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 #85

General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 12 April 2009

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. What play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie reverses the rankings of the classes in British society when aristocrats and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island?

A
What The Butler Saw
B
The Admirable Crichton
C
Northanger Abbey
D
Peter Pan
Select from the options above.
2

Q2. In Greek mythology, who was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope, murdered by his wife Clytemnestra on his return home from the Trojan War?

A
Agamemnon
B
Menelaus
C
Orestes
D
Achilles
Select from the options above.
3

Q3. What is a hereditary disease of the blood in males, characterised by excessive bleeding and lack of ability of the blood to clot?

A
Haemophilia
B
Haemoptysis
C
Haemorrhage
D
Haemorrhoids
Select from the options above.
4

Q4. What is the second longest named river in the USA, which runs from Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico?

Note: This question was updated in September 2019
A
Colorado
B
Missouri
C
Mississippi
D
Hudson
Select from the options above.
5

Q5. What is the name of the English law that prevents anyone building so as to completely cut out light from a window that had provided light for at least 20 years?

Note: This question was updated in July 2016
A
Storey Law
B
Window Tax
C
Ancient Lights
D
Glass protection
Select from the options above.
6

Q6. An aviary is a place to keep … what?

A
Bees
B
Birds
C
Bears
D
Beers
Select from the options above.
7

Q7. What do the initials MCC, of a sports organisation founded in England in 1787, stand for?

Note: This question was updated in February 2014
A
Medical Council for Competition
B
Manchester City Cardinals
C
Marlborough Curling Club
D
Marylebone Cricket Club
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.