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Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 1
Question 1: In Judo, which belt signifies a higher rank, Blue or Brown?
Answer: Brown
Question 2: Wagyu beef gets its name from cattle in which country?
Answer: Japan
Question 3: What type of pastry is used for a traditional jam roly-poly?
Answer: Suet
Question 4: What is the official language of Iran?
Answer: Farsi
Question 5: In the sitcom Gavin and Stacey, which football London team did Gavin support?
Answer: Spurs
Question 6: What colour is the star on the flag of Vietnam?
Answer: Yellow
Question 7: Which Star Wars actor played 8 roles in the 1949 Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets?
Answer: Alec Guinness
Question 8: Which of the UK’s political houses has Green Benches?
Answer: House of Commons
Question 9: Before becoming Caitlyn, Bruce Jenner was an Olympic gold medal winner in what event?
Answer: Decathlon
Question 10: Film director Ingmar Bergman features on what country's 200 kroner banknote
Answer: Sweden
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 2
Question 1: What is the name of the rat who became a chef in the movie Ratatouille?
Answer: Remy
Question 2: What's the most stolen grocery item?
Answer: Cheese
Question 3: What are the Christian names of the loving couple in the movie Ghost?
Answer: Sam & Molly
Question 4: In what sport did the now-retired Katarina Witt win Olympic gold medals?
Answer: Figure Skating
Question 5: Monza is the venue for which sport in Italy?
Answer: Formula One
Question 6: Anagram: DRUG OR BUNNY will get you to a movie comedy?
Answer: Ron Burgundy
Question 7: Who had the 1984 hit Take Me for a Night in New York?
Answer: Elbow Bones and the Racketeers
Question 8: What is the longest river in the UK?
Answer: River Severn
Question 9: What is the legal age for buying alcohol from bars, clubs and shops in Greece?
Answer: 18
Question 10: Who was the first character to die in Coronation Street?
Answer: May Hardman
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 3
Question 1: According to the lyrics of the seasonal song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, what gift is given on the fifth day?
Answer: Five Golden Rings
Question 2: Which chocolate bar, consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, is named after the Mars family’s favourite horse?
Answer: Snickers
Question 3: Which Scottish drink is nicknamed Vitamin T?
Answer: Tennent's Lager
Question 4: In which borough of New York City could you take a stroll down Fifth Avenue?
Answer: Manhattan
Question 5: The proceeds of which children's book were donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital?
Answer: Peter Pan
Question 6: In which English city did the Peterloo Massacre take place?
Answer: Manchester
Question 7: Which American company uses and produces the most bottles globally?
Answer: Coca-Cola
Question 8: Who invented the petrol-driven car?
Answer: Karl Benz
Question 9: In which English county was William Shakespeare born?
Answer: Warwickshire
Question 10: What is the correct term to address a Duke?
Answer: Your Grace
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 4
Question 1: In Australia, what is nicknamed the Coat Hanger?
Answer: Sydney Harbour Bridge. Question 2: True or False - Donald Trump is mentioned more times in the Epstein files than Jesus is mentioned in the Bible?
Answer: TRUE
Question 3: Goodyear's 'Winged Foot' logo represents the winged sandal of which Roman God?
Answer: Mercury
Question 4: Balti is the Indian word for what item?
Answer: Bucket
Question 5: In which city is the book Oliver set?
Answer: London
Question 6: Whose iconic New York City art studio was called The Factory?
Answer: Andy Warhol
Question 7: Which US city was the first to dye its river green for St. Patrick's Day?
Answer: Chicago
Question 8: Which denomination of Bank of England note, first issued between 1725 and 1745, ceased to be legal tender in 1945?
Answer: £1000
Question 9: Who was the Sun God of ancient Egypt?
Answer: Ra
Question 10: Teddy Boys were named after the period of reign of which King?
Answer: Edward VII
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 5
Question 1: Which country has the world’s busiest airport?
Answer: USA - Atlanta
Question 2:When does 23 plus 2 equal 1?
Answer: When telling the time
Question 3: According to Shakespeare, “the course of true love never did run…” what?
Answer: Smooth
Question 4: Which bird is often considered a symbol of love and fidelity because it mates for life?
Answer: Dove
Question 5: What two colours make up the flag of Greenland?
Answer: Red & White
Question 6: What is the English translation of the Latin phrase, Tempus Fugit?
Answer: Time Flies
Question 7: In which decade did the St. Valentine's Day Massacre occur?
Answer: The 1920s (1929)
Question 8: In what European city is the famous “Love Lock Bridge,” where couples attach padlocks?
Answer: Paris
Question 9: Who wrote the famous line: “'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”?
Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Question 10: Made into a movie starring Audrey Hepburn, who wrote the novel “Breakfast at Tiffany's”
Answer: Truman Capote
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Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 6
Question 1: What, in the USA, is a Faucet?
Answer: Tap
Question 2: What is the name given to a baby cat and a baby rabbit?
Answer: Kitten
Question 3: In which Lane did the Great Fire of London begin?
Answer: Pudding Lane
Question 4: What C is the Latin name for Marijuana?
Answer: Cannabis
Question 5: What is the official language of Liechtenstein?
Answer: German
Question 6: In what decade was the first non-stop flight from London to Sydney?
Answer: The 1980s - (1989)
Question 7: How many humps does a Dromedary camel have?
Answer: One
Question 8: On a Monopoly board, which square is between Park Lane and Liverpool Street Station?
Answer: Chance
Question 9: Which company make the breakfast cereal Special K?
Answer: Kellogg’s
Question 10: In which war were jet fighters first used?
