Daily Quiz Daily

Our daily general knowledge quiz

Quiz Archive Archive

A complete history of our quiz challenges

By Subject Subjects

Choose from seven quiz categories

Personalised Personalised

Build a quiz by subject and difficulty

Daily Quiz #5257

General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 10 June 2023

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

0 out of ?
1

Q1. Scottish singer, composer and music hall comedian Harry Lauder sang to troops in France during World War I and gave concerts for war charities> What happened in 1919?

A
He succumbed to the influenza pandemic which accompanied the end of the war
B
He was knighted
C
He started a career in opera
D
He became a conscientious objector
Select from the options above.
2

Q2. Which Woody Guthrie album was included on Mojo magazine's list of 100 Records That Changed The World?

A
Hard Travelin'
B
Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child
C
My Dusty Road
D
Dust Bowl Ballads
Select from the options above.
3

Q3. In Greek mythology Argus Panoptes, guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant described as having multiple, often one hundred, what?

A
Heads
B
Legs
C
Eyes
D
Ears
Select from the options above.
4

Q4. Which South American country stretches over 3,000 miles from north to south and less than 300 miles from east to west?

A
Chile
B
Brazil
C
Venezuela
D
Ecuador
Select from the options above.
5

Q5. Which was the first Olympics to be held in a communist country?

A
1964 Winter Olympics
B
1984 Winter Olympics
C
1972 Summer Olympics
D
1980 Summer Olympics
Select from the options above.
6

Q6. Which of these is a book of the Christian and Jewish Bible?

A
Song of Sigismund
B
Song of Sammy
C
Song of Solomon
D
Song of Sol
Select from the options above.
7

Q7. What was a major significance in Europe and the western world of the book the "Liber Abaci" (1202)?

A
It introduced use of the abacus
B
It demonstrated the mathematical relationship between the circumference of a circle and its radius
C
It convincingly advocated the use of Arabic numerals in European mathematical notation
D
A discussion of the golden ratio
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.