General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 15th June 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
|
|
|
|
| 1. | The French word for the Italian city of Genoa is thought to lend its name to what type of clothing? |
| 2. | How many faces does a tetrahedron have? |
| 3. | What Imperial and U.S. unit is based on the Roman measure of 1000 paces? |
| 4. | Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: |
| 5. | In millimetres, what is the length of the long side of a piece of A4 paper? |
| 6. | Hiver is French for what season? |
| 7. | What is the minimum age requirement to open a Facebook account? |
| 8. | What was the currency of Austria before it was replaced by the Euro between 1999 and 2002? |
| 9. | What type of structures appear on the reverse of Euro banknotes? |
| 10. | Astraphobia is the abnormal fear of what natural phenomenon? |
| 11. | What common term is derived from a historic name for the canon lawyer at the Vatican appointed to argue against a person's canonisation? |
| 12. | What New York City-based fashion designer has made wedding gowns for public figures such as Chelsea Clinton, Ivanka Trump, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Victoria Beckham, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff, Khloe Kardashian, and Kim Kardashian? |
| 13. | Tagalog is a major dialect and the basis of the official language of what country? |
| 14. | What 6 letter word is spelt out by these notes? |
| 15. | Following the pattern in the number sequence below, what is the missing number? 1 8 27 __ 125 216 |
| 16. | In the Oxford English Dictionary, "dermatoglyphics" and "uncopyrightable" are probably the longest of their type. What makes these fifteen-letter words so unusual? |
| 17. | Included in the Great Seal of the United States, to what does "E pluribus unum" translate into English? |
| 18. | In which country is the Sinhalese language spoken? |
| 19. | What 'F' is the name of the prefecture in Honshu, Japan that gives its name to the nuclear disaster following the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011? |
| 20. | Generally defined as people born from 1928 to 1945, what demographic cohort follows the Greatest Generation and precedes the baby boomers? |
| 21. | Which letter of the Greek alphabet is this? |
| 22. | What is the probablity of rolling two dice and it coming out as seven? |
| 23. | To the nearest kilogram, what is 14 stone in kilograms? |
| 24. | How many playing blocks are there in a game of Jenga? |
| 25. | 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? |
| 26. | How many tiles are there in a standard 'Double-6' set of dominoes? |
| 27. | What hobby is sometimes jocularly known as "ferroequinology"? |
| 28. | How many microseconds are there in one minute? |
| 29. | Which one of these is the odd one out: Albert Einstein, Leonardo De Vinci, John F Kennedy, or Marco Polo? |
| 30. | On the bank of what river is it widely thought Jesus was baptised? |
| 31. | Sean Paul, Raheem Sterling, Grace Jones, and Shaggy were all born in what country? |
| 32. | One of the world's oldest trademarks, what company is represented by a character originally called Bibendum? |
| 33. | RUB is the international code for what currency? |
| 34. | Between 1990 and 2001, which European sports car manufacturer produced a model called the Diablo? |
| 35. | How old was Princess Diana when she died in 1997? |
| 36. | According to the proverb by Benjamin Franklin, "Three may keep a secret if two of them are..." what? |
| 37. | What letter of the Greek alphabet is this? |
| 38. | What country's monarchs are Prince Phillipe and Queen Mathilde? |
| 39. | 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? |
| 40. | What were the names of Titanic's two sister ships? |
| 41. | Who is the current President of Germany? |
| 42. | What date is celebrated annually as Star Wars Day? |
| 43. | How many times does the digit 5 appear in the numbers 1 to 100? |
| 44. | Born in Wisconsin in 1915, which American musician is credited with inventing the solid-body electric guitar in 1943? |
| 45. | What comes next in the following sequence: Blue, Black, Red, Yellow, ______? |
| 46. | The unit of currency in Russia; a Ruble is divided into 100 what? |
| 47. | What percentage of gold does 18 carat gold contain? |
| 48. | The traditional Christian Festival of 'St. Peter ad Vincula' translates as 'St. Peter in ..." what? |
| 49. | What Southeast Asian country has the Riel as its currency? |
| 50. | What four-letter word is German for train or railway? |
|
Back to Top Show Answers Back to Category Index Back to Quiz Index |
|