Test Your Knowledge: May 17 Quiz Answers Revealed

In our daily quiz feature, we challenge readers with a series of questions spanning general knowledge and geography. Here are the answers for May 17.

General Knowledge Answers

1. One single lap of the track in an Olympic cycling velodrome is 250 metres.
2. Keir Hardie won the West Ham South election in the 1890s, specifically in 1892, becoming the first independent Labour MP.
3. A 'sneak' is the collective noun for weasels.
4. If you are looking at a horse's coffin joint, you are examining the hoof, specifically inside the hoof capsule.
5. On The Muppet Show, the bespectacled scientist who ran Muppet Labs was Dr. Bunsen Honeydew.
6. A male rat is specifically called a buck.
7. The long-running ITV soap Emmerdale made its television debut in 1972, on 16 October, originally as Emmerdale Farm.
8. The root vegetable commonly used as a sweetener in Europe before cane sugar was the parsnip.
9. Edward VIII took the title Duke of Windsor immediately after his abdication in December 1936.
10. According to the National Institute of Health, the human brain becomes fully mature at approximately age 27, though some studies suggest mid-20s.

Geography Answers

1. The Scottish port town famously known as the 'Gateway to the Isles' is Oban.
2. The county often referred to as the 'Garden of Ireland' is Wicklow.
3. A statue of poet Sir John Betjeman stands on the platform of St Pancras International railway station in London.
4. Flying into Luqa International Airport means you are visiting Malta.
5. The motorway that serves as the main link between Bristol city centre and the M4 at Junction 19 is the M32.
6. The Mediterranean island of Gozo belongs to Malta.
7. The Rhodope Mountain range lies predominantly, about 83%, within Bulgaria.
8. Santiago, the capital of Chile, stands on the banks of the Mapocho River.
9. The national anthem of Liechtenstein uses the exact same tune as the UK's God Save the King; their anthem is titled Oben am jungen Rhein.
10. As of 2025, the UK ranks 5th on the list of the most populous countries in the British Commonwealth, behind India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Bangladesh.

We hope you enjoyed today's quiz. Check back tomorrow for more questions and answers.