General knowledge quiz

ART & LITERATURE

1 What name is given to poetry that does not have metrical form? 2 Who wrote The Water-Babies? 3 What colour was the whale in Moby Dick? 4 Who wrote The Railway Children? 5 Who wrote the 1928 novel Orlando? 6 Who wrote children’s fantasy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

GEOGRAPHY

7 In which US state is Venice Beach? 8 What is the English name for the Italian city Firenze? 9 With which country are Boers associated? 10 Kerala, Goa and Bihar are states of which country? 11 Gobi and Kalahari are names of which natural feature? 12 For which island is I.O.M. an abbreviation?

NATURE

13 Crocodiles are living relations of which extinct reptiles? 14 The dogfish is a species of which marine creature? 15 A loon is what type of creature? 16 The Clumber, cocker and springer are varieties of which dog? 17 Which red-brown coloured ape is found solely in Borneo and Sumatra? 18 The name of which bird can be preceded by homing or carrier?

SPORT & LEISURE

19 In which sport did Nicky Gooch win a bronze medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics? 20 Jake LaMotta and Sugar Ray Robinson were both champion boxers at which weight? 21 Which chess piece can be in check? 22 How many people are required for a game of patience? 23 In which sport was ‘Babe’ Ruth an all-time great? 24 How many sporting events comprise a pentathlon?

POT LUCK

25 Of which US city was David Dinkins mayor? 26 Which zodiac sign is represented by a centaur with a bow and arrow? 27 About which form of transport was the 1963 Beeching Report? 28 On which date is Halloween? 29 In which city institution would you find bears and bulls? 30 What did alchemists believe a philosopher’s stone could turn base metals into? Answers at the end