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. Which king of the United Kingdom married Caroline of Brunswick?
A George III B William IV C George V D George IV
5. What type of animal is a bongo?
A Antelope B Monkey C Zebra D Bird
6. In which month is Remembrance Sunday?
A November B December C April D September
7. What is the alter-ego that queen of pop Madonna adopted and used as the title of her fourteenth studio album?
A Lady O B Ms Z C Madame X D Doctor Y
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. Who was the defeated Democratic candidate in the 1968 US presidential election?
A Hubert Humphrey B Richard Nixon C John F. Kennedy D Gerald R. Ford
11. Who was Foreign Secretary in the 1974-6 Wilson government?
A Clement Attlee B James Callaghan C John Prescott D Richard James
12. Of which African country is Nouakchott the capital?
A Mauritania B Sudan C Ethiopia D Botswana
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 new Channel 5 drama stars Julie Graham as Rosalie, a bereaved mother who becomes dependent on a young man she meets at a counselling group?
A Atonement B Penance C Repentance D Redemption