General Knowledge Quiz 827 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. The River Danube is on what continent?
2. In the United Kingdom, the "Civil List" covered whose expenses?
3. Which British journalist has written biographies of Princess Diana, Monica Lewinsky, David and Victoria Beckham, Madonna, and Tom Cruise?
4. The Pamir mountains lie mostly in which country?
5. Which government banned the Ainu language in 1869?
6. Why is there is a 4.9 m-radius semi-circular "circle" at each end of a netball court?
7. Who was the last British monarch to die in battle?
8. If Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday, on what day will New Year's Day fall?
9. Who coined the expressions 'a curate's egg' and 'bedside manner', and wrote three novels, including "Peter Ibbetson" (adapted to a 1935 film starring Gary Cooper and an opera), and another which gave its name to the trilby, a type of hat?
10. Ex-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plays which musical instrument?
11. The island of HonshΕ« is part of which country?
12. What was the effect of the Treaty of Kiel concluded at the beginning of 1814?
13. A way of looking at mathematical relationships and operations using abstract symbols instead of specific numbers is called what?
14. Who played the title role in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992)?
15. Apart from his partnership with Sir Arthur Sullivan in musicals, Sir W. S. Gilbert wrote several plays. What was the central character in his last play "The Hooligan, A Character Study" (1911)?
16. Which of these is a type of vegetable?
17. Which of these is not a type of newt found in Britain?
18. Who was the first woman to walk in space as well as, 36 years later, to reach the deepest known spot in the ocean?
19. Which of these is a Greek island?
20. When were the first world championships in alpine skiing held?