General Knowledge50 randomly selected General Knowledge questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 6th 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 Some questions and answers may be outdated.)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. | In ancient Greek mythology, who is the sky and thunder god who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus? |
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Zeus | |
| 2. | What common financial term gets its name from the Old French for "death pledge"? |
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Mortgage (Old French: mort gage) | |
| 3. | What was the first commercial jet airliner in the world? |
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Comet (de Havilland DH 106 Comet) | |
| 4. | What is the first letter of the Russian alphabet? |
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A | |
| 5. | Produced by Great Wall Motors since November 2020, what is the make and model of this electric car? |
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Ora - Good Cat / Haomao / Funky Cat | |
| 6. | Who is famously quoted as saying that in bed she wore only Chanel N°5, and nothing else? |
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Marilyn Monroe | |
| 7. | Argentine-born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti is Queen consort of what European country? |
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The Netherlands (Wife of Willem-Alexander ) | |
| 8. | According to Christian ethics, how many deadly sins are there? |
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7 (Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy, and Gluttony) | |
| 9. | What were the names of Titanic's two sister ships? |
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Olympic and Britannic | |
| 10. | Paul is half his father David's age. In 10 years time, Paul will be three-fifths David's age. Ten years ago, Paul was one-third David's age. How old are Paul and David now? |
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20 and 40 | |
| 11. | What total do you get if you add all the numbers on a roulette wheel? |
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666 (1 to 36) | |
| 12. | Still often referred to by her maiden name, Kate Middleton, since her marriage to Prince William, her official title has been Catherine, Duchess of ________? |
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Cambridge | |
| 13. | What is the only country to be a member of both OPEC and the Commonwealth of Nations? |
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Nigeria | |
| 14. | What one word can go before ache, ring and wig? |
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Ear | |
| 15. | How many cards are there in a standard tarot pack? |
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78 | |
| 16. | In the NATO phonetic alphabet, what word represents the letter S? |
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Sierra | |
| 17. | 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 | |
| 18. | What comes next in this sequence? A, T, G, C, L, _? |
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V (The first six signs of the Zodiac: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo) | |
| 19. | Australian journalist Julian Assange is best known for founding which controversial website in 2006? |
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WikiLeaks | |
| 20. | Which country has the letter E as its international car registration? |
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Spain (España) | |
| 21. | What 'G' is a term used to describe the process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how a company's products are more environmentally sound than they really are? |
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Greenwashing / Green Sheen | |
| 22. | Which two states are the largest oil producers in the United States? |
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Texas & Alaska | |
| 23. | Escape, Eternity, and Euphoria are among the perfumes by what fashion house? |
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Calvin Klein | |
| 24. | What 'R' describes an angle between 180° and 360°? |
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Reflex | |
| 25. | What is the plural of the word Mongoose? |
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Mongooses | |
| 26. | The small world theory that everyone is, on average, only a few steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth is described as "____ degrees of separation". |
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Six | |
| 27. | In millimetres, what is the length of the long side of a piece of A4 paper? |
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297 (210x297) | |
| 28. | 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 | |
| 29. | In September 1842, Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna was a mourner at his own funeral. What was buried? |
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His leg (following a battle injury four years earlier, his amputated leg was buried with full military honours) | |
| 30. | What U.S. state has the most Electoral College votes? |
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California (55 - Texas 34, New York 29, Florida 29) | |
| 31. | What three letter word describes a Hawaiian garland of flowers worn around the neck? |
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Lei | |
| 32. | In Norse mythology, who had an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir? |
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Odin / Óðinn | |
| 33. | Which letter of the Greek alphabet is this? |
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Gamma | |
| 34. | What European country has the international license plate code 'FL'? |
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Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein) | |
| 35. | What far-future year comes next in this strobogrammatic sequence? |
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6009 (a strobogrammatic number is one that reads the same when rotated 180 degrees) | |
| 36. | "10,000 Lakes" is the slogan on vehicle license plates issued in what U.S. state? |
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Minnesota | |
| 37. | Hun Sen has served as Prime Minister of what country since 1985? |
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Cambodia | |
| 38. | To be President or Vice President of the United States, a person must be at least what age? |
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35 | |
| 39. | What Imperial and U.S. unit is based on the Roman measure of 1000 paces? |
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Mile | |
| 40. | The Spanish for "knight" or "gentleman", what 'C' is commonly used in Spanish-speaking regions as a form of address for older gentlemen? |
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Caballero(s) | |
| 41. | What 'S' can be a collective noun for a group of bears, or another word for detective? |
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Sleuth | |
| 42. | What 'V' is a medieval Latin term loosely translated as "exactly word for word"? |
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Verbatim | |
| 43. | What 'Z' is used to describe the skullcap used in some Christian denominations? |
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Zucchetto | |
| 44. | Arrange these religions in order of age, oldest first: Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism |
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Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam (approx. 1700 BC, 500 BC, 7 AD) | |
| 45. | Throughout the mainland Americas, only two countries remain that drive on the left. Name them. |
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Guyana and Suriname | |
| 46. | MI is the postal abbreviation for what U.S. state? |
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Michigan (Mississippi is MS, Minnesota is MN, Missouri is MO) | |
| 47. | What country has the international vehicle registration code CH? |
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Switzerland (from Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica) | |
| 48. | 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.") | |
| 49. | On what date is Her Majesty, the Queen of Thailand's birthday? |
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12th August (1932) | |
| 50. | What do the initials HB on a pencil stand for? |
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Hard Black | |
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