General Knowledge Quiz
1. Lanzarote and Tenerife are part of which island group? A Sardinian Islands B Balearic Islands C Azores Islands D The Canary Islands 2. Which female skier became the first American to win the downhill at the Alpine World Championships in 1996? A Piccolo Laine B Picabo Street C Picasso Street D Peekaboo Laine 3. What is the capital of Russia? A Minsk B St Petersburg C Moscow D Kiev 4. In Greek mythology which Muse was the patron of comedy? A Thalia B Daria C Karia D Tharia 5. Who plays Andy Sipowicz in NYPD Blue? A Boris Kapowitz B Frank Deniz C Richard Phillips D Dennis Franz 6. Which crime drama series that ran from 2007 to 2012 starred Glenn Close as high-stakes litigator Patty Hewes, and Rose Byrne as her law student protégé Ellen Parsons? A Law & Order B Ally McBeal C Damages D How to Get Away with Murder 7. Which popular British band of the 1960s released an album entitled To The Bone in 1994? A The Who B The Kinks C The Beatles D The Rolling Stones 8. Which world power was not asked to participate in the Treaty of Versailles; despite their heavy involvement in the war? A Japan B Russia C Italy D France 9. Who wrote Nicholas Nickleby and Our Mutual Friend? A Mrs Gaskell B George Eliot C Charles Dickens D William Thackeray 10. What name is given to the punishment of a convicted criminal by execution? A Corporal punishment B Lethal punishment C Deadly punishment D Capital punishment 11. What sort of creature is a dotterel? A A lizard B A fish C A mammal D A bird 12. Which character did Matthew Perry play in the US sitcom Friends? A Joey B Chandler C Ross D Dr Richard Burke 13. What was Anna Carteret’s character in Juliet Bravo called? A Inspector Kate Longton B Inspector Betty Davis C Inspector Katy Munroe D Inspector Juliet Brown 14. Which singer and actor wrote the song Me and Bobby McGee? A David Bowie B Jimmy Nail C Damon Albarn D Kris Kristofferson 15. Which cave on the island of Staffa inspired an overture by Mendelssohn? A Staffa’s Cave B Wookie Hole C Fingal’s Cave D Caffrey Cavern