Rob's General Knowledge - Multiple Choice #11

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1. Mswati III is the current king of which country?
Lesotho
Tonga
Bhutan
Eswatini
2. What comes next in the following sequence?: WJC, GWB, BHO, DJT, JRB, ...
These are the initials of successive American Presidents, going from William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) - so the next in the sequence is Donald John Trump, or DJT
JEC
GWB
DJT
RWR
3. Which of the Nobel Prizes is NOT awarded in Sweden?
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Norway.
Economics
Physics
Literature
Peace
4. If I hosted a daily radio show billed as JASON DJ - FM, which month would I be off the air?
The letters of JASON DJ FM correspond to months of the year in order, starting from July - the only one missing is June!
February
January
June
September
5. What type of app is Strava?
Fitness app
Dating app
Cryptocurrency app
Weather app
6. In the UK, a 'silk' sometimes refers to a member of which trade?
A 'silk' is the name used for a senior barrister.
Textiles
Banking
Medicine
Law
7. Apocalypse Now was originally based on a book by which author?
It was based on Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'
Rudyard Kipling
Mark Twain
Joseph Conrad
Ernest Hemingway
8. Levi Strauss originally invented blue jeans for which group of people?
Farmers
Miners
Railroad workers
Firefighters
9. Which country is known as Aotearoa in its native language?
Australia
Tonga
Papua New Guinea
New Zealand
10. Who was the Supreme Commander of the British forces during the Second World War?
Winston Churchill
Louis Mountbatten
David Stirling
Bernard Law Montgomery
11. Katsushika Hokusai famously painted "Thirty-Six Views" of which mountain?
Kilimanjaro
Everest
Fuji
Kinabalu
12. 'Have it your way' is the slogan of which fast food chain?
Dominos
Pizza Hut
Subway
Burger King
13. Ada Lovelace was an early pioneer of which field?
Computing
Photography
Geology
Protein folding
14. Who was the shortest-serving British Prime Minister?
George Canning
Liz Truss
Theresa May
Alec Douglas-Home
15. David Stirling founded which military unit?
US Navy Seals
Royal Marines Commando
US Army Rangers
Special Air Service
16. The Darién Gap separates which two countries?
France and Switzerland
Benin and Togo
Indonesia and East Timor
Panama and Colombia
17. H1N1 refers to which disease?
Coronavirus
Ebola
Influenza
Polio
18. Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol were pioneers of which artistic movement?
Pop Art
Surrealism
Futurism
Art Nouveau
19. Samus Aran is the protagonist of which video game series?
Halo
Mass Effect
Dead Space
Metroid
20. Extracts from which country's national anthem can be heard in Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture'?
United Kingdom
Russia
France
United States
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