CambridgeshireLive General Knowledge Pub Quiz

25 tricky general knowledge questions to get you scratching your head!

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1. From which direction does the sun rise?

2. Which British Monarch was also called Empress of India?

3. What is the High School called in popular US 2000’s TV show Glee?

4. What is the chemical symbol for oxygen?

5. Which Greek island is known for growing the fruit called Kumquats?

6. Which animal is the mascot for Hufflepuff house in the Harry Potter books?

7. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in 1903?

8. Which continent is closest to Antarctica?

9. What currency does Poland use?

10. How many legs do crabs have?

11. What famed Ancient Greek hero died after being shot by an arrow in the heel?

12. What three colours make up the flag of Moldova?

13. Is the jalapeno pepper a fruit or vegetable?

14. What does a sommelier specialise in?

15. What is the hardest natural substance on earth?

16. Which country hosted the Olympics in 2016?

17. How many colours are there in a rainbow?

18. What is the name of the skyscraper in Die Hard (1988)?

19. Which British artist famously exhibited a cow and calf dissected in half?

20. Which African country does the music genre Bongo Flava come from?

21. In The Matrix (1999), what colour pill does main character Neo take?

22. What is half of one half?

23. What is the largest city in Australia?

24. What is the only fruit with seeds on the outside?

25. Which language is the only European Semitic language?

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