General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which unit of magnetic flux is represented by the symbol Wb? A Webbrosis
B Weber
C Wab
D Wibricity
2. To which island group does Islay belong?
A The Outer Hebrides B The Shetland Islands C The Orkney Islands D The Inner Hebrides
3. In what sort of building would you find a rood screen?
A A library
B A church
C A university D A police station
4. Which king was ‘Farmer George’?
A George III
B George I
C George IV
D George V
5. Which London theatre was managed by Colley Cibber, David Garrick and Richard Brinsley Sheridan?
A Adelphi
B Piccadilly
C Palladium
D Drury Lane
6. Which Bond girl does Ana de Armas play in the 2021 film No Time to Die?
A Solange
B Solitaire
C Nicole
D Paloma 7. Which archipelago in French Polynesia comprises the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands?
A Easter Islands
B Christmas Islands
C Friendly Islands
D Society Islands
8. Which bodily organs are supplied with blood by the renal artery?
A Eyes
B Intestines
C Lungs
D Kidneys
9. Which African team beat Scotland 3-0 in the 1998 football World Cup?
A Nigeria B South Africa C Morocco D Egypt
10. Who played mother-dominated Tim in the comedy series Sorry!?
A Peter Sellers
B Ronnie Corbett
C Frankie Howerd
D David Jason
11. Which Italian city is known as Firenze in Italian?
A Naples B Rome C Florence D Venice
12. Who wrote Our Man in Havana?
A D.H. Lawrence
B Ronald Firbank
C Graham Greene
D Samuel Beckett
13. Who wrote The Railway Children in 1906?
A E. Nesbit
B A.A. Milne
C C.S. Lewis
D Robert Louis Stevenson
14. Which horror writer has been immortalised for his invention of the Necronomicon (the book of the dead)?
A Edgar Allan Poe
B Bram Stoker
C Mary Shelley
D H.P. Lovecraft
15. Which Channel 5 music show was presented by Madness singer Suggs?
A Night Dance
B Night Song
C Night Fever
D Night Fun