General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which hereditary disease causes the blood not to clot properly? A Epithelioma B Nephritis C Haemophilia D Poliomyelitis
2. Which British novelist created Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle and Humphry Clinker? A Tobias Rinsk B Tobias Smithson C Tobias Smollett D Tobias Lansk
3. Which king was the target of the Gunpowder Plot? A Charles I B Charles II C James I D Henry VII
4. In what year was the Reuters news agency founded? A 1801 B 1851 C 1901 D 1951
5. With which branch of the German armed forces was Alfred von Tirpitz associated? A Air force B Land Army C Navy D Secret Services
6. Which actress starred alongside Keira Knightley as a Sikh teenager named Jess, who rebels by joining a football team in 2002’s Bend It Like Beckham? A Parminder Nagra B Anjli Mohindra C Archie Panjabi D Shelley Conn
7. Who played Motel owner Meg Richardson in Crossroads? A Tracy Gordon B Michelle Gordon C Noele Gordon D Joni Gordon
8. Which instrument associated with Scots music consists of a windbag, chanter and drones? A Sackpipes B Screechpipes C Bagpipes D Dronepipes
9. Who won the women’s 400m hurdles at the 1992 Olympic Games? A Debra Flintoff-King B Sally Gunnell C Marie-Jose Perec D Olga Bryzgina
10. Who composed Siegfried’s Funeral March? A Dvorak B Wagner C Elgar D Strauss
11. According to Arthurian legend, which wizard counselled and assisted Arthur and his father Uther Pendragon? A Merlin B Sauron C Saruman D Gandalf
12. Who is the president of the British Board of Film Classification? A Michael Witham Smiles B Andreas Whittam Smith C Patrick Swaffer D Thomas Love Williams
13. What is the currency of Venezuela? A Schilling B Bolivar C Pound D Peso
14. Which group had a top-10 hit single in 1982 with The Story of the Blues? A Ooh! B Wow! C Pow! D Wah!
15. What nationality was the painter and sculptor Henri Matisse? A Dutch B German C Hungarian D French