General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 30th March 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Since 1965, what former U.S. President has featured on the face of a 10¢ coin (dime)? |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| 2. | Astraphobia is the abnormal fear of what natural phenomenon? |
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Thunder and lightning
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| 3. | The unit of currency in Russia; a Ruble is divided into 100 what? |
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Kopecks | |
| 4. | How many millimetres are there in 10 inches? |
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254 | |
| 5. | How many cubic inches are there in a cubic foot? |
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1728 (12 x 12 x 12) | |
| 6. | Which of these festivals comes last in a Gregorian calendar year? A. Diwali B. Passover C. Ramadan D. Vesākha |
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A. Diwali (A. October B. March/April C. May/June D. May) | |
| 7. | Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, ______. What comes next? |
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Epsilon (Εε) | |
| 8. | Speaking in 1965, who is this?
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Malcolm X (Malcolm Little / El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) | |
| 9. | A legal "pick-me-up" and a hotel employee: Answer with two words that do not follow the "I before E except after C" rule. |
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Caffeine / Concierge | |
| 10. | A caterpillar covers its outward journey to a vegetable patch at a speed of 114 metres per hour. After filling up with his favourite foods the caterpillar returns, over exactly the same distance, at 38 metres per hour. What is the caterpillar’s average speed over the entire journey? |
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57 metres per hour (38m/h takes 3 times longer than 114m/h, so (114+38+38+38)/4) | |
| 11. | Which of these is the odd one out? Aunt, Brother, Cousin, Father, Mother, Niece, Sister, Uncle |
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Cousin (All the rest are gender specific) | |
| 12. | The Super Sport version of what make and model car is currently the fastest street-legal production car in the world? |
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Bugatti Veyron | |
| 13. | What common financial term gets its name from the Old French for "death pledge"? |
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Mortgage (Old French: mort gage) | |
| 14. | What letter is represented by a single dot in Morse code? |
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E | |
| 15. | What denomination of Euro banknote is coloured green? |
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€100 | |
| 16. | What was Lyndon B. Johnson's middle name? |
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Baines | |
| 17. | What is the most frequently used colour on national flags around the world? |
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Red (77%) (White 73%, Blue 53%) | |
| 18. | What star sign comes after Cancer and before Virgo? |
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Leo | |
| 19. | What name is given to a large gathering of Scouts, rallying together at a national or international level? |
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Jamboree | |
| 20. | What is Barack Obama's middle name? |
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Hussein (Barack Hussein Obama II) | |
| 21. | In what U.S. State was King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, born? |
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Massachusetts (Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge) | |
| 22. | RUB is the international code for what currency? |
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Russian Ruble | |
| 23. | If a thousand billion is a trillion, what is a thousand trillion? |
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Quadrillion (1015 - 1,000,000,000,000,000) | |
| 24. | Between 1990 and 2001, which European sports car manufacturer produced a model called the Diablo? |
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Lamborghini (replaced in 2001 by the Murciélago) | |
| 25. | In Greek mythology, what name is given to the monstrous multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving? |
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Cerberus / Hound of Hades | |
| 26. | "Power Your Dreams" is a tagline for what gaming console? |
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Xbox | |
| 27. | A national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, what date is Anzac Day? |
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April 25th | |
| 28. | An internationally recognised business management degree, what does the 'A' in MBA stand for? |
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Administration (Master of Business Administration) | |
| 29. | How many housing property squares are there on a Monopoly board? |
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22 | |
| 30. | 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? |
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Barack Obama | |
| 31. | Who comes next in this sequence: Conrad Hilton Jr., Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, _____ _____? |
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Richard Burton (the first five husbands of Elizabeth Taylor) | |
| 32. | What common term is derived from a historic name for the canon lawyer at the Vatican appointed to argue against a person's canonisation? |
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Devil's advocate | |
| 33. | If 3 people can eat 3 steaks in 3 days, how many steaks can 6 people eat in 6 days? |
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12 (3 in 3 days, so 6 people can eat 6 steaks in 3 days. In 6 days, they will be able to eat twice as many, which is 12.) | |
| 34. | How many triangular points are there on a backgammon board? |
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24 | |
| 35. | What does the 'WD' in WD-40 stand for? |
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Water Displacement ("Water Displacement, 40th formula") | |
| 36. | What 'P' describes a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward? |
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Palindrome | |
| 37. | How many cards are there altogether in a standard version of the board game Cluedo (Clue)? |
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21 (6 suspects, 6 weapons, 9 rooms) | |
| 38. | What far-future year comes next in this strobogrammatic sequence? |
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6009 (a strobogrammatic number is one that reads the same when rotated 180 degrees) | |
| 39. | What city in Washington, United States is home to both Microsoft and Nintendo of America? |
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Redmond | |
| 40. | What style of denim shorts is named after a character from The Dukes of Hazzard? |
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Daisy Dukes | |
| 41. | The son of Kenya's founding father and first president, who is the fourth and current President of the Republic of Kenya? |
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Uhuru Kenyatta | |
| 42. | A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires; the second is full of assassins with loaded guns; and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is the safest for him? |
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The third room (Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead) | |
| 43. | Listed alphabetically, they are Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Starting with the oldest, list them in order of their date of origin. |
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Buddhism, Christianity, Islam (6th century BC, 1st century AD, 7th century AD) | |
| 44. | Whose official residence is at Number One Observatory Circle, Washington DC? |
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Vice President | |
| 45. | ASITG is a treacherous person, especially one who feigns friendship. Expand those initials.
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A snake in the grass | |
| 46. | The maple leaf on Canada's national flag has how many points? |
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11 | |
| 47. | Still often referred to by her maiden name, Kate Middleton, since her marriage to Prince William, her official title has been Catherine, Duchess of ________? |
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Cambridge | |
| 48. | In the Catholic Church, what 'C' means to declare someone a saint? |
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Canonisation | |
| 49. | In U.S. law enforcement, what does SWAT stand for? |
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Special Weapons and Tactics | |
| 50. | Australian journalist Julian Assange is best known for founding which controversial website in 2006? |
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WikiLeaks | |
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