General Knowledge Quiz
1. Of which country was Faisal Ibn Addul Aziz king from 1964 to 1975? A Iran
B Israel
C Syria
D Saudi Arabia
2. What name is given to chemical compounds of carbon and hydrogen?
A Hydrocarbates
B Hydrocarbons
C Hycabons
D Carbohydrates
3. The deficiency of which vitamin can cause rickets?
A Vitamin A
B Vitamin D
C Vitamin B
D Vitamin C
4. Of which African country is Nouakchott the capital?
A Mauritania B Sudan C Ethiopia D Botswana
5. Who was the defeated Democratic candidate in the 1968 U.S. presidential election?
A Hubert Humphrey B Richard Nixon C John F. Kennedy D Gerald R. Ford
6. Alexa Davies and Will Merrick have returned for a new series of which E4 sitcom, in which they play fans of online gaming?
A Game On
B Leader Board
C High Score
D Dead Pixels
7. In which month is Remembrance Sunday? A November
B December
C April
D September
8. What is the French word for ‘key’ and the name for a symbol used in music notation?
A Kei
B Quaver
C Crotchet
D Clef
9. Who starred as elderly mother Peggy in the sitcom Keeping Mum?
A Stephanie Cole
B Barbara Windsor
C Patricia Routledge
D Thora Hird
10. What type of animal is a bongo?
A Antelope
B Monkey
C Zebra
D Bird
11. Who was Foreign Secretary in the 1974-6 Wilson government?
A Clement Attlee
B Jim Callaghan
C John Prescott
D Richard James
12. Which king of the United Kingdom married Caroline of Brunswick?
A George III
B William IV
C George V
D George IV
13. Which composer wrote The Sorcerer’s Apprentice?
A Henri Duparc
B Antonin Dvorak
C Paul Dukas
D Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
14. Who made the only attempt to steal the Crown Jewels?
A Colonel Blood
B Captain Hawk
C Sergeant Black
D Corporal Wallace
15. Which Italian king was assassinated at Monza in 1900? A Ricardo II
B Umberto I
C Ferdinand III
D Benedicto I