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General Knowledge Quiz for September 29, 2026

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Who wrote the operas "Punch and Judy" (1967), "The Mask of Orpheus" (1984), "Gawain" (1990), "The Second Mrs Kong" (1994), "The Last Supper" (2000) and "The Minotaur" (2008)?
1. Steve Reich
2. Harrison Birtwistle
3. Philip Glass
4. Peter Maxwell Davies

Where was the 1825 Decembrist Uprising?
1. China
2. Russia
3. France
4. UK

A popular video game is called "Grand Theft … (what)…"?
1. Loco
2. Auto
3. Hobo
4. Pogo

Which of these was a hit record for Boney M in 1976?
1. Oh Mein Papa
2. Papa Don't Preach
3. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
4. Daddy Cool

The crane fly is also known by what name?
1. Brother Hairy Legs
2. Mummy Fat Legs
3. Sister Hot Legs
4. Daddy Long Legs

It is in Rwanda, delivers 8.5 megawatts of power and is designed so that, from a bird's-eye view, it resembles the shape of the African continent; what is it?
1. The first major solar power farm in east Africa
2. Nyabarongo Dam
3. A windmill farm
4. Nuclear power station

What name is given by scholars to the first 6 books of the Old Testament of the Bible?
1. Originals
2. Hexateuch
3. Dead Sea Scrolls
4. Da Vinci Papers

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 28, 2026

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Which War of Independence was fought between 1821 and 1829, the outcome of which is celebrated on 25 March as Independence Day?
1. Greek
2. Italian
3. Irish
4. Romanian

What was the eventual stage name of Clem Campbell, who auditioned for band leader Johnny Dankworth in 1951?
1. Tommy Steele
2. Debbie Reynolds
3. Cleo Laine
4. Billy Fury

"Girls' Rules" (2020) is the fifth film in which franchise, and the first NOT to star Eugene Levy?
1. National Lampoon
2. Night at the Museum
3. Dumb and Dumberer
4. American Pie Presents

What is the usual climate in Cartagena on the northern coast of Colombia?
1. Cold and rainy
2. Humid, hot and windy
3. Temperate and even
4. Arid

The international venue Roland Garros hosts tournaments in what sport?
1. Curling
2. Football (soccer)
3. Swimming
4. Tennis

What small, oily fish, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, and the North Pacific, move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America?
1. Sardines
2. Herring
3. Pilchards
4. Sprats

In the nursery rhyme beginning "Hey Diddle Diddle", who laughed to see such fun?
1. Cat
2. Cow
3. Dish
4. Dog

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 27, 2026

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Bogotá is the capital of which country?
1. Venezuela
2. Ecuador
3. Colombia
4. Guyana

"Monticello" was the mansion owned by which US president?
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. George Washington
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Andrew Jackson

In which part of the body would you find the bone called the trapezium?
1. Elbow
2. Knee
3. Ankle
4. Wrist

What is the name of the leg action used in breaststroke?
1. Salamander wave
2. Alligator slither
3. Shark wriggle
4. Frog kick

According to the Christian and Jewish Bible, who turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?
1. Salome
2. Lot's wife
3. Ruth
4. Janice

When did Netflix stream its first original series, "Lilyhammer"?
1. 2013
2. 2010
3. 2016
4. 2012

In which country were 29 miners killed after 2 explosions in the Pike River Mine in November 2010, making it the most-deadly mining disaster there in 96 years?
1. Brazil
2. China
3. Chile
4. New Zealand

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 26, 2026

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What term is familiarly applied to the university where one received one's education?
1. Mater Misericordiae
2. Alma Fudd
3. Alma Mater
4. Mater Mundi

What was the first film made especially as a musical comedy, with songs including "The Wedding of the Painted Doll" and "You Were Made for Me", by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed?
1. The Jazz Singer
2. The Broadway Melody
3. A Chorus Line
4. Don Juan

