The big general knowledge quiz

1 Which Home Alone star was in My Girl?

2 From what animal is cashmere derived?

3 Which country was ruled by the dictator Papa Doc?

4 Which former East German city was devastated by Allied fire-bombing in February 1945?

5 Which part of the body is affected by gingivitis?

6 Who starred as Jim Stark in the 1955 film Rebel Without A Cause?

7 What is a Geiger counter used to measure?

8 In which county is Carlisle?

9 In which city institution would you find bears and bulls?

10 In which sport did Nicky Gooch win a bronze medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics?

11 Who played Sally in When Harry Met Sally...?

12 In which European country was there a post-war Fourth Republic?

13 Jake LaMotta and Sugar Ray Robinson (inset) were both champion boxers at which weight?

14 Jakarta is the capital of which Asian country?

15 To which royal House does the present queen belong?

16 Who wrote the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice?

17 A cygnet is the young of which bird?

18 What did alchemists believe a philosopher’s stone could turn base metals into?

19 Which chess piece can be in check?

20 How many people are required for a game of patience?