General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 28th April 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | What Imperial and U.S. unit is based on the Roman measure of 1000 paces? |
| 2. | What comes next in the following sequence: 46 O, 47 NM, 48 A, 49 A, ___? |
| 3. | What comes next in the following sequence: Blue, Black, Red, Yellow, ______? |
| 4. | In printing, what colour is the K in CMYK? |
| 5. | 24 Sussex Drive is the official residence of the Prime Minister of what country? |
| 6. | On a hunting trip in the Alps in 1941, Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral was intrigued by burdock burrs (seeds) that kept sticking to his clothes and his dog's fur. After lengthy experimentation, what did he patent in the mid 1950s? |
| 7. | In a wallet you have ฿5,130. It is made up of three different denominations of notes. There is exactly the same number of each note. How many of each note is there and what are their values? |
| 8. | "Shepherd One" is the international call sign given to any aircraft carrying who? |
| 9. | How many cards are there in a standard tarot pack? |
| 10. | What is the national airline and flag carrier for Spain? |
| 11. | Which one of these is the odd one out: Albert Einstein, Leonardo De Vinci, John F Kennedy, or Marco Polo? |
| 12. | During what personal hygiene activity might you use a Pure Badger, Super Badger, or Silvertip Badger? |
| 13. | In the popular children's nursery rhyme, what is Wednesday's child full of? |
| 14. | In office between May and September 2010, who preceded Ed Miliband as Leader of the Opposition in the U.K? |
| 15. | The religious festivals Hannukah and Diwali share the English name Festival of _____ what? |
| 16. | In reference to the postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963, what does the acronym ZIP stand for? |
| 17. | In the original (Genus & Genus II) editions of Trivial Pursuit, what colour represents Geography? |
| 18. | Which European country switched from driving on the left to driving on the right in September 1967? |
| 19. | Following the pattern in the number sequence below, what is the missing number? 1 8 27 __ 125 216 |
| 20. | If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now? |
| 21. | 100 square metres is equivalent to how many square centimetres? |
| 22. | Asiana Airlines are headquartered in what Asian country? |
| 23. | Harald V is the reigning King of what country? |
| 24. | Air Force One is the name of the U.S. President's plane. What is the call sign of the President's helicopter? |
| 25. | What is the average (mean value) of 8, 80, 800 and 8000? |
| 26. | What is the birth nationality of Pope Francis? |
| 27. | Whose death in July 1937 was followed by radio stations around the world observing two minutes of silence? |
| 28. | In what modern-day country are the headquarters of automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto? |
| 29. | What does the letter `Q` stand for in QANTAS, Australia's flag carrying international airline? |
| 30. | From the original 1823 poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas; Dasher, Dancer, _____, _____, _____, _____, Donner, and Blitzen. Fill in the blanks. |
| 31. | On a standard PlayStation controller, what colour is the triangle button? |
| 32. | In Irish mythology, what 'B' describes an omen of death in the form of a fairy woman who wails when someone is about to die? |
| 33. | What is the Argentinian (Spanish) name for the Falkland Islands? |
| 34. | GBZ is the international vehicle registration code for what British Overseas Territory? |
| 35. | In the suburbs of what American city are the headquarters of McDonalds? |
| 36. | Exactly halfway between green and yellow on the colour scale and named after a French liqueur, what 'C' is the colour deemed most visible to the human eye? |
| 37. | What 'R' describes an angle between 180° and 360°? |
| 38. | Typically defined as those born from the early-to-mid 1960s to the early 1980s, what name is given to the demographic cohort that comes after the Baby Boomers and before the Millennials? |
| 39. | What mythical bird is considered to be a symbol of rebirth, immortality, and renewal? |
| 40. | What is the most frequently used colour on national flags around the world? |
| 41. | What was the currency of Austria before it was replaced by the Euro between 1999 and 2002? |
| 42. | Churches called Notre Dame are dedicated to who? |
| 43. | The original 1935 version of Monopoly took its street names from which American city? |
| 44. | One of the earliest arcade video games, in what year was 'Pong' released? |
| 45. | What four letter acronym is used to describe the €4.7 billion project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy from floods? |
| 46. | How many times does the digit 5 appear in the numbers 1 to 100? |
| 47. | The Vedas are a volume of ancient texts that contain the oldest scriptures of what religion? |
| 48. | What 'Q' can be a type of fruit native to central Asia, or the Spanish word for fifteen? |
| 49. | Name the two stock exchanges currently operating independently in the mainland People's Republic of China? |
| 50. | Who is god of the sky and thunder and king of the gods in Ancient Roman religion and mythology? |
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