The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering gave which 2,460 m (8,070 ft) long, 343 m (1,125 ft) high cable-stayed bridge its 2006 Outstanding Structure Award?
1. Yi Sun-sin Bridge, South Korea
2. Millau Viaduct, France
3. Great Belt Bridge, Denmark
4. Forth Road Bridge, UK

What is a geomorphological description of the land under Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama?
1. Isthmus
2. Island
3. Continent
4. Atoll

What was the first Olympics to be officially boycotted by nations that had previously competed?
1. Montreal (1976)
2. Berlin (1936)
3. Melbourne (1956)
4. Munich (1972)

Actress, dancer, and singer Virginia Katherine McMath (1911-1995) became well-known for her dancing with whom?
1. Eddie Kelland
2. Gene Kelly
3. Sammy Davis Jr
4. Fred Astaire

What is the triangular part of a horse's hoof?
1. Frog
2. Hare
3. Rabbit
4. Dog

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 25, 2026

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The Mississippi River is on what continent?
1. North America
2. Europe
3. Australia
4. Antarctica

What is one of the functions of statins?
1. Lowering lipids
2. Reducing muscle pain
3. Dilating blood vessels
4. Thinning blood

Which British monarch was the first to celebrate a diamond jubilee?
1. Victoria
2. Elizabeth II
3. Elizabeth I
4. George V

Which TV family lived on North Cemetery Ridge?
1. Huxtables
2. Cunninghams
3. Munsters
4. Addams

Which former pop star was responsible for creating and directing a TV series called "Metal Mickey"?
1. Micky Dolenz
2. Cat Stevens
3. Engelbert Humperdinck
4. George Michael

William Trubridge set 18 world (AIDA) records, from 2007 to July 2016, in what sport?
1. Surfing
2. Freediving
3. Snorkelling
4. Hot air ballooning

Which of these does NOT carry a picture of a flower on its paper currency?
1. South AFrica
2. New Zealand
3. Malaysia
4. Fiji

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 24, 2026

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Following the San Remo Conference in 1920, mandates were declared for Allied powers from World War I to administer the previously Ottoman territories of Palestine, Syria and which other?
1. Saudi Arabia
2. Mesopotamia
3. Iran
4. Turkey

Which of these fictional detectives smokes a pipe?
1. Hercule Poirot
2. Inspector Morse
3. Miss Marple
4. Inspector Maigret

Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities to search for extra-terrestrial life using scientific methods to search for what, principally and specifically?
1. Space ships
2. Blinking lights
3. Electromagnetic transmissions
4. Buildings being erected on other planets

The northern-most point of which of these countries is the furthest north?
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Finland
4. Iceland

Han Ying in the 2nd century BCE described observations of what?
1. The shape of snowflakes
2. Lichen
3. Fermentation
4. The chemical process for producing gunpowder

Which cakes are popularly supposed to have been named after a baker who lived in Bath?
1. Neenish
2. Eccles
3. Anzac
4. Sally Lunn

In the 40 years from 1987 when the tournament was first held, who are the second most frequent holders of the William Webb Ellis Cup?
1. South Africa
2. Australia
3. Wales
4. New Zealand

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 23, 2026

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In July 1966 the Musicians' Union banned miming on the UK TV programme "Top of the Pops", but as some bands' attempts to play were inadequate, a specially recorded backing track was permitted as long as … what?
1. All musicians on the track were simultaneously playing in a back room
2. It was not the same backing track as used on the record itself
3. The backing track was recorded on a different day from the recording on sale
4. All musicians on the track were present in the TV studio

Which of these places is furthest from New Orleans, Louisiana?
1. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2. Memphis, Tennessee
3. Houston, Texas
4. Dallas, Texas

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Arash Miresmaeili, an Iranian judoka, did not compete in a match against an Israeli. Which of these did not result?
1. He was awarded the US$125,000 paid to all Iranian gold medal winners by the Iranian government
2. He was officially cleared of intentionally avoiding the bout
3. He was disqualified from all future Olympics
4. He was officially disqualified for excessive weight.

