General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 5th October 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | How many rows of stars are there on the flag of the United States? |
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9 | |
| 2. | How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 100? |
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25 (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97) | |
| 3. | What is the English language translation of the Welsh term 'bord smwddio' (pronounced 'bord smoothio')? |
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Ironing board | |
| 4. | What is the English language equivalent of a German Rathaus? |
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Town Hall / City Hall | |
| 5. | What does the acronym ANZAC stand for? |
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Australian and New Zealand Army Corps | |
| 6. | What word was coined by English biologist T.H. Huxley in 1869 to mean someone who doesn't know whether God exists or not? |
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Agnostic | |
| 7. | Widely used since the late 1980s by Pepsico to promote some of their products, what is the name of this cartoon character? |
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Fido Dido | |
| 8. | What three letters describe the academic qualification for a Doctor of Philosophy? |
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Ph.D. | |
| 9. | Which one of these is the odd one out: Honey Rider, Foxxy Cleopatra, Tiffany Case, Solitaire, or Kissy Suzuki? |
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Foxxy Cleopatra (Foxxy Cleopatra is from Austin Powers in Goldmember. All the rest are Bond girls.) | |
| 10. | Which European capital city is regarded as the birthplace of democracy? |
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Athens (Greece) | |
| 11. | Astraphobia is the abnormal fear of what natural phenomenon? |
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Thunder and lightning
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| 12. | What motorised vehicle was launched in the UK on the 10th January 1985 with a price tag of £399 plus delivery? |
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Sinclair C5 | |
| 13. | If a thousand billion is a trillion, what is a thousand trillion? |
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Quadrillion (1015 - 1,000,000,000,000,000) | |
| 14. | Derived from the Greek for "empty tomb", what 'C' describes a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere? |
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Cenotaph (Greek: κενοτάφιον / kenotaphion - kenos "empty" and taphos "tomb") | |
| 15. | Sean Paul, Raheem Sterling, Grace Jones, and Shaggy were all born in what country? |
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Jamaica | |
| 16. | In France, and other French speaking countries, Toyota renamed their MR2 to just MR to avoid what embarrassment? |
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MR2 in French sounds like est merdeux .. "(it) is shitty" | |
| 17. | What letter of the Greek alphabet is this? |
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Psi | |
| 18. | According to the popular proverb, who does fortune favour? |
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Bold / Brave / Strong | |
| 19. | When spelt backwards, what famous racehorse's name is a serious crime? |
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Red Rum (Murder) | |
| 20. | Who normally partners North in a game of Bridge? |
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South | |
| 21. | What do the letters "O J" stand for in O J Simpson's name? |
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Orenthal James | |
| 22. | How many living former Presidents of the United States are there? |
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4 (George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter) | |
| 23. | What name is given to the SI derived unit of length equal to one-thousanth of a millimetre? |
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Micrometre / Micron | |
| 24. | What does a vexillologist study? |
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Flags (a synthesis of the Latin word vexillum "flag" and the Greek suffix -logia "study") | |
| 25. | What U.S. state has the most Electoral College votes? |
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California (55 - Texas 34, New York 29, Florida 29) | |
| 26. | Borrowed from German, what word is used in the English language to describe the pleasure or joy that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another? |
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Schadenfreude | |
| 27. | From what material is parchment made? |
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Hide / Animal skin (usually calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin) | |
| 28. | The Huracán is a 5.2 L V10 sports car produced by what company? |
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Lamborghini | |
| 29. | Four-wheel drive vehicles bearing the name "Land Cruiser" have been made by what car maker since 1951? |
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Toyota | |
| 30. | In reference to the postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963, what does the acronym ZIP stand for? |
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Zone Improvement Plan | |
| 31. | Founded in 2014, what is unusual about the Norwegian Special Forces unit Jegertroppen (English: Hunter Troop)? |
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All female | |
| 32. | What type of building is described as l'église in French and la chiesa in Italian? |
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Church | |
| 33. | 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.") | |
| 34. | What name is given to the cosmological event thought to have taken place around 13.7 billion years ago? |
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Big Bang | |
| 35. | What is the first prime number greater than 200? |
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211 | |
| 36. | Fitzgerald, Baines, Milhous, Rudolph, Earl, ______. What's next in the sequence? |
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Wilson (John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Gerald Rudolph Ford, James Earl Carter, Ronald Wilson Reagan) | |
| 37. | What 7-letter word describes the language that is a fusion of High German, Hebrew, and Aramaic? |
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Yiddish | |
| 38. | Thursday is named after the Anglo-Saxon god 'Thor'. After what Germanic god is Wednesday named? |
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Wōden / Wōdanaz / Odin | |
| 39. | In what country is Nihongo the national language? |
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Japan (Japanese: 日本語) | |
| 40. | What is the largest number on a standard backgammon doubling cube? |
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64 (2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64) | |
| 41. | What is the birth surname of Pope Francis? |
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Bergoglio (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) | |
| 42. | Candlestick, Lead Pipe, Revolver, Rope, _______, ________ |
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Dagger/Knife & Spanner/Wrench (Standard Cluedo murder weapons) | |
| 43. | What 'S' describes the flexible strip of leather or canvas used by barbers to straighten and polish the blade of a razor? |
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Strop | |
| 44. | RUB is the international code for what currency? |
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Russian Ruble | |
| 45. | What colour represents 0 on a roulette wheel? |
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Green | |
| 46. | By what name are "full-scale anthropomorphic test devices" better known? |
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Crash Test Dummies | |
| 47. | Which three signs of the zodiac are classed as FIRE signs? |
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Aries, Leo and Sagittarius | |
| 48. | 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) | |
| 49. | Relating to boats and ships, what does the acronym RORO stand for? |
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Roll-on/roll-off | |
| 50. | What is the first prime number greater than 61? |
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67 | |
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