General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which racing driver went out of the 1997 European Grand Prix after driving into Jacques Villeneuve?
A Damon Hill
B Michael Schumacher C David Coulthard D Eddie Irvine
2. Which British author wrote the novels Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones?
A Henry Fielding B Jonathan Wild C Samuel Richardson D Henry David Thoreau
3. When did the League of Nations come into being?
A 1914 B 1929 C 1920 D 1933
4. In which country (other than Malawi) is the kwacha a unit of currency?
A Zambia B Ethiopia C Japan D China
5. Which Roman goddess of love is identified with the Greek goddess Aphrodite?
A Mars B Neptune C Venus D Pluto
6. Jennifer Garner and David Tennant star in which HBO comedy series about a group of friends who embark on a holiday?
A Hiking B Sunbathing C Sailing D Camping
7. With which English county is Spode porcelain associated?
A Essex B Staffordshire C Dorset D Cornwall
8. Which English colonist who sailed to America on the Mayflower was the military leader of the first settlement in New England?
A Myles Jameson B Myles Thompson C Myles Standish D Myles Greene
9. Which chief author of the Declaration of Independence became president of the USA in 1801?
A George Washington B Abraham Lincoln C James Madison D Thomas Jefferson 10. Who ruled England for nine days in 1553?
A Lady Jane Grey B Margaret Maid of Norway C Mary I
D Edward of York
11. Which famous Australian soprano died in 1931?
A Dame Nellie Melba B Dame Edna Elba C Dame Thora Melbourne D Dame Rachel Crowson
12. How was writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known?
A Mark Twain
B George Bernard Shaw C John Steinbeck D Kingsley Amis
13. Which former MP wrote The Four Feathers and stories featuring Inspector Hanaud?
A A E W Mason B Jeffrey Archer C Ramsay MacDonald D Winston Churchill
14. Malcolm McDowell starred in which highly controversial film directed by Stanley Kubrick?
A Eyes Wide Shut B The Shining
C Lolita
D A Clockwork Orange
15. Which new film stars Kristen Stewart as one of a team of aquatic researchers attempting to get to safety after their subterranean laboratory is flooded by an earthquake?
A Bombshell B Underwater C Submarine D Oceanic