General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 19th October 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 Some questions and answers may be outdated.)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 'H' describes the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, a duty that must be carried out by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so at least once in his or her lifetime. |
| 2. | What country has the world's largest Muslim population? |
| 3. | What invention in 1958 by chemist Joseph Shivers at DuPont is an anagram of a word which means enlarges or bolsters? |
| 4. | Following the pattern in the number sequence below, what is the missing number? 1 8 27 __ 125 216 |
| 5. | Brooklyn Joseph, Romeo James, Cruz David, and Harper Seven are the children of what celebrity couple? |
| 6. | What company was co-founded by German internet entrepreneur Jawed Karim in February 2005 and sold to Google for US$1.65 billion in November 2006? |
| 7. | Whose official residence is at Number One Observatory Circle, Washington DC? |
| 8. | One of the earliest arcade video games, in what year was 'Pong' released? |
| 9. | In Norse mythology, who tricked the blind Höðr into killing his brother Baldr? |
| 10. | Which country has the letter E as its international car registration? |
| 11. | Who did Julia Gillard succeed as Prime Minister of Australia on 24th June 2010? |
| 12. | Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tommy Lee Jones. Rearrange them in order, oldest first. |
| 13. | Derived from the Greek for "empty tomb", what 'C' describes a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere? |
| 14. | What motorised vehicle was launched in the UK on the 10th January 1985 with a price tag of £399 plus delivery? |
| 15. | How many letters are there in the modern Russian alphabet? |
| 16. | The name of which well known Japanese conglomerate translates into English as "three diamonds"? |
| 17. | Friday takes its name from what Norse goddess? |
| 18. | What two Nordic countries have reversed flags of each other - a red cross on blue and a blue cross on red? |
| 19. | What is the largest number on a standard backgammon doubling cube? |
| 20. | What Imperial and U.S. unit is based on the Roman measure of 1000 paces? |
| 21. | What type of lawnmower was invented by Karl Dahlman in 1964? |
| 22. | Mark Rutte is the incumbent prime minister of what country? |
| 23. | List these four in the correct order, north to south: Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney. |
| 24. | What is the first prime number greater than 200? |
| 25. | Fashion designer Christopher Ciccone is the younger brother of what pop star? |
| 26. | The small world theory that everyone is, on average, only a few steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth is described as "____ degrees of separation". |
| 27. | What is the name of these collectible animal figurines made of flocked plastic by the Japanese gaming company Epoch? |
| 28. | What colour represents 0 on a roulette wheel? |
| 29. | What is the demographic cohort, succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha, used to describe people born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2010s? |
| 30. | Which well known Russian word translates into English as 'council'? |
| 31. | How is the number 555 represented in Roman numerals? |
| 32. | In Norse mythology, who had an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir? |
| 33. | What popular game features a character named "Boddy" in North America and "Black" in most other English speaking countries? |
| 34. | To the nearest degree, what is 120° Fahrenheit in Celsius? |
| 35. | What was Lyndon B. Johnson's middle name? |
| 36. | What number should replace the question mark in this sequence? 6 11 9 14 12 17 15 ? 18 |
| 37. | What name is given to this, the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet? |
| 38. | Which well known professional wrestler was born Terry Gene Bollea in 1953? |
| 39. | An etymologist is a person who studies the origin and history of what? |
| 40. | What is the English language equivalent of a German Rathaus? |
| 41. | What British royal is the current Duke of Edinburgh? |
| 42. | What date is celebrated annually as Star Wars Day? |
| 43. | What former U.S. president's birth name was William Jefferson Blythe III? |
| 44. | What does a vexillologist study? |
| 45. | What 'P' described the best-selling game of the 1990s played using cardboard discs? |
| 46. | Before beginning production of high-performance cars in the 1960s, Ferruccio Lamborghini made his fortune making what type of vehicle ? |
| 47. | To the nearest pound, how many pounds are there in 5 kilograms? |
| 48. | What letter comes next in the following sequence? G E L N D J J _ |
| 49. | What is the name of the French national anthem? |
| 50. | In poker, what 'H' describes a card dealt to a player face down, hidden to everyone at the table except for the player to which it was dealt? |
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