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General Knowledge Quiz
1. In which English county can Creswell Crags be found?
A Yorkshire
B Cumbria
C Derbyshire
D Wiltshire
2. Who played Pam Ewing in Dallas?
A Victoria Grace
B Victoria Harrow
C Victoria Uno
D Victoria Principal
3. Who is the goddess of destruction in Hindu mythology? A Vishnu
B Shiva
C Brahma
D Kali
4. Who wrote The Life of Samuel Johnson?
A James Boswell
B Henry Thomas
C Samuel James
D Richard Purcell
5. In mammals, what is the outer layer of the skin called?
A Membrane
B Epidermis
C Coat
D Externis
6. What was the title of Canadian singer The Weeknd’s 2015 UK Number One album?
A Beauty Behind the Madness B Weeknd of Craziness C Irresistibility of Insanity D Loveliness in Lunacy
7. What is the name of Gianni Versace’s sister, who stepped into his shoes at his fashion house after his murder in 1997?
A Antonetta
B Maria
C Donatella
D Fabia
8. Which Irish republican leader was the last to visit 10 Downing Street before Gerry Adams?
A Eamon de Valera
B Charles Parnell
C Michael Collins
D William O’shea
9. How many grams are in a kilogram?
A One hundred
B Ten thousand
C One thousand
D One million 10. Who wrote the novels A Passage to India and A Room with a View?
A Bruce Chatwin
B EM Forster
C WH Auden
D Rudyard Kipling
11. What sort of creature is a Hungarian puli?
A A snail
B A sheepdog
C A frog
D A cat
12. In which country is the Atacama Desert?
A Chile
B USA
C China
D Saudi Arabia
13. Which British novelist wrote Bulldog Drummond?
A Charles Henry Madge
B James Oppenheim
C HC ‘Sapper’ Mcneile D Channing Pollock
14. In which country would one be likely to find a kibbutz?
A Brazil
B Egypt
C Israel
D Spain
15. Demi Moore and Jessica Brown Findlay are among the stars of which new Sky 1 adaptation of an Aldous Huxley novel?
A Crome Yellow
B Eyeless in Gaza
C Brave New World
D Antic Hay