General Knowledge 1

Question 1

What is the largest country that was uninhabited by humans in the year 1000 AD?

Answer 1

New Zealand

Question 2

What city does Superman live in?

Answer 2

Metropolis

Question 3

In what city did James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ take place?

Answer 3

Dublin

Question 4

In what country would you find the easternmost point on the mainland of the Americas?

Answer 4

Brazil

Question 5

Who was the subject of two biographical movies in the 2010s – one starring Ashton Kutcher and the other starring Michael Fassbender?

Answer 5

Steve Jobs

Question 6

What ‘kissing’ disease, common among teenagers, can cause swollen lymph nodes and fatigue?

Answer 6

Mononucleosis

Question 7

In what song did Jimmy Buffett search for his lost shaker of salt?

Answer 7

Margaritaville

Question 8

What city’s Dharavi slum has a population of about 700,000 in less than one square mile?

Answer 8

Mumbai

Question 9

What is the name of the mathematical sequence than begins 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13?

Answer 9

Fibonacci Sequence

Question 10

What type of ray fish can have a ‘wingspan’ of up to 7 meters?

Answer 10

Manta ray

Question 11

Who is Arkham Asylum’s most famous resident?

Answer 11

The Joker

Question 12

What form does ‘It’ most frequently take in the Stephen King book ‘It’?

Answer 12

Pennywise the Clown

Question 13

What country’s army was commonly called the Red Army?

Answer 13

Soviet Union