General Knowledge Questions and Answers - Part 3
This quiz is 3rd part of our
general knowledge questions and answers series. During the course of our lives, countless snippets of information are stored in the brain: some useful, others merely of interest. This collection of general knowledge quiz questions tests your knowledge ofthe world and beyond. Each round contains many useful
general knowledge questions with answers and you may be astounded at just what you have picked up over the years! If you’re looking for something to stimulate your mind and provide hours of enjoyment, look no further. This General Knowledge Quiz is sure to test even the most seasoned of trivia buffs.
General Knowledge Questions and Answers
| No. | General Knowledge Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand? | Cook Strait |
| 2. | In which city is the Doge’s Palace? | Venice |
| 3. | Who plays Johnny Depp’s uncle in the 1993 flm Arizona Dream? | Jim Carrey |
| 4. | Which New Zealand golfer won the 2000 Australian Masters in Melbourne? | Michael Campbell |
| 5. | Which continent has the larger land mass: Africa or North America? | Africa |
| 6. | Aston, Aston, Rizzo, Stevenson, Gilvear: which 1980s group? | Gene Loves Jezebel |
| 7. | What name is given to the art of preparing, stuffng and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models? | Taxidermy |
| 8. | Which artist was appointed court painter to Charles IV of Spain in 1786? | Goya |
| 9. | The name of which Roman god means ‘shining father’ in Latin? | Jupiter |
| 10. | What is the name of the dog in Punch and Judy shows? | Toby |
| 11. | What was the name of the Addams Family butler? | Lurch |
| 12. | Who directed the 1995 flm Heat, which starred Al Pacino? | Michael Mann |
| 13. | Which theoretical temperature corresponds to minus 273.15 degrees on the Celsius scale? | Absolute zero |
| 14. | Which seven-a-side ball game is played in a swimming pool? | Water polo |
| 15. | Which Roman Catholic organization takes its name from the Latin for ‘God’s work’? | Opus Dei |
| 16. | Bamboozled is a flm by which controversial US director? | Spike Lee |
| 17. | Which word meaning ‘rebirth’ describes the period in European history which began in the 14th century? | Renaissance |
| 18. | Who starred opposite Pierce Brosnan in the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair? | Rene Russo |
| 19. | Of which French overseas region in South America is Cayenne the capital? | French Guiana |
| 20. | In which year did David Koresh and the Branch Davidians Christian cult hold a siege in Waco, Texas? |
1993 |
| 21. | Who wrote Bleak House? | Charles Dickens |
| 22. | Which actor’s real name was Marion Michael Morrison? | John Wayne |
| 23. | What would a costermonger sell? | Fruits & Vegetables |
| 24. | Which actress played the title role in the flm adaptation of Bridget Jones’s Diary? | Renee Zellweger |
| 25. | ‘George’ is an informal name for which feature of an aircraft? | Automatic Pilot |
| 26. | Who wrote The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner? | Alan Sillitoe |
| 27. | How is Sarah Michelle Gellar better known to millions? | Buffy |
| 28. | Ganymede is a satellite of which planet? | Jupiter |
| 29. | What nationality was the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? | Austrian |
| 30. | For which element is Co the chemical symbol? | Cobalt |
| 31. | The German port of Hamburg lies near the mouth of which major European river? | Elbe |
| 32. | In Arctic regions, what kind of features are sastrugi? | Wind-formed patterns in ice and snow |
| 33. | In the Americas, what is a mesa? | Flat-topped mountain |
| 34. | Which city was the frst in the world to have a population of more than one million? | London (circa 1811) |
| 35. | The Taj Mahal is located near to which Indian city? | 5 Agra |
| 36. | St Michael’s Mount lies off the coast of which English county? | Cornwall |
| 37. | To where would you have to travel in order to stand by the Marsh of Decay? | Moon |
| 38. | What is the English name for the Bayern region of Germany? | Bavaria |
| 39. | In Lord of the Rings, what was the name of Gandalf’s white horse? | Shadowfax |
| 40. | Which famous Nazi-hunter died in Vienna in 2005, aged 96? | Simon Wiesenthal |
| 41. | The 1956 film ’Reach for the Sky’ is based on whose life story? | Douglas Bader |
| 42. | Who voiced Stinky Pete in the flm ’Toy Story 2’? | Kelsey Grammer |
| 43. | How many times did Bobby Jones win the US Amateur Championship in golf? | Five |
| 44. | In which sport is the ’Conn Smythe Trophy’ awarded? | Ice hockey |
| 45. | Which female singer recorded the 2001 album Read My Lips? | Sophie Ellis Bextor |
| 46. | Which singer recorded the 2000 album ’Holy Wood’ (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)? | Marilyn Manson |
| 47. | Which was the frst element to be created artifcially? | Technetium |
| 48. | In which European capital city is the Institut Pasteur based? | Paris |
| 49. | Which condition does the acronym AIDS stand for? | Acquired Immune Defciency Syndrome |
| 50. | In computing, what does ISDN stand for? | Integrated Services Digital Network |