General knowledge quiz

2024-06-01 -

HISTORY

1 The Rosetta Stone bears an inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic and what other language?

2 What name was given to hiding places created in Elizabethan houses for persecuted Catholic priests?

3 Which US president delivered the Gettysburg Address?

4 Who became the first Briton in space when they visited the Mir space station in 1991?

5 Of which Balkan country was King Zog ruler from 1928 to 1939?

6 Julius Caesar was assassinated on the 15th (the ‘Ides’) of which month?

7 Which group had a UK No 1 single in 1987 with the song You Win Again?

8 Which US city is the setting for the 1982 musical comedy-drama film Annie?

9 What type of musical instrument is a helicon?

10 Which country is the setting for the 2002 film Cidade de Deus (City of God)?

11 Who directed the 1964 spaghetti western film A Fistful of Dollars?

12 Which actress played the role of Tina Carlyle in the 1994 superhero comedy film The Mask?

13 A tetrahedron is a solid figure with how many plane faces?

14 Born in 1473, what nationality was the astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus?

15 Miranda and Oberon are satellites of which planet?

16 When referring to electrical current, for what does the abbreviation AC stand?

17 In which country did the borzoi dog originate?

18 Which part of the human body is choleran acute infection of?

19 In competitive swimming, what is the only stroke in which swimmers start in the water?

20 In men’s athletics, who is the current record holder for the mile with a time of 3:43.13?

21 Stroke index is a term used in which sport

22 ‘Nil satis nisi optimum’ is a phrase included on the crest of which Premier League football club?

23 In the board game Trivial Pursuit, questions are split into how many categories?

24 On which Caribbean island is Sabina Park cricket ground?

25 In which European country is the 13,015ft Eiger mountain?

26 Isla de Pascua is the Spanish name for which isolated volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean?

27 What is Canada’s chief Pacific port?

28 Which country has the largest economy in Africa?

29 In geology, which word describes rock solidified from lava or magma?

30 How many main islands make up the Maltese archipelago?

Solutions in Monday’s Irish Mirror