What was the family name of the father and daughter who starred in "On Golden Pond" (1981)?
1. Fonda
2. Hepburn
3. Pond
4. Gold

Which of these is an acute infectious fever characterised by a rash which, after going through stages, dries up and leaves permanent scarring?
1. Smallpox
2. Mumps
3. Whooping cough
4. Measles

What was the Allegheny Time System designed for?
1. Community Service sentences available to the Allegheny County Courts
2. Timing of astronomical observations at the Allegheny Observatory
3. Standard time on the early Pennsylvania Central Railroad
4. Clockwork mechanisms in the Pennsylvania town clocks

What happened on La Noche Triste (Night of Sorrow), or (depending on the point of view) La Noche Victoriosa in July 1520?
1. The city-states of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan formally allied against the Spanish
2. The Aztecs drove Hernán Cortés and allies from the Aztec capital city Tenochtitlan
3. Submission of the only independent Muslim Emirate of Granada to Castile
4. The Battle of Guinea between Portugal and Spain over rights in the Atlantic and West Africa

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 22, 2026

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Who was shot and badly wounded by Fanny Kaplan in August 1918?
1. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria
2. Charles de Gaulle
3. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
4. Woodrow Wilson

The TV series "The Bletchley Circle" (2012-2014) centres on four women reuniting shortly after the end of the Second World War to use their, no longer recognised, skills honed in what field during the war?
1. Nursing
2. Driving tractors
3. Making bomb parts
4. Code-breaking

The first Victoria Crosses, Britain's highest military order, were made from what material?
1. Bronze from Russian guns captured at Sebastopol
2. Pure silver
3. Nickel and brass from coins recently taken out of circulation
4. Gold confiscated from pillaging British soldiers at Mafeking

What does an archaeologist study?
1. Myths
2. Architecture
3. Rainbows
4. Human activity

Which of these countries is an island nation?
1. Honduras
2. Belize
3. Dominica
4. Costa Rica

The Pennsylvania General Assembly voted in March 1780 to approve what?
1. A ban on the sale of sugar
2. A ban on greyhound racing
3. An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
4. Demobilising their armed forces

In March 2011 a concept for what, is recorded as being presented by its originator Jean Todt to politicians Alejandro Agag and Antonio Tajani?
1. Formula E
2. Robot Games
3. Esports Nations Cup
4. "Dressage Associated" Championships

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 21, 2026

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The line of emperors on the throne of Ethiopia, the last of which was Haile Selassie, traced their descent from whom?
1. Ptolemy XV of Egypt
2. King Solomon of Israel
3. Alexander the Great
4. Emperor Constantine the Great of Rome

What rock are tepuis typically formed from?
1. Quartz arenite
2. Granite
3. Basalt
4. Diorite

What transport artery runs for over 12 miles as a connection between Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy?
1. Stairway to Heaven
2. Route 66
3. Simplon Tunnel
4. Col de Suisse

Who were the stars of the 1945 film "Brief Encounter"?
1. Cary Grant & Jean Simmons
2. Trevor Howard & Celia Johnson
3. Laurence Olivier & Deborah Kerr
4. Peter Sellers & Katharine Hepburn

Which of these is the oldest street race on the Formula One calendar?
1. Indianapolis
2. Silverstone
3. Adelaide
4. Monaco

Which of these is a film production company formed in 1935?
1. 18th Century Boll-weevil
2. 21st Century Squirrel
3. 19th Century Badger
4. 20th Century Fox

Shi'ite and Sunni are beliefs within what religion?
1. Christianity
2. Buddhism
3. Islam
4. Bahá'í

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 20, 2026

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What is the title of Geri Halliwell's 1999 autobiography?
1. And Then There Was One
2. If Only
3. Pretentious? Moi?
4. So What!

