General knowledge quiz

ART & LITERATURE

1 Who wrote the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice? 2 Who wrote the 17th-century novel The Pilgrim’s Progress? 3 In which country was the 1979 novel A Dry White Season set? 4 Who wrote and illustrated The Tailor of Gloucester? 5 Who wrote Schindler’s Ark, on which Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List was based? 6 What nationality was the artist Rembrandt?

GEOGRAPHY

7 Tenerife is the largest in which group of islands? 8 Death Valley is located in which two states of America? 9 Jakarta is the capital of which Asian country? 10 The Yangtze River flows through which country? 11 The Black Forest can be found in which European country? 12 Beverly Hills is surrounded by which Californian city?

NATURE

13 What colour are most species of forget-menots? 14 Through which process are animal skins turned into leather? 15 An ibex is a type of which creature? 16 Elephant, grey and leopard are varieties of which marine mammal? 17 What kind of creature is a chiffchaff? 18 The Weimaraner is a breed of which animal?

SPORT & LEISURE

19 During which activity would you wear

jodhpurs? 20 In which country is Gaelic football mainly

played? 21 What is the main colour of Tottenham

Hotspur’s home jersey? 22 In which game do players use a squidger to

flick plastic discs into a cup? 23 In which stadium was the FA Cup final played

from 1923-2000? 24 With which sport is Franz Klammer

associated?

POT LUCK

25 What colour represents jealousy? 26 What is the highest-ranking Royal Navy officer? 27 Which component of a cigarette is the main cause of its addictive quality? 28 Which political party has been represented by both Bill and Hillary Clinton? 29 According to legend, Robin Hood lived in which forest? 30 Which psychologist devised the theory of the Oedipus Complex? Solutions at the end