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General Knowledge Quiz
1. In the bay of which city is the prison Robben Island?
A New York
B Cape Town
C Sydney
D Bristol
2. What is the final event in the decathlon?
A 110m hurdles
B 1,500m
C 800m
D Pole Vault
3. Which sitcom actress was appointed to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority?
A June Whitfield
B Jennifer Saunders C Penelope Keith
D Victoria Wood
4. What sort of creature is a sidewinder?
A A poisonous lizard
B A sub-saharan wolf
C A snake
D An eel
5. To what is hay fever an allergic reaction?
A Dust mites
B Animal hair
C Horses
D Pollen
6. In which American city is the Smithsonian Institution?
A New York
B Washington DC
C Detroit
D Los Angeles
7.What was the first name of American jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington?
A Edward
B Howard
C Thomas
D Michael
8. Finn Wolfhard and Mackenzie Davis starred in which 2020 supernatural horror film based on a novel by Henry James?
A The Groaning
B The Howling
C The Shaking
D The Turning
9. In what year was Return to Oz, the sequel to The Wizard of Oz, released?
A 1975
B 1991
C 1982
D 1985 10. Which green pigment present in organisms is responsible for photosynthesis?
A Algae
B Leaves
C Chlorophyll
D Isotopes
11. In what form of horse racing are horses not required to jump obstacles?
A Sprint Running
B Steeple Chase
C Flat Racing
D One-mile dash
12. Which South African mammal is also called a suricate?
A Leopard
B Meerkat
C Giraffe
D Wildebeest
13. Who painted Nude Descending a Staircase? A Stanley Spencer B Natalia Goncharova C Marcel Duchamp D Mikhail Larionov
14. Which British soldier and writer died in a motorcycle accident in Dorset in 1935?
A Rudyard Kipling
B TS Eliot
C TE Lawrence
D DH Lawrence
15. Who did Kristin Scott Thomas play in the recent Netflix adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca?
A Beatrice
B Clarice
C Mrs. Danvers
D Mrs Van Hopper