first traditionally animated film, "Fixed" (2025)?
1. A boxing match
2. A crime ring
3. A Staffordshire Bull Terrier
4. A jeweller's business

A species of the plant artemisia used to be a main ingredient in what drink?
1. Vermouth
2. Gin
3. Bitters
4. Poteen

In 1994 NFL star O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and who else?
1. His next-door neighbour
2. His two children
3. Waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman
4. Her lawyer

Which of these gases is the lightest?
1. Ozone
2. Helium
3. Argon
4. Methane

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