General Knowledge Quiz – Wisdom Trust

1. Roughly how many people, globally, were pushed back into extreme poverty by the COVID-19 pandemic of the early 2020s?

25 million

100 million

40 million

70 million

55 million

2. In what year was the famous Chinese dish “Chop Suey” devised by a New York chef?

1897

1755

1911

1798

1843

3. British aristocrat and banker, Lord Lucan, disappeared without trace, after his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was bludgeoned to death in the basement of the family’s Belgravia home. What year was that?

1976

1968

1972

1974

1970

4. Which country has the lowest literacy rate?

Chad

Afghanistan

Honduras

Bangladesh

Angola

5. In what year did The Church of England relax its rule that women must wear hats in church?

1942

1935

1949

1913

1924

6. What Papal name did Nicholas Breakspear adopt when he became the only English Pope in history?

Clement III

Adrian IV

Pius VI

Gelasius I

Paul II

7. In what year did British singer Cliff Richard first sign for Columbia Records, aged only 17.

1954

1957

1960

1962

1958

8. Annie Oakley was a sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, nicknamed ‘Little Sure Shot’ by Chief Sitting Bull. In what year was she born?

1902

1849

1884

1860

1835

9. What percentage of plastic ever produced has been recycled?

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10. In what year did Richard and Maurice McDonald open their first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernadino in California?

1940

1897

1934

1953

1928

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