Random Trivia Quiz

What is the capital of Spain?

Which chess piece can only move diagonally?

Give the alternative name for a mountain ash tree.

In 2011, which country hosted the Formula 1 race for the first time?

Name the sport played on a lawn called a "crown green".

Who designed the Millenium Dome?

Name the famous Russian ballet dancer who changed the face of modern ballet.

Which country is Prague in?

What does the musical term "piano" mean?

How many times was the Men's Single Tennis at Wimbledon won by Bjorn Borg?

Name the world famous garden close to the River Thames.

Who invented the rabies vaccination?

How tall would a double elephant folio book be?

When was William Shakespeare born?

Who was Henry VIII's first wife?

Name the actor who starred in 142 films.

What color is a Welsh poppy?

If you were painting with tempera, what would you be using to bind together color pigments?

What is the oldest film ever made?

Who was the Benedictine monk who invented champagne?

Who wrote Death in Venice?

Name the BBC series about a shipping line in Liverpool in the late 1800s.

In "Thunderbirds", what was Lady Penelope's chaffeur called?

Which BBC music program was broadcast weekly between 1964 and 2006?

In needlework, what does UFO stand for?

Which Shakespeare play features Shylock?

What sport does Contantino Rocca play?

How many tails does a Manx cat have?

When did the Cold War end?

Name the world's biggest island.

In publishing, what does POD mean?

Who became the Prime Minister of England after Winston Churchill's last election?

What type of clothing was named after its Scottish inventor?

Which four British cities have underground train systems?

Which actress' career began at the age of three?

What is John Leach famous for making?

Name the world's largest ocean.

How old is the world's oldest recovered dictionary?

Who was the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

In the TV series "Dad's Army", what was Captain Mainwaring's first name?

Which bulbs were once exchanged as a form of currency?

Which actress has won the most Oscars?

Who invented TV?

Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility?

Where is the world's most ancient forest?

By what name is Lancelot Brown more usually known?