General knowledge quiz

ART & LITERATURE

1 Who wrote the novel The Guns of Navarone? 2 In which country is Hamlet set? 3 What was F Scott Fitzgerald’s first name?

4 Who popularised the limerick in his Book of Nonsense?

5 Who created the secret service agent James Bond?

6 Which French painter of colourful Parisian posters is associated with the Moulin Rouge?

GEOGRAPHY

7 The Azores can be found in which ocean? 8 In which French city was the Bastille?

9 In which Middle-Eastern city is the Dome of the Rock?

10 In which country is the volcano Anak Krakatau?

11 In which American state is winter resort Palm Beach?

12 Orcadians come from which Scottish islands?

NATURE

13 What kind of animal is a dipper? 14 What sort of animal is a gecko?

15 In which continent are aardvarks found in the wild?

16 How often does a biennial plant complete its life cycle?

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18 What is the term for an animal that eats food of both animal and vegetable origin? 19 Viv Richards was captain of which international cricket team?

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What is a young swan called?

SPORT & LEISURE

In which sport would you play on a fairway?

21 Of which sport were John Lowe and Jocky Wilson World Champions?

22 Which animal participates in eventing?

23 In which gambling game does a dice score of seven or eleven win the bet?

24 Which Premiership team’s home ground from 1923 to 2003 was Maine Road?

POT LUCK

25 What did the cow jump over in the nursery rhyme?

26 What is a star-like punctuation mark called? 27 Earl Grey and Keemun are types of what?

28 With which tool would you lift up a car to change a wheel?

29 Thomas Chippendale is renowned as a designer of what?

30 Offset litho is a common method of what? Solutions at the end