General Knowledge Quiz

1. On which metallic element does verdigris form? A Copper B Iron C Lead D Silver 2. The launch of whose 600th book coincided with her 93rd birthday? A Dame Barbara Cartland B The Queen Mother C Margaret Atwood D Elizabeth Taylor 3. What name is shared by ranges of mountains in Scotland and Australia? A Grampians B Cairngorms C Rocky D Blue 4. In which American city was there a famous ‘Tea Party’ in 1773? A New York B Boston C Philadelphia D Chicago 5. Which New Zealand prime minister, first elected in 1984, refused to allow nuclear-armed ships to dock in New Zealand? A Richard Lange B Robert Lange C Philip Lange D David Lange 6. Romola Garai and Anya Taylor-Joy were among the stars of which 2017 BBC1 drama based on a 2014 novel by Jessie Burton? A Tiny Things B The Miniaturist C The God of Small Things D The Borrowers

Romola Garai See Question 6. 7. In Celtic mythology who was the intended wife of King Conchobar of Ulster? A Deirdre B Draupnir C Edda D Fafnir 8. Which fungal disease of trees was first described in the Netherlands? A Dutch oak disease B Dutch ash disease C Dutch birch disease D Dutch elm disease 9. Which star of The New Avengers was in Absolutely Fabulous on TV? A Jennifer Saunders B Honor Blackman C June Whitfield D Joanna Lumley 10. In which city did Adolf Hitler live as a tramp after the Great War? A Berlin B Hamburg C Vienna D Munich 11. Which Seventies TV series featured the saga of a 19th century Liverpool shipping family?

A The Liver Birds B The Onedin Line C Brookside D Poldark 12. Which Irish missionary and abbot set up a monastery on Iona? A St Joseph B St Patrick C St Columba D St Mark 13. Of which country did Prince Norodom Sihanouk first become king in 1941? A Cambodia B Burma C Oman D Afghanistan 14. What sort of creature is a schipperke? A A dog B A monkey C A cat D A lizard 15. What type of creature is the firefly? A Beetle B Spider C Bird D Snake