General Knowledge
Which of these is a prime number?
A) 21
B) 17
C) 27
D) 33
Answer: B) 17
In the Harry Potter series, what is Hermione’s middle name?
A) Jane
B) Jean
C) Jo
D) June
Answer: B) Jean
Which of these spices is made from dried flower buds?
A) Cinnamon
B) Cloves
C) Nutmeg
D) Paprika
Answer: B) Cloves
Which city is known as the capital of Scotland?
A) Edinburgh
B) Glasgow
C) Aberdeen
D) Dundee
Answer: A) Edinburgh
What has to be broken before you can use it?
A) A stick
B) A plate
C) An egg
D) A window
Answer: C) An egg
Which gas do humans exhale that plants need for photosynthesis?
A) Oxygen
B) Carbon Dioxide
C) Nitrogen
D) Hydrogen
Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide
Which animated movie features a raccoon stealing shiny objects?
A) Zootopia
B) Pocahontas
C) The Lorax
D) Rio
Answer: B) Pocahontas
Which fruit is used to make the Italian dessert tiramisu?
A) Strawberry
B) Banana
C) Lemon
D) Coffee
Answer: D) Coffee
Which famous tower in London leans at an angle?
A) Tower of London
B) Big Ben
C) London Eye
D) None of the above
Answer: D) None of the above (trick question – leaning tower = Pisa, not UK!)
If you’re facing north and turn right, which direction are you facing now?
A) To the Right
B) East
C) West
D) North
Answer: B) East
Which treaty ended World War I in 1919?
A) Treaty of Paris
B) Treaty of Versailles
C) Treaty of Ghent
D) Treaty of Berlin
Answer: B) Treaty of Versailles
Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1994?
A) Pulp Fiction
B) Forrest Gump
C) The Shawshank Redemption
D) Braveheart
Answer: B) Forrest Gump
Which type of wine is traditionally used in cooking a Beef Bourguignon?
A) Chardonnay
B) Pinot Noir
C) Merlot
D) Sauvignon Blanc
Answer: B) Pinot Noir
Which English king signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
A) Richard I
B) Henry II
C) John
D) Edward I
Answer: C) John
In Morse code, what letter is represented by a single dot?
A) E
B) T
C) A
D) I
Answer: A) E
In physics, which law describes the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature?
A) Newton’s First Law
B) Boyle’s Law
C) Charles’s Law
D) Avogadro’s Law
Answer: B) Boyle’s Law
Which director is famous for the “Three Colours” trilogy: Blue, White, and Red?
A) Krzysztof Kieślowski
B) Ingmar Bergman
C) François Truffaut
D) Jean-Luc Godard
Answer: A) Krzysztof Kieślowski
In gastronomy, what is the Maillard reaction?
A) Caramelization of sugar
B) Browning of proteins and sugars under heat
C) Fermentation of yeast
D) Freezing of liquids
Answer: B) Browning of proteins and sugars under heat
Which UK city is home to the University that claims to be the oldest in the English-speaking world?
A) Oxford
B) Cambridge
C) St Andrews
D) Edinburgh
Answer: C) St Andrews
A mathematician says: “There are infinitely many prime numbers that differ by 2.” This unproven statement is known as what conjecture?
A) Goldbach’s Conjecture
B) Twin Prime Conjecture
C) Riemann Hypothesis
D) Fermat’s Last Theorem
Answer: B) Twin Prime Conjecture
Which philosopher wrote Critique of Pure Reason and is considered a central figure in modern Western philosophy?
A) Immanuel Kant
B) John Locke
C) Friedrich Nietzsche
D) David Hume
Answer: A) Immanuel Kant
Which pop culture theorist coined the term “hyperreality” to describe a world in which simulations replace reality?
A) Roland Barthes
B) Jean Baudrillard
C) Stuart Hall
D) Michel Foucault
Answer: B) Jean Baudrillard
Saffron comes from which family of plants?
A) Lamiaceae
B) Iridaceae
C) Solanaceae
D) Apiaceae
Answer: B) Iridaceae
The Acts of Union 1707 united England and which other kingdom to form Great Britain?
A) Wales
B) Ireland
C) Scotland
D) Northern Ireland
Answer: C) Scotland
In quantum mechanics, what principle states that certain pairs of physical properties, like position and momentum, cannot both be precisely measured at the same time?
A) Pauli Exclusion Principle
B) Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
C) Schrödinger’s Cat Principle
D) Planck’s Quantization Principle
Answer: B) Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle