General Knowledge Quiz Questions and Answers - 26 - 50 Questions
26.‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is a novel by which author?
Stieg Larsson
27.The Great Red Spot is a storm on which planet?
Jupiter
28.Which football club plays its home games at Craven Cottage?
Fulham F.C.
29.How many lines are there in a sonnet?
14
30.Which band had a UK number one hit in 1979 with ‘Message in a Bottle’?
The Police
31.Fe is the chemical symbol for which element?
Iron
32.In what year did the French Revolution begin?
1789
33.What is the holy book of Judaism?
Torah
34.Desdemona, Iago and Cassio are all characters in which Shakespeare play?
Othello
35.What does USB stand for?
Universal serial bus
36.Who was the Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021?
Angela Merkel
37.Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens which parts of the human body?
Bones
38.According to Beyonce, what did Becky have?
Good hair
39.Which major river runs through the English city of Nottingham?
River Trent
40.What is the tiger called in Yann Martel’s ‘Life of Pi’?
Richard Parker
41.Whose assassination led to the beginning of World War One?
Franz Ferdinand
42.What animal features in the logo for the World Wildlife Fund?
Panda
43.In what year was The Gunpowder Plot?
1605
44.Which sea borders the north of Turkey?
Black Sea
45.Who voices Bowser in ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’?
Jack Black
46.Digbeth and Edgbaston are suburbs of which British city?
Birmingham
47.How many chambers does the human heart have?
4
48.In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
Ice hockey
49.Which US agency has the motto “Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity”?
FBI
50.Apache, Chinook and Black Hawk are types of what military vehicle?
Helicopter
