General Knowledge Quiz

Which chess piece can only move diagonally?

• Pawn

• Rook

• Bishop

• Knight

Which musical instrument is known as the "king of instruments"?

• Violin

• Organ

• Piano

• Trumpet

What is the national flower of Japan?

• Lotus

• Cherry Blossom

• Camellia

• Chrysanthemum

In Greek mythology, who was condemned to hold up the sky for eternity?

• Prometheus

• Atlas

• Perseus

• Hercules

Which Shakespearean play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

• Hamlet

• Macbeth

• Othello

• King Lear

What is the approximate value of the mathematical constant "e"?

• 2.141

• 2.718

• 3.141

• 1.618

Which river flows through Paris?

• Danube

• Rhine

• Seine

• Thames

Which scientist discovered the theory of radioactivity?

• Marie Curie

• Albert Einstein

• Ernest Rutherford

• Wilhelm Röntgen

In which city was the United Nations founded in 1945?

• New York

• San Francisco

• Geneva

• London

In which year did the United Kingdom switch to decimal currency?

• 1965

• 1971

• 1980

• 1959