General knowledge quiz

ART & LITERATURE

1 Who wrote Barnaby Rudge? 2 Which wooden puppet character was created by Carlo Collodi more than 100 years ago? 3 Crime and Punishment is a novel by which Russian writer? 4 Which English playwright wrote Hay Fever and Private Lives? 5 Which Danish fairy tale writer authored The Ugly Duckling? 6 Who became UK Poet Laureate in 1984?

GEOGRAPHY

7 Of which country is Santiago the capital? 8 Which southern European country borders only one other? 9 Which American city is the state capital of Georgia and the HQ of the Coca Cola Company? 10 Which famous Indian mausoleum was built on the river Jumna near Agra? 11 Of which group of islands in the Indian Ocean is Malé the capital? 12 In which continent is the Great Rift Valley?

NATURE

13 What sort of creature is an adder? 14 What are kelp, laver and sea lettuce examples of? 15 What sort of creature is a chameleon? 16 In general, which are bigger, African elephants or Indian elephants? 17 What sort of creature is an impala? 18 What sort of creature is a flounder?

SPORT & LEISURE

With which sport was Rod Laver associated? Who won the ice dance World Championship from 1981 to 1984? 21 Who was captain of the England Cricket team 1986-88 and captained an unofficial tour of South Africa in 1990? 22 Which US golfer is nicknamed ‘the Golden

Bear’? 23 Which sport uses the terminology snatch and

jerk? 24 Which South American country won the

football World Cup in 1978 and 1986? 19 20

POT LUCK

25 Which mineral was used to produce a spark in guns? 26 In which American city is a famous Mardi Gras festival held annually? 27 D is the international car registration for which country? 28 The Tuareg people are native to which continent? 29 Which creature did St George slay? 30 In which religion is the Hail Mary said? Solutions at the end