Daily Quizzes

Our daily general knowledge quiz

By Subject

Choose from seven quiz categories

Personalised

Build a quiz by subject and difficulty

Quiz Archive

A complete history of our quiz challenges

General Knowledge Quiz for 7 December 2009

A new general knowledge quiz is available every day. Try today's quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.

New! Download our Trivia Challenge game for Windows Phone 7.

0 out of ?
1

For which novel, a study of provincial life published in 1856, was the author, Gustave Flaubert, and his publisher prosecuted for "an offence against morals"?

A
Madame Bovary
B
Lady Chatterley's Lover
C
Salome
D
Fanny Hill
Select from the options above.
2

Which harbour, a US naval base, was attacked by Japanese aeroplanes on 7 December 1941?

A
Diamond
B
Amethyst
C
Pearl
D
Beryl
Select from the options above.
3

Bayonet and screw are types of fitting for what?

A
Car tyre
B
Light bulb
C
Wine bottle cork
D
Machine gun magazine
Select from the options above.
4

The Mammoth Cave, near Louisville, Kentucky is famous for what?

A
Stalagmites and stalactites
B
Fossilised animals
C
Cave paintings
D
Glow worms
Select from the options above.
5

What card game, also known as Trente-et-Quarante, is played with 6 packs of cards, some of which are dealt in two rows?

A
Rouge-et-Noir
B
Baccarat
C
Chemin de Fer
D
Roulette
Select from the options above.
6

How long is a year on the planet Mercury?

A
88 days
B
365 days
C
500 days
D
426 days
Select from the options above.
7

British-born American film actor Archibald Alec Leach was better known by which stage name?

A
Richard Attenborough
B
Michael Caine
C
Laurence Olivier
D
Cary Grant
Select from the options above.
0%
There are 0 questions in this quiz.
You've completed 0 questions.
You've answered 0 questions correctly.
You've answered 0 questions incorrectly.