General knowledge quiz

ART & LITERATURE

1 Which artistic form can be picaresque?

2 Who wrote successful farce Noises Off?

3 Which late author created fictional teenager Adrian Mole?

4 Which author created detective-priest Father Brown?

5 Which romantic novelist wrote Moments of Love?

6 Which TV playwright wrote Lipstick On Your Collar?

GEOGRAPHY

7 In which country might you visit an eisteddfod?

8 Damascus is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

9 The Bay of Biscay is in which ocean?

10 Reykjavik is the capital and chief port of which country?

11 Kitzbuhel ski resort is in which country?

12 Jersey is the largest of which islands?

NATURE

13 What colour are a sunflower’s petals?

14 From which type of creature is eiderdown

taken?

15 What type of mammal carries its young in a

pouch?

16 The condor and turkey buzzard are types of

which bird?

17 What do leatherjackets turn into?

18 What type of creature is a rorqual?

SPORT & LEISURE

19 Which chess piece can move only one square at a time in any direction?

20 In which game is a rope or rubber ring thrown towards a stake?

21 What is the general term for forms of combat such as judo or kendo?

22 In basketball, what is the maximum number of points one shot can score?

23 In football, how many times have England won the World Cup?

24 In which American state is the Indy 500 held?

POT LUCK

25 Which book of the Old Testament includes the flight of the Israelites from Egypt?

26 On which side of the road do Americans drive?

27 Which Greek mythological hero performed 12 arduous labours?

28 Former space shuttle landing site Edwards Air Force Base is in which American state?

29 Cannes is famous for an annual festival of what?

30 Which glasses have lenses with two different focuses?

Solutions at the end