What is the language most commonly spoken in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan?
1. Punjabi
2. Urdu
3. Sindhi
4. Hindko

G. H. Armauer Hansen discovered the cause of what disease in 1873?
1. Schizophrenia
2. Arthritis
3. Leprosy
4. Tuberculosis

Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess of nature and mother of the earth, Demeter?
1. Ops
2. Vesta
3. Ceres
4. Proserpina

Japatis are part of the cuisine of which country?
1. China
2. India
3. Sweden
4. Japan

Where were the 2012 Paralympics held?
1. Paraguay
2. Copacabana
3. At Chequers, UK
4. London, UK

The Gunpowder Plot, by discontented Catholics including Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby, was to blow up the English parliament as it was being opened by whom?
1. Elizabeth I
2. Charles I
3. James I
4. Charles II

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 19, 2026

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Escamillo, a bullfighter, is a character in which opera?
1. Carmen
2. The Barber of Seville
3. Don Giovanni
4. The Magic Flute

Americans call it a hood. What do the British call it?
1. Lid
2. Portmanteau
3. Bonnet
4. Glovebox

Which North American country reaches the furthest north?
1. Mexico
2. USA
3. Canada
4. Panama

Which of these points of a horse is the highest when the horse is standing up?
1. Fetlock
2. Knee
3. Atlas
4. Cannon

Who directed the 1998 film "Celebrity", shot in black-and-white on location in New York City featuring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Winona Ryder, Leonardo DiCaprio and Melanie Griffith?
1. Steven Spielberg
2. Woody Allen
3. James Cameron
4. Sam Mendes

Which islands compete in the biennial Island Games?
1. Island countries of the Pacific
2. Non-sovereign territories of European nations
3. Island countries of the Caribbean
4. The island territories of the USA

On 17 September 1862, where was The Battle of Antietam, the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil and the bloodiest single-day battle in American history (with about 23,000 casualties)?
1. Miami, Florida
2. Los Angeles, California
3. Bangor, Maine
4. Near Sharpsburg, Maryland

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 18, 2026

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which painters aim to convey a state of mind rather than create a realistic representation, such as El Greco, Bosch, Goya, Grünewald and Munch?
1. Expressionist
2. Impressionist
3. Cubist
4. Pre-Raphaelite

Most of the works by which author, who was born in Prague and died of tuberculosis in 1924, were published after his death?
1. Franz Kafka
2. Edgar Allan Poe
3. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
4. Osip Mandelstam

What was used to investigate the origin of the iron knife found in the wrappings of Tutankhamun's mummy (14th C BCE), a time preceding the advent of Iron Age in Egypt by several centuries?
1. Voltammetry
2. Colorimetric testing
3. Atomic absorption spectroscopy
4. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

The city of Venice is on which sea?
1. Dead
2. Tasman
3. Red
4. Adriatic

In 1389, Queen Margaret ruled over Denmark, Norway, Greenland, Iceland, and Sweden which included which other modern country?
1. Japan
2. Scotland
3. Papua New Guinea
4. Finland

Eritrea and Paraguay and which other country won their first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics?
1. Dominican Republic
2. Chile
3. Georgia
4. United Arab Emirates (UAE)

In its source languages, Proto-Germanic and Old and Middle English, what did the word which became "pretty" mean?
1. Delicately graceful
2. Tricky and clever
3. Moderate
4. Pleasing

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 17, 2026

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In 2008, who was the President of Palestine and Fatah leader?
1. Mahmoud Abbas
2. Björn Ulvaeus
3. Benny Andersson
4. Yusuf Islam

Which of these is a portmanteau word?
1. Brunch
2. Discotheque
3. Starve
4. Detritus

When the 1819-1821 expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen discovered Alexander Island, the largest island in the Antarctic, whom did he name the island for?
1. Alexander Pushkin
2. Alexander the Great
3. Tsar Alexander I of Russia
4. Alexander Fleming

