The General Knowledge Marathon

What this quiz asks

• Which fruit is the main ingredient of guacamole?
• Which blood type is known as the universal donor for red blood cells?
• How many humps does a dromedary camel have?
• The word 'alphabet' is built from the names of the first two Greek letters.
• The Colosseum, the largest amphitheatre of the ancient world, stands in which city?
• In Greek mythology, which god rules as king of the Olympians?
• Which instrument is shown here?
• How many players from each team are on the pitch at kick-off in football?
• Is the euro the official currency of Switzerland?
• Who wrote the tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet'?
• Which Scottish inventor gave the first public demonstration of a working television in London in 1926?
• Select ALL of these animals that are mammals.
• Which instrument records the ground shaking caused by earthquakes?
• Order these measures of volume from smallest to largest.
• Which painter famously cut off part of his own ear in Arles in 1888?
• Bats are blind.
• The English word 'salary' comes from the Latin word for which substance?
• Which spice is the most expensive in the world by weight?
• Select ALL of these practices that are among the Five Pillars of Islam.
• The Taj Mahal was built to serve as what?
• Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. What is that in degrees Fahrenheit?
• In economics, what does inflation measure?
• Order these inventions from earliest to most recent.
• In Norse mythology, what is the name of Thor's hammer?
• Is there a Nobel Prize awarded for mathematics?
• How many months of the year have 28 days?
• Which author created the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot?
• Select ALL of these English words that came into the language from Arabic.
• The Ryder Cup is a team contest between Europe and the United States in which sport?
• Glass is a slow-flowing liquid, which is why old window panes are thicker at the bottom.
• A nautical mile is defined to match roughly what?
• This symbol of balanced opposites belongs above all to which tradition?
• Which painting technique applies pigment to wet plaster so the colour becomes part of the wall?
• Order these animals from slowest to fastest at top speed.
• Which institution sets interest rates for the euro area?
• Select ALL of these foods that are traditionally made by fermentation.
• The word 'panic' comes from the name of which Greek god?
• How many squares are there on a standard chessboard?
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa started to lean while it was still being built.
• Who developed the first polio vaccine shown to work, announced in 1955?
• Which festival marks the Jewish New Year?
• The word 'quarantine' comes from the Italian for what number of days?
• Select ALL of these elements that are noble gases.
• Order these units of length from shortest to longest.
• In economics, what does the term 'opportunity cost' describe?
• Who designed the great dome of Florence Cathedral, completed in 1436?
• Select ALL of these that are base units of the International System of Units (SI).
• There are six apples in a bowl and you take away four. How many apples do you have?
• In Egyptian belief, which ibis-headed god presided over writing and knowledge?
• Which country's national flag is the only one that is neither square nor rectangular?