General Knowledge pub quiz questions

1. The Four Vedas are holy scriptures in which religion?

   Hinduism

2. Which country's flag features a red circle on a white background, representing the sun?

   Japan

3. Nicolas Cage is the nephew of which film director?

   Francis Ford Coppola

4. Barack Obama's best selling book is called 'The Audacity of..' what?

   Hope

5. Which Welsh actor has played Tony Blair, David Frost and Brian Clough in movies?

   Michael Sheen

6. In the 1965 film 'The Sound of Music', how many Von Trapp children are there?

   Seven

7. 'Acer' is the Latin name for which tree?

   Maple

8. Who was the queen of Egypt famously linked to Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?

   Cleopatra

9. Which wedding anniversary is celebrated as Crystal?

   Fifteenth

10. The national flag of which European country features a pair of cows as part of the design?

    Andorra

11. Who wrote the Horrid Henry series of children's books?

    Francesca Simon

12. Which planet in our solar system is known as 'The Blue Planet'?

    Earth

13. Which group of fans are the only ones to be mentioned in the Oxford English Dictionary?

    Trekkies

14. The Olympic flame is traditionally lit at the site of the ancient Games in which place in Greece?

    Olympia

15. The Stotinka is a unit of currency of which European country?

    Bulgaria

16. A 'Simoon' is what type of weather condition?

    Wind

17. Which French peasant girl led French forces to victory at Orleans before being burned at the stake in 1431?

    Joan of Arc

18. Sir Edward Burgh was the first husband of which wife of English monarch King Henry VIII?

    Catherine Parr

19. Didsbury, Ardwick and Fallowfield are all areas of which British city?

    Manchester

20. Which novel by Mary Shelley features a scientist who creates a living creature?

    Frankenstein

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