Fun General Knowledge Quiz Questions

Questions

1. What name is given to the unconventional statements and errors made by former President of the United States George W. Bush in his public speaking?
2. Which toy dog breed is also known as the Chrysanthemum Dog?
3. In a well known sentence containing every letter of the English alphabet, what did the quick brown fox jump over? (two words needed)
4. Which euphemism for being bankrupt or in debt, originates from the London street where the UK bankruptcy court used to be located?
5. Exactly what sort of insects are a Colon rectum and a Cockchafer?
6. What's special about the 2018 limited edition Subbueteo table football set featuring Arsenal and Chelsea football teams?





7. Which country's toilets often have several functions including a blow dryer, seat heating, massage options, water jet adjustments, automatic lid opening and automatic flushing?
8. Which tongue-in-cheek British football chant, often sung to the tune of 'Knees Up Mother Brown', is sometimes aimed at overweight footballers?
9. True or False: Bulls dislike the colour red?
10. What type of film are 90% of the movies released in the US?
11. Who was once known in the tabloid press as Miss Whiplash?
12. In which part of the UK is there a settlement called 'Twatt'?
13. On a menu what is Bombay Duck?
14. During US conscription for World War Two, there was nine documented cases of men with three what?
15. In a family gathering, what sort of relation would be your male nibling?

Answers:

1. Bushisms
2. Shih Tzu
3. Lazy dog ('the quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog' is a sentence that contains every letter of the English language)
4. Carey Street
5. Types of beetle
6. The teams are female
7. Japan's
8. Who Ate All the Pies?
9. False
10. Pornography
11. Lindi St. Claire
12. The Orkney Islands, Scotland
13. Fish
14. Testicles
15. Nephew

Questions

1. What are the little circles of paper that are cut out after a paper has been punched by a paper punch?
2. What is Scooby short for in the name 'Scooby Doo'?
3. Who was the first Twitter user to reach 20 million followers?
4. The sentence "May I have a large container of coffee?" is used as a memory aid for what?
5. In wedding tradition what does the 'groom' do in a scramble?
6. Who plays a single note on a synthesiser during the 'Chariots of Fire' performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony?
7. What's the title of the World War Two British song that mocks the Nazi leader's lack of an anatomical part?
8. Do penguins live in the North Pole, South Pole or both?
9. Which comedy team used to ride a funny looking bike called the 'trandem'?
10. Which part of Donald Trump's body have been mocked by some people for being allegedly small?
11. A millihelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch how many ships?
12. In 2018, 7 out of the top 10 male squash players in the world came from which country?
13. What dangerous skill is also called funambulism?
14. Who once said: "Money doesn't make you happy. I now have 50 million dollars but I was just as happy when I had 48 million dollars"?
15. Which tree can come in varieties called swamp, pussy and crack?

Answers:

1. Chads
2. Scoobert
3. Lady Gaga
4. Pi (3.1415926)
5. Throw small change from wedding car for local children
6. Mr Bean (or Rowan Atkinson)
7. Hitler Has Only Got One Ball
8. South Pole
9. The Goodies
10. His hands
11. One (Helen of Troy (from the Iliad) is widely known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", hence, 1 millihelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship)
12. Egypt
13. Tightrope walking
14. Arnold Schwarzenegger
15. Willow