General Knowledge 1

Question 0

What is the painting, La Gioconda, more usually known as?

Answer 0

The Mona Lisa.

Question 1

Name the three primary colours.

Answer 1

Red yellow and blue.

Question 2

When did the Cold War end?

Answer 2

1989

Question 3

When was William Shakespeare born?

Answer 3

april 23rd 1564.

Question 4

How many colours are there in a rainbow?

Answer 4

7.

Question 5

What do you call a time span of one thousand years?

Answer 5

Millennium

Question 6

When did the world celebrate its most recent millennium?

Answer 6

The year 2000 ad.

Question 7

How many squares are there on a chess board?

Answer 7

64

Question 8

Who is Norma Jean Baker more usually known as?

Answer 8

Marilyn Monroe.

Question 9

Name the four main human blood groups.

Answer 9

A B AB O

Question 10

Who was the legendary king who was killed at the Battle of Camelford?

Answer 10

Arthur

Question 11

How many points does a compass have?

Answer 11

32

Question 12

What does the Latin phrase ‘caveat emptor’ mean?

Answer 12

Let the buyer beware.

Question 13

What are the four types of teeth?

Answer 13

Molars, pre-molars, incisors and canine.

Question 14

Which hormone controls the supply of sugar between muscles and blood?

Answer 14

insulin

Question 15

Which illness wiped out thousands of people across Europe during the 14th Century?

Answer 15

Bubonic plague

Question 16

What is an antonym?

Answer 16

A word which is the opposite of another word.

Question 17

Before pirates used it, whose ships flew the skull and cross-bones flag?

Answer 17

Knights Templar.

Question 18

Which historical event is remembered in the nursery rhyme, Ring-a-ring O’ Roses?

Answer 18

The Great Plague of 1665.