General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 22nd September 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | The unit of currency in Russia; a Ruble is divided into 100 what? |
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Kopecks | |
| 2. | Who is Greece's current Minister of Finance? |
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Yanis Varoufakis | |
| 3. | What does the W stand for in George W. Bush's name? |
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Walker | |
| 4. | Braille is based around a grid of how many dots? |
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6 | |
| 5. | What comes next in this sequence? 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, _? |
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3 ('ten' has three letters) | |
| 6. | What six letter acronym is used to describe the United Nations Children's Fund? |
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UNICEF (formerly called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) | |
| 7. | After how many years would you celebrate your crystal anniversary? |
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15 | |
| 8. | Ulf Kristersson is the current prime minister of what European country? |
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Sweden | |
| 9. | The NATO phonetic alphabet includes five male first names. Name any four of them. |
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Charlie, Mike, Oscar, Romeo, Victor | |
| 10. | Which is the only vowel not found on the top row of a standard keyboard? |
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A | |
| 11. | Legend has it that if a courtier upset one of the ancient kings of Siam, the king would present them with a gift ultimately aimed at ruining them because of its high maintenance costs. Giving rise to a modern day term, what was this traditional gift? |
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White elephant | |
| 12. | Which part of your anatomy is also the currency of Costa Rica? |
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Colon (Costa Rican colón) | |
| 13. | If you were shoving an aglet through an eyelet, what are you most likely to be doing? |
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Tying shoelaces | |
| 14. | Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. What language is used to represent Switzerland on its postage stamps? |
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Latin (Helvetia - Helvetica) | |
| 15. | What 'T' is a modern day term from the Latin word for "three roads"? |
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Trivia (the "three roads" represent the three lower Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, logic, and rhetoric) | |
| 16. | 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? |
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A river | |
| 17. | On a standard clock face with Roman numerals, what do all the numbers add up to? (answer in Roman numerals) |
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LXXVIII (78) | |
| 18. | 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) | |
| 19. | In Greek mythology, who beheaded Medusa, the snake-haired Gorgon, and used her head as a weapon? |
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Perseus | |
| 20. | Who normally partners North in a game of Bridge? |
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South | |
| 21. | The USPS abbreviation of what US state is also the chemical symbol for mendelevium? |
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Maryland (MD / Md) | |
| 22. | What date is celebrated annually as Star Wars Day? |
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May 4th (May the Fourth be with you) | |
| 23. | Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted. |
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849 | |
| 24. | How many white keys are there on a standard modern piano? |
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52 (+ 36 black = 88) | |
| 25. | What nationality is WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief Julian Assange? |
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Australian | |
| 26. | The maple leaf on Canada's national flag has how many points? |
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11 | |
| 27. | Which country's flag carrying airline has the IATA code IB? |
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Spain (Iberia) | |
| 28. | Den grimme Ælling in Danish; Das häßliche Entlein in German. What is the English name for this fairy tale? |
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The Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen) | |
| 29. | What percentage of gold does 18 carat gold contain? |
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75% (18/24) | |
| 30. | What name is given to the horsemen that jab the bull with a lance at the start of a Spanish bullfight? |
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Picador | |
| 31. | How many micrograms (µg) are there in one gram (g)? |
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1 million | |
| 32. | What country has the world's largest Muslim population? |
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Indonesia | |
| 33. | How many black keys are there on a standard modern 88 key piano? |
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36 | |
| 34. | What were the names of Titanic's two sister ships? |
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Olympic and Britannic | |
| 35. | Not including aces or court (face) cards, what is the total value of the numeric cards of all suits in a standard deck of playing cards? |
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216 ((2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10)x4) | |
| 36. | In which country was pioneering bodybuilder Charles Atlas born in 1892? |
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Italy (born Angelo Siciliano) | |
| 37. | The Spanish for "knight" or "gentleman", what 'C' is commonly used in Spanish-speaking regions as a form of address for older gentlemen? |
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Caballero(s) | |
| 38. | In Monopoly, what square precedes Pacific Avenue (US), Regent Street (UK), Castlereagh Street (AU) and Dee Street (NZ)? |
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Go To Jail | |
| 39. | What country has the international vehicle registration code ZA? |
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South Africa (from Dutch Zuid-Afrika) | |
| 40. | In fashion, what does FCUK stand for? |
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French Connection United Kingdom | |
| 41. | What demonym is used to describe people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo? |
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Congolese | |
| 42. | Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, former U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant claimed the 'S.' did not stand for anything. Others attributed it to his mother's maiden name. What was it? |
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Simpson | |
| 43. | Bokmål is the most widely used language in which European country? |
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Norway | |
| 44. | In Greek and Roman mythology, what creature was half-man, half-horse? |
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Centaur | |
| 45. | One U.S. oil barrel equals how many U.S. gallons? |
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42 | |
| 46. | What 'L' is a breed of dog named after a north-easterly region of Canada? |
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Labrador | |
| 47. | What single, seven letter word will make this sentence whole? The |
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Notable | |
| 48. | A person has a mass of 60kg on Earth. What would their mass on the moon be? |
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60kg | |
| 49. | What word can describe a plant, a part of our anatomy, or the Greek goddess of the rainbow? |
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Iris | |
| 50. | Prathet thai is to Thailand as Zhōng guó is to where? |
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China (中华人民共和国 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó) | |
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