General Knowledge Quiz – Wisdom Trust

1. In which city was the first motorised ambulance service?

Paris

London

Tokyo

New York

Berlin

2. I what year was the group Alcoholics Anonymous founded by William Wilson in Ohio?

1912

1935

1926

1947

1889

3. In what year did McDonald’s open its first fast-food restaurant in Beijing?

2003

1979

1998

1992

1985

4. What is acrophobia a fear of?

Heights

Mornings

Spiders

Work

Mice

5. What percentage of the world lived in extreme poverty in 1820?

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6. What is world’s most common health condition?

Tooth decay

Cancer

Heart disease

Common cold

Arthritis

7. Roughly how many people worldwide lack access to essential healthcare services?

1.6 billion

2.7 billion

6.2 billion

4.5 billion

850 million

8. Of about 10 million species of insect on Earth, roughly what percentage of these are species of beetle?

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9. Under platform 8 at which London mainline railway station was the grave of Boudica, warrior queen who fought the Romans, discovered in 1988?

Marylebone

Euston

Waterloo

Liverpool Street

Kings Cross

10. ‘Nosey Parker’ is a term first associated with Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker (who had a long nose and was extremely inquisitive). When was he born?

1412

1504

1621

1783

1847

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