Easy Quiz

Questions

1. Which British Overseas Territory and headland is located on Spain's south coast?
2. St Patrick banished snakes from which European country?
3. Who was nicknamed "The Maid of Orleans" and is considered a heroine of France?
4. What's the name of the series of books where you have to find a character identified by his red-and-white-striped shirt, bobble hat, and glasses?
5. On a graph, the horizontal axis is labelled with which letter?

6. Which country is known for its traditional Zen gardens?
7. Which British Prime Minister had a wife called Norma?
8. Anne Frank hid in the sealed-off upper rooms at the back of her father's company building in which city?
9. Who in 1876 led the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
10. Which letter represents the Roman numeral 50?
11. Which pole is in the centre of the Arctic Circle?
12. Who was the first person to step on the moon?
13. Which country has the second largest population in the world?
14. In the lyrics of the song The Sound of Music which note signifies "A deer, a female deer"?
15. Name the most famous flower and landscape garden show in the UK?
16. Which Italian bell tower is known for its unintended tilt?
17. A group of fish that stay together for social reasons are called a shoal, but what is this group called if the fish are moving?
18. There are two bones in the forearm, the radius is one, name the other?
19. On what day of the week are British elections always held?>
20. Which instrument found in a geometry set, made of transparent plastic, is used for measuring angles?
21. Which acronym was the main security agency for the Soviet Union known by?
22. What metal medal is awarded to the third-place finisher in the Olympic Games?
23. A quiver is a container for holding what sort of weapons?
24. Who wrote the novel Great Expectations?
25. Which country in South America occupies a long, narrow strip of land and has the capital Santiago?
26. In 1859, what stretch of water did Blondin cross on a rope?
27. Name the nearest planet to the Sun?
28. How many wings does a butterfly have?
29. How many continents are there in the world?
30. What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?

Answers:

1. Gibraltar
2. Ireland
3. Joan of Arc
4. Where's Wally? (in the US and Canada, it's "Where's Waldo?")
5. X
6. Japan
7. John Major
8. Amsterdam
9. George Armstrong Custer
10. L
11. North Pole
12. Neil Armstrong
13. India
14. Do
15. The Chelsea Flower Show
16. The Leaning Tower of Pisa
17. A school
18. Ulna
19. Thursdays
20. Protractor
21. KGB
22. Bronze
23. Arrows
24. Charles Dickens
25. Chile
26. Niagara Falls
27. Mercury
28. Four
29. Seven
30. Gamma