Which famous Ramone was never one of "The Ramones"?
1. Johnny
2. Joey
3. Dee Dee
4. Phil

Which two American track and field athletes, who finished first and third in the 200 metres, were sent home from the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City after they performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand?
1. Tommie Smith and John Carlos
2. Peter Norman and John Carlos
3. Tommie Smith and Peter Norman
4. Tommie Norman and John Smith

In February 2016 the king of which country switched on the first phase of what is planned to be the world's largest concentrated solar power plant when completed?
1. Bahrain
2. Spain
3. Jordan
4. Morocco

What is the name for the lowest and densest layer of atmosphere which surrounds the Earth?
1. Stratosphere
2. Troposphere
3. Thermosphere
4. Ionosphere

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 16, 2026

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of these featured in the US basketball team in the 1984 Olympics and the 1992 Olympics, becoming one of 3 US men's basketball players to win Olympic golds as amateurs and professionals?
1. Michael Jordan
2. O J Simpson
3. Earvin "Magic" Johnson
4. Larry J. Bird

In the sport of curling what is meant by "to wick the stone"?
1. Draw off water under it by capillary action
2. Touch a stationary stone just enough for the played stone to change direction
3. Make it lively, or vigorous
4. Observe it out of the corner of an eye

What is the name for the 7 kingdoms into which England was supposedly divided in the early Middle Ages?
1. Regis Septimus
2. Septimal
3. Heptagarchy
4. Heptarchy

If a person has pieces of metal in their body, such as from shrapnel or a bullet, metallic ink tattoo, or some implanted devices e.g. a pacemaker or artificial joint, which procedure is particularly difficult or may be impossible?
1. MRI scan
2. EEG test
3. Colonoscopy
4. Ultrasound examination

Two of the three tallest mountain peaks in Africa are in which country?
1. Tanzania
2. Kenya
3. Uganda
4. Democratic Republic of Congo

Which of these is a patriotic song popular in the First World War was composed in 1914 by Ivor Novello?
1. We'll Meet Again
2. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
3. Keep the Home Fires Burning
4. There'll Be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover

Who was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement who was assassinated on 4 April 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee?
1. Robert Kennedy
2. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. James Brown
4. Rosa Parks

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 15, 2026

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Anu, Enlil and Inanna are gods in the pantheon of the religion of which culture?
1. Iranian
2. Hittite
3. Sumerian
4. Bantu

Who uses a petri dish?
1. Scientist
2. Mechanic
3. Plumber
4. Chef

What has Belgian graphic designer Alain Billiet been credited with designing?
1. The symbol for the euro
2. The cartoon figure of Tintin
3. "Noah's Ark" children's book
4. World Heritage emblem

In which country is the 1,418 square mi (3,673 square km) Lake Tana?
1. Sudan
2. Ethiopia
3. Somalia
4. Mozambique

What actor co-created and portrays the fictional character Alan Partridge?
1. Eddie Izzard
2. Rowan Atkinson
3. Steve Coogan
4. Paul Merton

What were the Anpo protests in 1959, 1960 and 1970 protesting against?
1. Inequality and alienation, particularly among students and young workers
2. Sending troops to fight in southeast Asia
3. The United States-Japan Security Treaty
4. Ethnic and sectarian divisions

Of the first 16 men's Cliff Diving World Series tournaments since 2009, a diver from which country was champion most often?
1. Japan
2. France
3. USA
4. UK

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 14, 2026

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The white ball in snooker is called the what ball?
1. Line
2. Cue
3. Clue
4. Prompt

The root vegetable called the swede is also known as what?
1. Rutabaga
2. Winnebago
3. Enchilada
4. Desiderata

Sarah Radclyffe and who else was behind the 1983 formation of Working Title Films, which was the company behind films such as "My Beautiful Laundrette", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "The Big Lebowski", "The Theory of Everything" and "The Danish Girl"?
1. Liza Chasin
2. Eric Fellner
3. Tim Bevan
4. Natascha Wharton

Bodies in the cosmos appear shifted from their actual position because of movement of the observer and the finite speed of light, in an effect referred to as what?
1. Doppler
2. Parallax
3. Aberration of light
4. Refraction

In what would the terms "right and left grand" and "promenade" be used?
1. Bellringing
2. Classical ballet
3. Western square dance
4. Rodeo

What land forms characterise the western regions of Siberia abutting the Ural mountains?
1. Small mountain ranges
2. Plains and swampland
3. Volcanoes
4. Gorges

In 1950 a group of four aimed to steal one of the symbols of monarchy in the UK and found it was broken. What was it?
1. The sceptre
2. The crown
3. The Stone of Scone
4. The orb

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 13, 2026

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of these places is furthest from Chicago, Illinois, USA?
1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. San Francisco, California, USA
3. Mexico City, Mexico
4. Montreal, Canada

What is a 1938 crime film starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart, directed by Anatole Litvak and written by John Wexley and John Huston, based on a play by Barré Lyndon?
1. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
2. The Pen is Mightier
3. A Day in the Country
4. Secrets of a Soul

Which of these is a wine descriptor often associated with Pinot Noir dominated-Champagne to indicate the sense of yeasty or bread dough aroma and flavours?
1. Needy
2. Sticky
3. Corny
4. Biscuity

Which of these would you expect never to be prescribed for someone suffering from haemophilia?
1. Warfarin
2. Tincture of arnica
3. Insulin
4. Antihistamine

Which singer and songwriter of the 1970s and 1980s was the first to have three consecutive double albums hit #1 on the Billboard charts, and was the first female artist to have four number-one singles in a thirteen-month period?
1. Monica Lewinsky
2. Donna Summer
3. Emmylou Harris
4. Dolly Parton

In which of these sports are players most likely to form a scrum?
1. Rugby union
2. Soccer
3. Tennis
4. Snooker

The Spanish throne had been vacant since 1931 when the reigning king went into exile and the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed, but on 22 November 1975, Juan Carlos came to the throne as King though he was the grandson of the previous king and his father was still alive. Why was Juan Carlos made King?
1. He had been selected by General Franco
2. His father was insane, and unfit to rule
3. His father had married a divorcee
4. His father had been convicted of grand larceny

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 12, 2026

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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When China intensified its bans on the sale of opium in 1839, imposed restrictions on all foreign traders, and seized and destroyed 20,000 chests of opium, what did Britain do?
1. Sent a letter of congratulations
2. Cut off all contact with China
3. Launched into a punitive war and seized Hong Kong
4. Nothing

Which popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, whose first album "Paddy on the Road" was recorded with Dominic Behan (brother of Brendan) in 1969, was named "Ireland's greatest living musician" in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards in 2007?
1. Seth Lakeman
2. Luka Bloom
3. Ronan Keating
4. Christy Moore

The biography by Sir Ranulph Fiennes published in 2003 was about which Captain?
1. Blood
2. Cook
3. Scott
4. Bligh

What was a notable event at the 1990 Australian Open tennis tournament?
1. World number 5 John McEnroe was defaulted in his 4th round match
2. Steffi Graf achieved the Golden Slam
3. The tournament was held for the first time at Flinders Park, later Melbourne Park.
4. The tournament was played for the first time on hard court instead of lawn

Which of these is NOT an island or group of islands?
1. The Spratleys
2. Singapore
3. Timor
4. Leizhou

What American Indian word was used to describe the first international Boy Scout rally held at Olympia, London, in 1920?
1. Peace pipers
2. Corroboree
3. Chin wag
4. Jamboree

The Tiger Quoll, Dibbler and Phascogale are native to which country?
1. Australia
2. Brazil
3. South Africa
4. Argentina