Answer: Korean War
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 7
Question 1: Which Sea lies between Australia and New Zealand?
Answer: The Tasman Sea
Question 2: Who wrote the book The Prince And The Pauper?
Answer: Mark Twain
Question 3: What is the capital of Peru?
Answer: Lima
Question 4: Of Emily, Charlotte and Anne Brontë, who was the only one to marry?
Answer: Charlotte
Question 5: In which Borough of London is the Royal Albert Hall?
Answer: Kensington
Question 6: The names of which two of the Seven Dwarfs began with the letter D?
Answer: Doc & Dopey
Question 7: What product was originally marketed as ‘An esteemed brain tonic and intellectual beverage’?
Answer: Coca-Cola
Question 8: According to the nursery rhyme, who found Lucy Locket’s pocket after she lost it?
Answer: Kitty Fisher
Question 9: In what decade did Charles Lindbergh complete his New York to Paris solo flight?
Answer: The 1920s - 1927
Question 10: Was Bruce Willis born in Germany, Switzerland or France?
Answer: Germany
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 8
Question 1: Who is the Norse God of Thunder?
Answer: Thor
Question 2: The Golden Gate Bridge can be found in which American City?
Answer: San Francisco
Question 3: What nationality are the fashion designers Dolce & Gabbana?
Answer: Italian
Question 4: Which English artist painted ‘Girl with Red Scarf and Black Trousers’?
Answer: LS Lowry
Question 5: Written by Beatrix Potter, what kind of animal is the “Tailor of Gloucester”?
Answer: Mouse
Question 6: Steinway became famous for the manufacture of what?
Answer: Pianos
Question 7: On which day of the week does Prime Minister's Questions take place?
Answer: Wednesday
Question 8: In a computer, what does the letter P stand for in the CPU?
Answer: Processing
Question 9: What is the world’s most eaten fish?
Answer: Tuna
Question 10: How many hours would you set your watch back if you went from England to San Francisco?
Answer: 8 hours
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 9
Question 1: Who wrote the classic fairy tale of the Ugly Duckling?
Answer: Hans Christian Andersen
Question 2: What was the occupation of the Mario Brothers?
Answer: Plumbers
Question 3: Are there more white or red stripes on the American flag?
Answer: Red, 7 (White, 6)
Question 4: The name of which actor born in 1942 is made up of the surnames of two American presidents?
Answer: Harrison Ford
Question 5: A stamp of which animal can be found on eggs produced in Britain?
Answer: Lion
Question 6: Colorado, Ohio, New Mexico and which other American state ends in the letter O?
Answer: Idaho
Question 7: A Rhombus is a shape with how many sides?
Answer: Four
Question 8: In a deck of playing cards, which King does not have a moustache
Answer: King of Hearts
Question 9: In which English county is the Devil's Punch Bowl?
Answer: Surrey
Question 10: In what decade was the breathalyser test introduced onto British roads?
Answer: The 1960s - 1967
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 10
Question 1: What nationality was the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales?
Answer: Mexican
Question 2: The three-button depraz was an early type of what computer accessory?
Answer: Mouse
Question 3: What was the name of the lion in The Chronicles of Narnia?
Answer: Aslan
Question 4: What word was used for the letter B in radio communications before Bravo?
Answer: Baker
Question 5: To which family of birds does the Quail belong
Answer: Partridge
Question 6: In a book by Jacqueline Wilson, how are the Diamond Girls related?
Answer: Sisters
Question 7: The Stag and the Lion is a fable attributed to which Greek slave?
Answer: Aesop
Question 8: “I will wear my heart upon my sleeve” is a line from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Othello
Question 9: What term refers to both lawn vegetation and a police informer?
Answer: Grass
Question 10: What sunken island is said to lie west of the Straits of Gibraltar?
Answer: Atlantis
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Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 11
Question 1: Is Madeira a dry or sweet wine?
Answer: Sweet
Question 2: Composer Sir Edward Elgar used to be on which English banknote?
Answer: £20
Question 3: On which planet in our Solar System does it constantly rain acid?
Answer: Venus
Question 4: How many general elections did Margaret Thatcher win as Tory Leader?
Answer: 3
Question 5: Is the state of Maine on the east or west coast of America?
Answer: East
Question 6: What animal is the mascot for the breakfast cereal Coco Pops?
Answer: A monkey
Question 7: How many sides are seen on a give way sign?
Answer: 3
Question 8: The tomb of Karl Marx can be found in which European city
Answer: London
Question 9: The Gold Coast is found in which Australian state
Answer: Queensland
Question 10: In Greek mythology, which character fell in love with his own reflection?
Answer: Narcissus
Free General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 12
Question 1: What French landmark was designed to be taken down after 20 years?
Answer: Eiffel Tower
Question 2: William Frederick Cody was the real name of which Wild West outlaw?
Answer: Buffalo Bill
Question 3: According to a Churchill speech, an iron curtain descended on which continent?
Answer: Europe
Question 4: What would your star sign be if you were born on American Independence Day?
Answer: Cancer
Question 5: What cocktail is one part rum, one part coconut milk and three parts pineapple juice?
Answer: Piña Colada
Question 6: Which animal features on the badge of the motor manufacturer Lamborghini?
Answer: Bull
Question 7: After the USA, which country has the most rail tracks?
Answer: Canada
Question 8: Aussie 3 Minute Miracle is a product for what part of the body?
Answer: The Hair
Question 9: The Jack Higgins novel The Eagle Has Flown is set during which war?
Answer: WWII
Question 10: Which of Henry VIII's wives, executed in 1536, is said to haunt the Tower of London?
Answer: Anne Boleyn
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