General Knowledge Quiz Questions and Answers
1. ‘People’s car’ is the literal translation of which brand?
Volkswagen
2. In the nursery rhyme ‘Baa baa black sheep’, who were the three bags full of wool for?
‘The master’, ‘the dame’ and ‘the little boy who lives down the lane’.
3. Which word means ‘idiot’ in both Spanish and Italian and was also the name of a famous sidekick?
Tonto
4. Who wrote ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’?
Tennessee Williams
5. What name was taken by Cardinal Joseph Sarto when he became pope?
Pius X
6. The coins of which country are inscribed with the word ‘Helvetia’?
Switzerland
7. ‘Myopia’ is a condition that affects which part of the body?
The eyes
8. What is the national animal of Mauritius?
The dodo
9. What colour is octopus blood?
blue
10. Who was the President of the USA during World War One?
Woodrow Wilson
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