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 11, 2026

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In 1936 Austrian Josef Bradl did what, and christened a new sport which had World Championships by 1972?
1. Jumped successfully in a wingsuit from the Eiffel Tower
2. Did an ollie on a narrow plank on wheels
3. Landed a ski jump of more than 100 m
4. Crossed the English Channel in a canvas boat powered by a kite

Time On Our Hands, which held the record for the highest UK audience for a sitcom episode from 1996 for over ten years, is from which TV series?
1. Only Fools and Horses
2. The Goodies
3. Absolutely Fabulous
4. The Good Life

The most famous statement of which 17th century French philosopher is "Cogito ergo sum"?
1. David Hume
2. René Descartes
3. Gottfried Leibniz
4. Baruch Spinoza

For about half its length the Mataje River forms part of the border between Colombia and which other country?
1. Trinidad and Tobago
2. Brazil
3. Chile
4. Ecuador

Which of these countries was officially neutral during both World War I and World War II?
1. Turkey
2. Italy
3. Sweden
4. Australia

What is gossypiboma?
1. The cotton genus
2. Stray forceps after an operation
3. Matter grown round a mass of cotton or sponge left behind in a body cavity after an operation
4. A type of natural or organic yoga clothing

The word "fornication" is derived from the Latin word "fornix" meaning, among other things, what?
1. Seed planting
2. Joining
3. Arch
4. Marriage

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 10, 2026

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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On 1 June 1958, who became the oldest woman at that time to break a world record in a standard Olympic athletic event?
1. Heidi Klum
2. Dana Zátopková
3. Yvette Williams
4. Heather Mills

Which of these is not a child of David and Victoria Beckham?
1. Brooklyn
2. Romeo
3. Jersey
4. Cruz

Which of these is a fork-tongued lizard found in South Africa, South Asia and Australia?
1. Monitor
2. Tuatara
3. Cobra
4. Minotaur

What are Luk Thep, or Angel Children?
1. Deceased children
2. Top scholars in their class at school
3. Life-size baby dolls
4. Blonde children

What river holds the unusual Moconá Falls (also called the Yucumã Falls)?
1. Paraná River
2. Potaro River
3. Uruguay River
4. Bogotá River

New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Lorde who first attracted international attention in 2013 at the age of 16 has a parent who is also celebrated. Who is that, and for what?
1. Lynne Yelich, politician
2. Richard O'Connor, judge
3. Christian Yelich, baseball player
4. Sonja Yelich, poet

When were the first stars unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California?
1. 1910
2. 1932
3. 1982
4. 1958

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General Knowledge Quiz for September 9, 2026

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What Three Laws were formulated by Johannes Kepler in the early 1600s?
1. Successful marriage
2. Planetary Motion
3. Robotics
4. Bankruptcy

Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr and Jack Haley partnered with whom in a 1939 musical film set (mostly) in Oz?
1. Shirley Temple
2. Judy Garland
3. Mickey Rooney
4. Lillian Roth

How old was Adrian Mole in the first book in which he appeared?
1. 12 and a 1/2
2. 13 and 3/4
3. 14
4. 10

Which of these is a type of mushroom?
1. Cantaloupe
2. Chanterelle
3. Truffle
4. Gladioli

Why is there a 4.9 m-radius semi-circular "circle" at each end of a netball court?
1. It is played on a basketball court, which is where those markings are relevant
2. There must be a maximum of 2 players in it
3. There must be a minimum of 1 player in it at all times
4. All scoring shots must be taken from it

According to Roman legend, which son of Ceres was turned into a river in Tartarus which supplied the Titans with water in their battle with the gods?
1. Hermes
2. Charon
3. Acheron
4. Orpheus

The two main habitats of river dolphins in South America are the Amazon and which other river?
1. Araguaia
2. Orinoco
3. Paraná
4. Uruguay

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