The Big General Knowledge Quiz

1 Which country contains the largest population of Spanish speakers?

2 Atlaspheres, Swingshot and Hang Tough were all challenges on which TV programme?

3 Which Shakespeare play features the famous line, “A rose, By any other name would smell as sweet”?

4 Ring-tailed, bamboo and ruffed are varieties of which primate?

5 How many quavers are in a minim?

6 Where in the body is the pituitary gland?

7 The debate surrounding the Elgin Marbles concerns whether they should be returned to which country?

8 Which Old Testament character is the oldest person, whose age is mentioned, in the Bible?

9 The Egyptian god of the dead, Anubis, had the head of which canine animal?

10 Lyra’s Oxford, Once Upon a Time in the North and The Book of Dust are all works related to which literary trilogy by the same author?

11 Which British comedian has characters called Lauren, Joannie Taylor and Derek Faye?

12 Who in 1980 became the first mother in 66 years to win Wimbledon?

13 What first name links a philosophic novel by Jostein Gaarder, an Oscar-winning role for Meryl Streep and an English model with a famous grandfather?

14 What is the administrative city for the county of Gwynedd?

15 The Rubik’s Cube puzzle was invented in which decade?

16 What is a mitre?

17 Chicago is situated next to which of the Great Lakes?

18 Allium sativum is the species name of which common culinary ingredient?

19 The two princes Edward and Richard were imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1483 by which monarch?

20 The roadrunner is a bird that inhabits which continent?