General Knowledge Quiz
1. What was the name of the caste of warriors in feudal Japan? A Samurai
B Geisha
C Sumo
D Ninja
2. By what name is the medicine consisting of a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water called?
A Magnesia water
B Milk of magnesia
C TCP
D Magnesium tonic
3. What was the name of Scooby Doo’s cowardly best friend?
A Waggy
B Craggy
C Saggy
D Shaggy
4. What is the national currency of Morocco?
A Dirham
B Pound
C Dollar
D Kyat
5. Which Greek goddess personified the earth?
A Aphrodite
B Artemis
C Gaia
D Helena
6. Which new film stars Javier Bardem, and Elle Fanning as his daughter who is grappling with the challenges of his mind as it goes on a hallucinatory journey? A Road Trip
B A Million Miles Away
C Take Me Home
D The Roads Not Taken
7. The team of Allies in Escape to Victory included Pele and Bobby Moore, but who played in goal for the side?
A Bruce Grobbelaar
B Peter Shilton
C Sylvester Stallone
D Michael Caine
8. What name is given to the stones that make up prehistoric monuments such as Stonehenge, Avebury and the Ring of Brodgar? A Aeroliths
B Stegaliths
C Mystoliths
D Megaliths
9. Which Japanese motorcycle manufacturer makes the Bandit, the Hayabusa and the Katana? A Yamaha
B Kawasaki
C Honda
D Suzuki 10. What is the capital of Lebanon?
A Belgrade
B Damascus
C Tripoli
D Beirut
11. In which novel did Sherlock Holmes first appear?
A The White Company
B The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes C The Hound of the Baskervilles
D A Study in Scarlet
12. Which jockey shared a table with the Queen at a banquet to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary?
A Walter Swanson
B Walter Swinburn
C Walter Sampson
D Walter Simpson
13. Which Japanese city was the site of the 1972 Winter Olympics? A Sapporo
B Nagoya
C Toyama
D Kanazawa
14. Which breed of dog, bred for hare coursing and racing, can reach speeds of over 40 mph?
A Lurcher
B Great Dane
C Golden Retriever
D Greyhound
15. Toby Jones and Richard Armitage were among the stars of a recent BBC4 lockdown performance of which Chekhov play?
A Three Sisters
B Ivanov
C Uncle Vanya
D The Bear