Daily Quiz #4006
General Knowledge Quiz for 6 January 2020
A new general knowledge quiz is available every day. Try today's quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
Notice: You might have noticed some questions being repeated in recent quizzes. This was an error and will be corrected soon! Apologies for the inconvenience.
1
Alaric I was the King of which group who sacked Rome in 410AD?
Select from the options above.
2
Jaclyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts starred at various times in which US TV series?
Select from the options above.
3
The Priestley medal is awarded for excellence in what field?
Select from the options above.
4
From what language did the English word "yacht" derive?
Select from the options above.
5
What is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Mosuo, or Na, culture, in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China close to the border with Tibet?
A
It recognises neither marriage nor divorce as defined in western and many other societies
B
It is largely matriarchal
D
Children are raised by their female relatives, brothers and uncles, not their father
Select from the options above.
6
In the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson which celebrated the charge of the Light Brigade in 1854, what kind of enemy fire surrounded the brigade?
Select from the options above.
7
Zola Budd became famous as what?
Select from the options above.
