The big general knowledge quiz

1 Which valuable metal is stored at Fort Knox?

2 What does the French word chanson mean?

3 Which English city was bombed for 57 consecutive nights during the Blitz?

4 Who starred as the rebellious teacher in Dead Poets Society?

5 How many British kings have

been called George?

6 Frances O’Grady is General Secretary of which

organisation?

7 An electrocardiogram records changes in which organ?

8 Which is the largest of the living anthropoid apes?

9 In which county is Dartmoor?

10 Of which sport were John Lowe and Jocky Wilson World Champions?

11 Which actor played Will Randall in the 1994 romantic horror film Wolf ?

12 What is the collective name for Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario?

13 What colour are a sunflower’s petals?

14 Who won the US Open women’s singles title in 1999, 2002, 2008 and 2012 to 2014? 15 In Roman mythology, who is the god of love?

16 In which county is Epsom?

17 From which type of creature is eiderdown taken?

18 Which Wet Wet Wet single was Number One for 15 weeks in 1994?

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19 Who wrote The Mill on the Floss?

20 Which mythical sea creature has a human torso and a fish’s tail?