General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which country did Margaret Maid of Norway rule between 1286 and 1290?
A England
B Wales
C Scotland
D Norway 2. Adam’s needle and Spanish bayonet are members of which genus of succulent plants?
A Yucca
B Pine
C Palm
D Oak 3. Which season of the church year begins on the Sunday nearest St Andrew’s Day?
A Lent
B Advent
C Pentecost
D Easter 4. With which art form do you associate Louis Daguerre?
A Photography
B Action Painting
C Junk Art
D Sculpture 5. Which radioactive element has the symbol Pa?
A Promethium
B Palladium
C Protactinium
D Plutonium 6. Which fantasy drama set in Elizabethan London and starring Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode has returned for a second series on Sky 1?
A The Magicians
B A Discovery of Witches
C The Witcher
D Jessica Jones 7. Which Brookside character was played by Bill Dean?
A Jimmy Corkill
B Sinbad
C Mick
D Harry Cross 8. Critically acclaimed documentary March of the Penguins is narrated by which American actor?
A Harrison Ford
B George Clooney
C Morgan Freeman
D Al Pacino 9. Which US author wrote BUtterfield 8 and Pal Joey? A John Steinbeck
B Mark Twain
C John O’Hara
D Joseph Heller
10. Which fish’s young include alevins and smolts?
A Tuna B Trout C Salmon D Shark 11. Which Canadian theorist wrote The Medium is the Message and The Gutenberg Galaxy?
A Marshall Douglas
B Marshall Franklin
C Marshall Mathers
D Marshall McLuhan 12. Who was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649?
A James I
B Charles I
C Charles II
D James II 13. Which great river flows through China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea?
A Daba Shan
B Mekong
C Ulungur
D Kerulen 14. Who created Winnie The Pooh? A C.S. Lewis
B Enid Blyton
C A.A. Milne
D Robert Louis Stevenson 15. What name is given to small immature fruits of the cucumber used for pickling?
A Courgettes
B Gherkins
C Pickles
D Marrow