Are you ready to put your general knowledge to the test? Every Wednesday, we present a fresh quiz to challenge your wits and perhaps teach you something new. This week's edition spans music, literature, geography, and history, offering a perfect midweek brain teaser.
This Week's Quiz Questions
The quiz kicks off with a linguistic touch, introducing Weltschmerz as the word of the day, a German term describing a deep sadness about the state of the world. From there, the questions dive into a diverse range of topics. Music fans are asked to recall which UK number one single by Queen had only one word in its title. Literature lovers must identify the first name of the gamekeeper, Mellors, from D.H. Lawrence's famous novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Geography comes into play with a question about the river on which the Australian city of Melbourne is located. Foodies are challenged to name the fruit found in the dish Chicken Montmorency, while history buffs are taken back to 1645 to identify the English county where the pivotal Battle of Naseby was fought.
From Poetry to Pop Culture
The quiz continues to explore the arts, asking which poet first coined the famous phrase, 'Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread'. Shifting to modern business, a question probes the identity of the company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Film enthusiasts are tested on their knowledge of the 1983 John Travolta movie Staying Alive, specifically who directed it.
Closer to home, a question focuses on the UK's motorway network, asking which two motorways meet at Strensham services. Finally, the literary round concludes by asking for the author of the classic first novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
How Did You Do? Check Your Answers
To see how you fared, you can check the answers provided for the previous quiz from November 25th. Those questions covered topics from human anatomy, where the Trapezoid bone is found in the wrist, to British geography, identifying Coombe Hill as the highest point in the Chilterns.
Music was a strong theme, with answers revealing the debut albums of iconic artists: U2's 'Boy', The Beatles' 'Please Please Me', Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe', Kate Bush's 'The Kick Inside', and Nick Drake's 'Five Leaves Left'. Science questions covered the Earth's atmosphere, naming Argon as the third most common gas, and computing, where PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics.
Other answers included William Hartnell as the first actor to play Dr Who, the duo Peter & Gordon who had a 1964 number one, and the four US states beginning with 'W': Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The answer to which actress co-starred with Peter Kay in Car Share was Sian Gibson, and the term Caprine relates to goats.
