General Knowledge Quiz Questions 1 2 3 4

General Knowledge Quiz Questions 1

1. In which American city would you find the headquarters of General Motors?
2. The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in which English town?
3. Who became the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992?
4. Which newspaper, once the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, ceased publication in 2011?
5. In which war was the Gatling gun first used?
6. Which country has a flag that is not rectangular?
7. Which desert covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia?
8. Which rock band wrote and performed the theme for the long-running adult cartoon South Park?
9. Which viaduct carrying the M6 motorway in Birmingham is a quarter mile longer than the Second Severn Crossing?
10. Who was the 40th President of the United States?

General Knowledge Quiz Questions 2 

1. Where does an arboreal creature typically live?
2. In heraldry, what colour is vert?
3. Who asks the quiz questions in ITV's 'The Chase'?
4. Considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy, who won the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature?
5. Who have their headquarters at One Brewer's Green, London?
6. What is the most widely recognized national symbol of Canada?
7. Which unit of the Roman army consisted of 480 men?
8. The mainland portion of which country is formed by Jutland?
9. Name the oldest equestrian weekly magazine in the UK?
10. In 1997, who announced he was leaving the BBC to stand as an independent candidate in the Tatton constituency in Cheshire?

General Knowledge Quiz Questions 3

1. In which city did Roger Bannister run the first sub-four-minute mile in 1954?
2. Which large animal kills more people than any other animal in Africa?
3. Which country do swallows migrate to when they leave Britain for the winter?
4. Which country has the second largest land mass in the world if water is excluded?
5. In fashion, what do the initials DKNY stand for?
6. Occurring twice yearly, what name is given to a day consisting of twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of darkness?
7. How many X chromosomes do women have?
8. Which city is the largest port in Germany?
9. Which country is the natural habitat of the emu?
10. Where in the world does the Up Helly Aa Fire Festival take place, which culminates in the burning of a Viking long ship?

General Knowledge Quiz Questions 4

1. Which American film and television actress is best known for her role as Jennifer Hart in the 1980s television series Hart to Hart?
2. In 1872, which country played England in the first ever international game of football?
3. Who married comedian Les Dennis in 1995?
4. Claire Richards was the lead singer in which dance-pop group?
5. Who became First Minister of Scotland after Alex Salmond's resignation?
6. Which Irish novelist was personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London?
7. Which singer starred in the televison documentary From Riches to Rags?
8. Who said: "The history of the world is but the biography of great men."?
9. How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdles race?
10. In 1811, nearly a quarter of all the women in Britain were called what name?Find the answers  below: