General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 14th July 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Which famous building has the address 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? |
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White House (Washington, D.C.) | |
| 2. | The Cosa Nostra is an Italian Mafia organised crime syndicate originating in what region of Italy? |
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Sicily | |
| 3. | Of which country is Avianca the flag-carrying airline? |
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Colombia (Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia S.A.) | |
| 4. | If it takes two typists to type 2 pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes? |
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6 (Each typist types ½ page per minute.) | |
| 5. | "Namaste" is a respectful form of greeting associated with what religion? |
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Hinduism | |
| 6. | 1. George Washington - 2. John Adams - 3. Thomas Jefferson. What number is Barack Obama? |
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44 | |
| 7. | Popular in the first half of the twentieth century, what 'H' describes this type of hat? |
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Homburg | |
| 8. | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is the longest-serving current prime minister in the world, having been in office since 1970 in which country? |
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Bahrain | |
| 9. | What does the acronym ANZAC stand for? |
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Australian and New Zealand Army Corps | |
| 10. | An internationally recognised business management degree, what does the 'A' in MBA stand for? |
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Administration (Master of Business Administration) | |
| 11. | In centimetres, what is the diameter of a standard CD or DVD? |
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12 | |
| 12. | How many U.S. states begin with the letter A? |
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4 (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas) | |
| 13. | How many yards are there in a chain? |
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22 | |
| 14. | What name is given to the cabin below an airship? |
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Gondola | |
| 15. | Who is Greece's current Minister of Finance? |
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Yanis Varoufakis | |
| 16. | What mode of transport gets its original name from the Latin word meaning "for all"? |
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Bus / Omnibus | |
| 17. | What was the currency of Austria before it was replaced by the Euro between 1999 and 2002? |
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Austrian Schilling (Österreichischer Schilling) | |
| 18. | The name of what French daily newspaper translates into English as "The World"? |
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Le Monde | |
| 19. | To be President or Vice President of the United States, a person must be at least what age? |
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35 | |
| 20. | "Shepherd One" is the international call sign given to any aircraft carrying who? |
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The Pope | |
| 21. | In Greek mythology, what 'A' is the mortal god of beauty and desire? |
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Adonis (Aphrodite is the goddess of love, lust and beauty) | |
| 22. | What 'B' can be the name of a card game, or a French manufacturer of fine crystal glassware? |
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Baccarat | |
| 23. | Which country has the largest population of native Puerto Ricans? |
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United States (4.8 million compared to 3.5 million in Puerto Rico) | |
| 24. | What popular game features a character named "Boddy" in North America and "Black" in most other English speaking countries? |
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Clue / Cluedo | |
| 25. | What 'L' describes the short or knee-length leather breeches worn as traditional garments in German-speaking countries? |
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Lederhosen | |
| 26. | Which is the odd one out: Declan MacManus, Archibald Leach, John Ritchie, or Gordon Sumner? |
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Archibald Leach (Elvis Costello, Cary Grant, Sid Vicious, Sting. Actor. The rest are musicians. ) | |
| 27. | Black Ops, Modern Warfare, and Vanguard are among the subtitles of what video game franchise? |
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Call of Duty | |
| 28. | Red, green, and blue are the primary light colours. What three primary colours are normally used in printing? |
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Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow | |
| 29. | Solve the arithmetic below, answering in Roman numerals: (CM+XL)-(CD+XC)=??? |
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CDL ((900+40)-(400+90)=450) | |
| 30. | What 'R' means to obscure or remove sensitive information from a document prior to publication or release? |
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Redact | |
| 31. | What is your star sign if you were born on Christmas Day? |
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Capricorn (December 22 - January 20) | |
| 32. | The first prime number is 2. What is the ninth? |
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23 (2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23) | |
| 33. | How many white stripes are there on the flag of the United States? |
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6 (plus 7 red; 13 stripes in total) | |
| 34. | Who is the incumbent President of the Philippines? |
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Benigno Aquino III | |
| 35. | What 'C' is an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger? |
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Cubit | |
| 36. | 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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Hole card (giving rise to the phrase "ace in the hole") | |
| 37. | Meaning "instrument of thought" in sanskrit, what 'M' is the term used in Hinduism and Buddhism to describe a repeated word or sound used as an aid to concentration? |
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Mantra | |
| 38. | What 'M' is the term used to describe a single name by which a person or thing is known. For example; Akihito, Björk, Madonna, Plato. |
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Mononym | |
| 39. | What D-Day landing beach is also the name of a U.S. state? |
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Utah | |
| 40. | If you were shoving an aglet through an eyelet, what are you most likely to be doing? |
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Tying shoelaces | |
| 41. | If you were a chalkie in Australia, what would you be? |
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Teacher | |
| 42. | 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) | |
| 43. | In the board game Monopoly, what is the total number of Chance and Community Chest squares? |
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Six (3 of each) | |
| 44. | According to Christian ethics, how many deadly sins are there? |
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7 (Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy, and Gluttony) | |
| 45. | What is written immediately above the word 'ONE' in the centre of the back of a U.S. one dollar bill? |
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IN GOD WE TRUST | |
| 46. | What country's monarchs are Prince Phillipe and Queen Mathilde? |
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Belgium | |
| 47. | How many cards are there in a standard tarot pack? |
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78 | |
| 48. | What is twelve cubed? |
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1728 | |
| 49. | Which one of these is the odd one out: Albert Einstein, Leonardo De Vinci, John F Kennedy, or Marco Polo? |
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Albert Einstein (the others have airports named after them - Rome, New York, and Venice) | |
| 50. | What denomination of U.S. banknote depicts Ulysses S. Grant on its obverse side? |
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50 | |
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