General knowledge

1 Alaska, Ohio and Arizona are three US states that begin and end with the same letter. What is the fourth? 2 Jos Buttler’s return to the ‘red ball game’ this year was a triumph for…

a) Snooker

b) Cricket

c) Karaoke

3 Which British city’s postcode begins with CT?

a) Chester

b) Chichester

c) Canterbury

4 To the nearest 10 miles, how far is Edinburgh by road from Manchester?

a) 240 miles

b) 210 miles

c) 180 miles

5 The composer of The War Requiem also wrote the operas The Turn Of The Screw and Billy Budd. Who was he?

a) Benjamin Britten

b) Harrison Birtwistle

c) Edward Elgar

6 In his book The Spy And The Traitor, Ben Macintyre claimed which public figure was a KGB contact codenamed Boot?

a) Michael Foot

b) Arthur Scargill

c) Ross Kemp

7 Tham Luang Nang Non…

a) … is a cave complex in northern Thailand

b) … is Donald Trump’s new golf resort in South Korea

c) … has been romantically linked with Boris Johnson

8 Which British artist launched a show at the 2017 Venice Biennale called Treasures From The Wreck Of The Unbelievable?

a) Anish Kapoor

b) Damien Hirst

c) Rachel Whiteread