The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions. Olav Bjortomt

      4 Which Titan is the father of the Greek god Zeus?

      5 Which watchman of the Norse gods guarded the rainbow bridge Bifrost?

      6 Atlas and Prometheus are the sons of Clymene and which Titan in Greek myth?

      7 Which Egyptian god of the earth is the father of Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys?

      8 The Stymphalian birds killed by Heracles were pets of which Greek god?

      9 The Cypriot city of Paphos was the primary place of worship for which Greek goddess?

      10 Identified with Zeus, which chief Etruscan god was ruler of the skies, husband of Uni and father of Hercle?

      11 Which son of the Egyptian god Osiris avenged his murder by Seth and became the new king of Egypt?

      12 Járngreipr are the iron gloves of which Norse god?

      13 Which aulos-playing satyr was flayed alive after losing a musical duel with Apollo?

      14 Kū, Kanaloa, Kāne and Lono are the four great gods (akua) in which mythology?

      15 Which Greek god of the cold north wind is also the bringer of winter?

      16 Which Inca god of death ruled Ukhu Pacha, the land of the dead?

      17 Which metallic element is named after the old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja?

      18 The successor to the Zonda, which Pagani supercar is named after the Incan god of wind?

      19 Taken from a mythical horse, Chollima is which national football side’s nickname?

      20 The image depicts which Arthurian story?

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QUIZ 57 – General Knowledge

      1 What six-letter name is given to is the back-to-front slang spoken by raucous French youths in the banlieues?

      2 Which title character in a novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin kills the young poet Vladimir Lensky?

      3 Edward, the Black Prince won his spurs at which August 26, 1346 battle?

      4 Meaning ‘those who face death’, what name is given to Kurdish freedom fighters?

      5 In 1997, which Italian fashion house introduced the Baguette bag, an “enduring style icon” that has been produced in over 1,000 versions?

      6 What 1982 song was Madness’s only number one single?

      7 The chemist S.P.L Sørensen introduced the concept of which scale in 1909?

      8 Which Roman poet (c.84–54 BC) dedicated dozens of his poems to Lesbia, a possible false name for his married lover Clodia?

      9 The Palaeozoic Era ended with which extinction event, the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history?

      10 Which 1935 musical comedy film features the Irving Berlin songs Top Hat, White Tie and Tails and Cheek to Cheek?

      11 The disease beriberi is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin?

      12 Which compact stars are the densest and smallest stars known to exist in the universe?

      13 The author of the 2015 cookbook Deliciously Ella is the daughter of which former MP for St. Helens South?

      14 Serving from 1949 until his death in 1976, who was the first Premier of the People’s Republic of China?

      15 What did D.H. Lawrence describe as “hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer”?

      16 Which military decoration was instituted on March 17, 1813 by Frederick William III of Prussia?

      17 Designed by Dirk Henn, which 2003 tile-based board game features the building of an Arabian palace in 13th century Granada?

      18 Who was Yorkshire county cricket club’s first overseas signing?

      19 Russia’s Fedor Emelianenko has been called which sport’s greatest heavyweight fighter?

      20 Name the pictured TV car –

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QUIZ 58 – General Knowledge

      1 In a 1963 film, what links the fates of the characters Danny Velinski, Willie Dickes and Louis Sedgwick?

      2 The kingdom of Hyrule features in which video game series that debuted in 1986?

      3 Which naming custom originated with the Australian meteorologist Clement Wragge (1852–1922)?

      4 What is the fastest land animal on Earth?

      5 A person described as an ‘onychophagist’ engages in which habit?

      6 Created a baron in 1720, John Blunt was a director of which infamous company?

      7 International Office 39 is a shadowy government organisation of which Asian country?

      8 Which TV drama stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as KGB spies Elizabeth and Philip Jennings?

      9 Which group won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest at the Brighton Dome?

      10 Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia founded which accommodation website in 2008?

      11 What is the most abundant protein in the human body?

      12 In 1875, which Impressionist painted Les raboteurs de parquet (The Floor Planers)?

      13 Taken by Rosalind Franklin in 1952, “Photo 51” is an image of which molecule?

      14 Which architect built the Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House (1924)?

      15 The Kilchoman Distillery produces whisky on which of the Inner Hebrides?

      16 Ahimsa is the Hindu and Buddhist doctrine of refraining from what?

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