General Knowledge Quiz
1. In Greek mythology which many-headed monster was killed by Heracles as one of his 12 labours?
A Gorgon
B Hydra
C Medusa
D Phoenix
2. Which unit of magnetic flux is represented by the symbol Wb? A Webbrosis
B Weber
C Wab
D Wibricity
3. To which island group does Islay belong?
A The Outer Hebrides B The Shetland Islands C The Orkney Islands D The Inner Hebrides
4. Which archipelago in French Polynesia comprises the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands?
A Easter Islands
B Christmas Islands
C Friendly Islands
D Society Islands
5. Which king was ‘Farmer George’?
A George III B George I C George IV D George V
6. Which new ITV series features Gok Wan delving into the world of jewellery?
A Ice
B Bling
C Sparkle
D Gleam 7. Which London theatre was managed by Colley Cibber, David Garrick and Richard Brinsley Sheridan?
A Adelphi
B Piccadilly
C Palladium
D Drury Lane
8. In what sort of building would you find a rood screen?
A A library
B A church
C A university
D A police station
9. Which bodily organs are supplied with blood by the renal artery?
A Eyes
B Intestines
C Lungs
D Kidneys 10. Which African team beat Scotland 3-0 in the 1998 football World Cup?
A Nigeria
B South Africa
C Morocco
D Egypt
11. Who played motherdominated Tim in the comedy series Sorry!?
A Peter Sellers
B Ronnie Corbett
C Frankie Howerd
D David Jason
12. Which Italian city is known as Firenze in Italian?
A Naples B Rome C Florence D Venice
13. Who wrote Our Man in Havana?
A D.H. Lawrence B Ronald Firbank C Graham Greene D Samuel Beckett
14. Who wrote The Railway Children in 1906?
A E. Nesbit
B A.A. Milne
C C.S. Lewis
D Robert Louis Stevenson
15. Which horror writer has been immortalised for his invention of the Necronomicon (the book of the dead)?
A Edgar Allan Poe
B Bram Stoker
C Mary Shelley
D H.P. Lovecraft