Weekly General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which perennial plant, whose leafstalks are cooked in desserts, has poisonous leaves?
A Rhubarb
B Gooseberry
C Blackcurrant
D Blueberry
2. Which bird lays the largest egg in relation to its own size?
A Emu
B Thrush
C Penguin
D Kiwi
3. With which instrument is Miles Davis chiefly associated?
A Saxophone
B Trumpet
C Electric guitar
D Cello
4. Which Soldier Soldier character was played by Sophie Heathcote? A Michelle Jones
B Rachel Stevens
C Sandra Frost
D Tara Jenkins
5. What sort of creature is a painted lady?
A A fish
B A butterfly
C A bird
D A swan
6. Romola Garai starred in which recent fact-based BBC drama about survivors of the Nazi Holocaust?
A The Windermere Children
B The Kinder Transport
C The Evacuees
D Bevin Boys
7. Who was the queen consort of Edward VII?
A Anne
B Alexandra
C Mary
D Victoria
8. Who played DI Jardine in Taggart?
A Jasper Carrott
B Robert Carlyle
C Robert Powell
D James MacPherson
9. What sort of creature is a chital?
A A dog
B A deer
C A bird
D An insect
10. What is Britain’s only poisonous snake?
A Adder
B Cobra
C Python
D Mamba 11. At the end of which war was the Treaty of Sèvres signed?
A World War One
B World War Two
C The Napoleonic Wars
D The Crimean War
12. Who was Britain’s Master of the Rolls from 1962 to 1982?
A Lord Snowdon
B Lord Archer
C Lord Balfour
D Lord Denning
13. In which Californian city is college football’s Rose Bowl Game played annually on or around New Year’s Day?
A San Diego
B Pasadena
C Los Angeles
D San Francisco
14. Which American football team did quarterback John Elway lead to victory in the 1998 Super Bowl? A Green Bay Packers
B Baltimore Colts
C Miami Dolphins
D Denver Broncos
15. Which new film about a troubled woman who has been institutionalised is the directorial debut of Stella Hopkins and stars her husband Anthony Hopkins?
A Elyse
B Ava
C Rebecca
D Becky