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 #3109

General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 23 July 2017

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 ?

Q1. What, apart from its warning bright orange and black colouring, gives the Monarch butterfly a level of protection from birds, lizards and similar predators?

A
It contains poison, from the plants which the caterpillars feed on
B
Squirting a burning toxic liquid when attacked
C
Its large size compared with its predators
D
An ability for high, fast, random flight
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which of these was a singer who died at the Landmark Motor Hotel, Los Angeles, officially from an overdose of heroin, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol?

A
Jim Morrison
B
Jimi Hendrix
C
Janis Joplin
D
James Brown
Select from the options above.

Q3. In cockney rhyming slang, what are "Apples and Pears"?

A
Bears
B
Hairs
C
Stairs
D
Cares
Select from the options above.

Q4. After the League of Nations was set up by covenant in 1919 to promote collective security, arbitration of international disputes, reduction of armaments and open diplomacy, it had some success but was weakened, particularly, how?

A
The USA refused to ratify the covenant
B
The countries in the League continued to confront one another
C
It could not be funded
D
Peace was well established and the perceived reasons for the League faded
Select from the options above.

Q5. Where are armadillos native?

A
South America
B
North America
C
Borneo
D
Malaysia
Select from the options above.

Q6. Which Canadian portrait photographer of Armenian heritage photographed Winston Churchill in his studio in Ottawa on 30 December, 1941, which, it is claimed, is the most reproduced photographic portrait in history?

A
Edward Burtynsky
B
Yousuf Karsh
C
Roloff Beny
D
Drasko Bogdanovic
Select from the options above.

Q7. If a skeet appears in the sky what is likely to be happening?

A
A tornado
B
Kite flying
C
A shooting contest
D
A ballooning display
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.