General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which horse won the 1996 1000 Guineas at Newmarket? A Party Politics B Hallo Dandy C Bosra Sham D Last Suspect 2. Who wrote the light opera Tales of Hoffmann? A Schoenberg B Mozart C Pachelbel D Offenbach 3. Which unit of power devised by the engineer James Watt is abbreviated to hp? A Hydraulic Pressure B Horsepower C Height Power D Hydropower 4. Which American economist and diplomat wrote The Affluent Society?
A Maynard Keynes B Richard Randall C Robert James-thomas D John Kenneth Galbraith 5. Which Greek playwright wrote the tragedy Andromache? A Plato B Socrates C Homer D Euripedes 6. Which new BBC2 cookery show is hosted by former Great British Bake Off victor Nadiya Hussain? A Nadiya Creates B Nadiya’s Cakes C Nadiya’s Eats D Nadiya Bakes 7. How is the fruit of the gourd Cucurbita pepo, associated with Hallowe’en, better known? A Melon B Pumpkin C Orange D Apple 8. In what year did Jesse Owens win four gold medals? A 1930 B 1934 C 1939 D 1936 9. Which two countries signed the Anti-comintern pact in 1936? A Russia and the USA B Germany and Japan C Great Britain and the USA D France and Britain 10. Which allergic condition is also called nettle rash and hives? A Cirrhosis B Impetigo C Ichthyosis D Urticaria 11. With which city do you associate the Raffles hotel? A Hong Kong B Peking C Singapore
D Ho Chi Minh City 12. Which institution’s motto is ‘serve to lead’? A Sandhurst Royal Military Academy B Oxford University
C John Lewis Partnership
D Eton School 13. Who wrote The Rainbow and Women in Love? A E.M. Forster B D.H. Lawrence C Thomas Hardy D Anthony Trollope 14. In what year did Doris Day star as a gun-slinging singer in the musical Western Calamity Jane? A 1953 B 1958 C 1948 D 1962 15. What instrument do you associate with Jack Teagarden? A Piano B Trombone C Guitar D Cello