General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 1st June 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | What 'P' described the best-selling game of the 1990s played using cardboard discs? |
| 2. | What 'C' is an English language word derived from the Greek for "empty tomb"? |
| 3. | Next in line of succession after the U.S. Vice President, who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives? |
| 4. | If you were shoving an aglet through an eyelet, what are you most likely to be doing? |
| 5. | In which two Nordic countries are police called 'Politi'? |
| 6. | What number should appear next in this sequence? |
| 7. | List the following 4 lengths in order starting with the smallest: 1 yard, 10 inches, 25cm, 1000mm |
| 8. | What can be a type of weapon, or the name of a comic character in three plays by Shakespeare? |
| 9. | Katy Perry was first in June 2017. Justin Bieber second in August 2017. In February 2018, what politician became the third person ever to reach 100 million followers on Twitter? |
| 10. | In what language does Obrigado (male) or Obrigada (female) mean "Thank you"? |
| 11. | What is the lowest ranking suit in Contract Bridge? |
| 12. | How many black keys are there on a standard modern 88 key piano? |
| 13. | From 18th-century nautical folklore, what is the name of the ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the world's oceans forever? |
| 14. | A train one kilometre long is travelling at a rate of 120 kilometres per hour through a tunnel which is three kilometres long. How long will it take the train to clear the tunnel? |
| 15. | With regards to the U.S. federal agency, what does ICE stand for? |
| 16. | How many prime numbers are there between 50 and 100? |
| 17. | What comes next in this sequence? 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, _? |
| 18. | How many rows of stars are there on the flag of the United States? |
| 19. | What single 3-letter word goes after gall, and before hem to make one 7-letter and one 6-letter word? |
| 20. | Published since 1917, the name of what Russian daily newspaper translates as "delivered messages"? |
| 21. | In photography, what does SLR stand for? |
| 22. | In Greek mythology, what 'C' was a monster composed of the parts of three animals - a lion, a snake and a goat? |
| 23. | The name of which well known Japanese conglomerate translates into English as "three diamonds"? |
| 24. | What two numbers best continue this sequence? |
| 25. | Which is greater? A. 80 knots B. 90 mph C. 40 m/s |
| 26. | According to the Genesis flood narrative, how many people were on board Noah's Ark? |
| 27. | What hobby is sometimes jocularly known as "ferroequinology"? |
| 28. | What is the currency of Myanmar (Burma)? |
| 29. | What is the official language of 26 countries in the world, the third most after English and French? |
| 30. | What 'G' describes a large number of 10100, that is, the digit 1 followed by 100 zeros? |
| 31. | What 'S' describes the flexible strip of leather or canvas used by barbers to straighten and polish the blade of a razor? |
| 32. | What does OPEC stand for? |
| 33. | What famous couple nickname themselves Fred and Gladys? |
| 34. | Borrowed from German, what word is used in the English language to describe the pleasure or joy that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another? |
| 35. | What word can describe a plant, a part of our anatomy, or the Greek goddess of the rainbow? |
| 36. | The name of a town on Scotland's Isle of Bute, a dynastic title given to the heir apparent to the British throne, currently Prince Charles, is the Duke of .... what? |
| 37. | In the correct order, name the Greek and Roman "Gods of the Sea"? |
| 38. | The currency of what Asian country is represented by the symbol RM? |
| 39. | What can run but never walks; has a mouth but never talks; has a head but never weeps; and has a bed but never sleeps? |
| 40. | Where on the body would a yarmulke be worn? |
| 41. | What 'D' describes any of various crane-like devices used on a ship for supporting, raising, and lowering equipment such as boats and anchors? |
| 42. | Who comes next in this sequence: Conrad Hilton Jr., Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, _____ _____? |
| 43. | In terms of body parts, what does Pope Francis only have 1½ of, that most people have two? |
| 44. | What is the English translation of the Latin philosophical phrase cogito ergo sum? |
| 45. | What letter is represented by a single dot in Morse code? |
| 46. | Magyar is the official language of what country? |
| 47. | ¿An inverted question mark starts a written question in what major European language? |
| 48. | A Sinophobe is someone with a feeling of antipathy toward the people or culture of what nation? |
| 49. | Members of what religious movement include Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley and John Travolta? |
| 50. | Due to a demand for pictures of the green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez, in what year was Google Image Search (now Google Images) introduced? |
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