General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 20th April 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Members of what religious movement include Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley and John Travolta? |
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Church of Scientology | |
| 2. | Who is the reigning monarch of the Principality of Monaco? |
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Albert II | |
| 3. | How many U.S. state names end with the letter 'A'? |
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21 (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia) | |
| 4. | What is the official national animal of Scotland? |
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Unicorn | |
| 5. | What city in Washington, United States is home to both Microsoft and Nintendo of America? |
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Redmond | |
| 6. | How many black keys are there on a standard modern 88 key piano? |
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36 | |
| 7. | In poker, what hand is ranked above a straight and below a full house? |
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Flush | |
| 8. | How many housing property squares are there on a Monopoly board? |
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22 | |
| 9. | Sample cards bearing the name "C. F. Frost" or "Charles F. Frost" often feature in advertisements for what financial services company? |
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American Express (Charles F. Frost was an advertising executive at Ogilvy & Mather in the 1960s) | |
| 10. | 2 is the first prime number. What is the twelfth? |
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37 (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37) | |
| 11. | Commemorating the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788, on what date each year is Australia Day celebrated? |
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26th January | |
| 12. | In 2010, which company reportedly bought the internet domain name of the American Farm Bureau Federation for $8.5 million? |
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Facebook (the domain name was fb.com) | |
| 13. | What 'L' describes the short or knee-length leather breeches worn as traditional garments in German-speaking countries? |
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Lederhosen | |
| 14. | Which country has the letter T as its international car registration? |
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Thailand | |
| 15. | What country is Allemagne in French? |
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Germany | |
| 16. | In Greek mythology, Bellerophon rode what horse? |
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Pegasus | |
| 17. | 24 Sussex Drive is the official residence of the Prime Minister of what country? |
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Canada (Ottawa, Ontario) | |
| 18. | What comes next in this sequence? Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee , _____ |
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Baker (surnames of the first four actors to portray Doctor Who) | |
| 19. | Air Force One is the name of the U.S. President's plane. What is the call sign of the President's helicopter? |
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Marine One | |
| 20. | What letter is represented by a single dot in Morse code? |
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E | |
| 21. | What nationality is WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief Julian Assange? |
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Australian | |
| 22. | Ivo Josipović became President of what European country in 2010? |
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Croatia | |
| 23. | What denomination of New Zealand banknote depicts Lord Rutherford of Nelson and his 1908 Nobel Prize medal on its obverse side? |
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100 | |
| 24. | 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? |
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Banshee (Gaelic: Bean-sídhe) | |
| 25. | What is the official language of 26 countries in the world, the third most after English and French? |
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Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic / Literary Arabic) | |
| 26. | What is the official residence of the President of France? |
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Élysée Palace | |
| 27. | 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) | |
| 28. | In the British and Commonwealth army tradition of trooping the colour, what is the "colour"? |
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The flag | |
| 29. | RUB is the international code for what currency? |
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Russian Ruble | |
| 30. | Among the grades of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, what does the 'O' in OBE stand for? |
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Officer (Commonly misinterpreted as "Order", the actual title is "Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.") | |
| 31. | How many prime numbers are there between 50 and 100? |
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10 (53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97) | |
| 32. | List the following four weights in order, beginning with the lightest: 2 oz, 0.57 kg, 1 lb, 30 g |
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30 g, 2 oz, 1 lb, 0.57 kg (in grams: 30, 56.7, 454, 570) | |
| 33. | A dog has 1, a horse has 2, an elephant has only 3, while a crocodile has 4. What? |
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Vowels in their names | |
| 34. | What country has the international vehicle registration code 'D'? |
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Germany (Deutschland) | |
| 35. | What is the meaning of the small arrow next to the fuel pump symbol on a vehicle's fuel gauge? |
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Indicates which side of the car the fuel filler cap is on | |
| 36. | Who is the current Mayor of London? |
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Sadiq Khan | |
| 37. | What is the most common term used to describe All Saints' Eve, the day before All Saints' Day? |
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Halloween | |
| 38. | What 'B' describes the waist-high case or stand on the deck of a ship on which navigational instruments, such as the compass, are placed? |
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Binnacle | |
| 39. | Comparable to the British Security Service (MI5) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), what four-letter acronym describes the national security agency responsible for the protection of Australia and its citizens? |
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ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) | |
| 40. | Name the 36-year-old British-Lebanese human rights lawyer who married George Clooney on 29th September 2014. |
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Amal Alamuddin | |
| 41. | Apiphobia (or melissophobia) is the fear of what creatures? |
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Bees / Bee stings (Latin apis or Greek μέλισσα melissa for "honey bee". Greek: φόβος phobos, "fear") | |
| 42. | The Taka is the official currency of what South Asian country? |
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Bangladesh | |
| 43. | Put these anniversaries in date order, earliest first: A. Crystal B. Pearl C. China |
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A. Crystal C. China B. Pearl (15 / 20 / 30 years) | |
| 44. | To the nearest whole number, how many grams are there in an avoirdupois ounce? |
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28 (28.3495231 grams - a troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams) | |
| 45. | Other than resigning, how many different moves does a chess player have to choose from at the start of a game? |
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20 (8 pawns x 2 moves, 2 knights x 2 moves) | |
| 46. | What U.S. state has the most Electoral College votes? |
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California (55 - Texas 34, New York 29, Florida 29) | |
| 47. | In Norse mythology, who sacrificed his eye in order to gain the Wisdom of Ages? |
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Odin / Óðinn | |
| 48. | In the popular children's nursery rhyme, what is Wednesday's child full of? |
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Woe | |
| 49. | 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? |
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21:00 / 9 pm | |
| 50. | What comes next in this sequence? MT, JM, TB, GB, DC, __? |
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TM (British Prime Ministers - Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May) | |
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