General knowledge is the everyday stuff that comes up in conversation, school and pub quizzes. This set mixes language, numbers, literature and the world around you, so there is always something you know and something new to pick up.
The seven traditional rainbow colours are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
A leap year has 366 days, and the extra day on 29 February keeps the calendar in step with Earth’s orbit.
A standard modern piano has 88 keys: 52 white and 36 black.
The yen is Japan’s currency and one of the most traded currencies in the world.
Diamond is the hardest known natural material, and it is made entirely of carbon atoms.
Mandarin Chinese has the most native speakers, while English has the most speakers overall.
A hexagon has six sides, and honeybees build their honeycomb cells in this shape.
The heart pumps blood around the body, beating roughly 100,000 times a day.
William Shakespeare wrote “Romeo and Juliet” in the 1590s, and it is still performed around the world.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris was completed in 1889 for the World’s Fair.
The most common count lists seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia.
Mixing blue and yellow paint makes green, which is why green is called a secondary colour.
The smallest prime number is 2, and it is also the only even prime.
The dove, often shown carrying an olive branch, is a widely recognised symbol of peace.
One million is written with six zeros: 1,000,000. In the Indian numbering system it equals ten lakh.
