General Knowledge Quiz - Round 16

 





1. What were the Rainhill Trials, held in 1829?

Competition to choose the design of the locomotive engine for the Liverpool to Manchester Railway



2. Which is the driest desert on earth? a) Atacama Desert b) Sahara Desert c) Gobi Desert

a) Atacama Desert



3. If you were having the South American dish ‘Ceviche’ what type of food would you be eating?

Fish



4. Apollo, Diana and Vulcan are three examples of the 12 major gods from which mythology?

Roman



5. How many years would you have been married if you were celebrating your Sapphire anniversary?

45



6. Which boxer, one of the greatest of all time, is currently serving as a six-year term as Senator of the Philippines?

Manny Pacquiao



7. Dominic Richard Harrison, born August 1997, is better known as which English singer who had a 2021 UK number one album with ‘Weird!’?

Yungblud



8. Based on the definition of a desert being an area that has less than 10 inches of rain a year, which is the largest desert?

Antarctica



9. Originally founded as a Norman castle in the 12th century, in which county is Alnwick Castle?

Northumberland



10. Lewis Edson Waterman was the inventor of what writing implements?

Fountain pen