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 #4526

General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 9 June 2021

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. A "throw in" or "bowl" is the way that the ball is put into play in which of these?

A
Tennis
B
Croquet
C
Rounders
D
Polo
Select from the options above.
2

Q2. Which book, the title of which references a device to demonstrate Earth's rotation, is a satirical and literarily playful novel by an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator?

A
Foucault's Pendulum
B
The Beacon of Philolaus Denied
C
The al-zūraqī
D
Brahe's Clock
Select from the options above.
3

Q3. What nationality was Confucius?

A
Persian
B
Polish
C
Chinese
D
Italian
Select from the options above.
4

Q4. The Angel Falls in Venezuela are on which river?

A
Orinoco River
B
Río Kerepacupai Merú
C
Carrao River
D
Rio Negro
Select from the options above.
5

Q5. A statute passed by the General Court of Connecticut in the USA in 1783, under the title "An Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius" was the first in the USA to legislate for what?

A
Required public display of the Constitution in the centre of every city in the state
B
The establishment of private colleges
C
Found a faculty of Classic Science and Literature research
D
Copyright protection
Select from the options above.
6

Q6. What is a form, sett, drey or nide?

A
A kind of artist's brush
B
A building tool
C
A nest
D
An animal track
Select from the options above.
7

Q7. The main aims of which society in Great Britain between 1838 and 1850 were, basically: a vote for every man 21 years of age, a secret ballot, no property qualification for Members of Parliament, payment of MPs, equal Constituencies, and annual parliaments?

A
Chartists
B
Reform League
C
Fabian Society
D
Suffragettes
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.