General Knowledge Quiz
1. In which country can the Yamuna River be found?
A India
B Zambia
C Pakistan
D Brazil
2. In which year did Native American leader Sitting Bull die? A 1830
B 1910
C 1890
D 1930
3. Which essayist and dramatist, founder of The Tatler and The Spectator, also wrote the play The Funeral?
A Sir Robert Peel
B Sir Richard Steele
C Sir Howard Roberts
D Sir Michael Robb
4. Which actress played Dorothy in the US sitcom The Golden Girls? A Roseanne Arthur
B Bea Arthur
C Cybil Arthur
D Iris Arthur
5. What colour is the pigment vermilion?
A Green
B Yellow
C Blue
D Red
6. Which 1993 film starred Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson as a married couple approached by a stranger played by Robert Redford?
A Mr & Mrs Smith
B Disclosure
C Indecent Proposal
D A Bridge Too Far 7. Which of these dinosaur names comes from the Greek for ‘thunder lizard’?
A Tyrannosaurus Rex
B Velociraptor
C Brontosaurus
D Stegosaurus
8. With which artistic movement were Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Rene Magritte associated?
A Impressionism
B Surrealism
C Cubism
D Abstract Expressionism
9. Which actor, who starred in The Singing Detective, received a knighthood in the 1998 New Year Honours list?
A Michael Caine
B Michael Ball
C Michael Crawford
D Michael Gambon 10. How is a cranefly commonly known?
A Horsefly
B Daddy-longlegs
C Housefly
D Bluebottle
11. In which year did the Lovell
11. In which year did the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory become operational Observatory become operational? A 1947
B 1967
C 1957
D 1977
12. Which American novelist, author of The Carpetbaggers and The Adventurers, died in October 1997 at the age of 81?
A Harold Robbins
B Ernest Hemingway
C John Steinbeck
D Arthur Hailey
13. On which river does the French city of Chartres stand? A Seine
B Eure
C Rhine
D Dordogne
14. Which of the Mitford sisters married the British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley?
A Nancy
B Jessica
C Deborah
D Diana
15. Which Swedish golfer won the 1997 Alamo English Open?
A Per-ulrik Johansson B Per-ulrik Wolfson C Per-ulrik Larson D Per-ulrik Vikernes