GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1 Which US government department is represented by the initials CIA?

A Criminal Investigative Agency B Central Internal Authority C Central Intelligence Agency D Crime Initiative Association

2 Which ‘angry young man’ wrote the novels Lucky Jim and The Old Devils?

A Kingsley Amis B John Wain C John Braine D Stan Barstow

3 Of which mountain system is Mount Gerlachovka the highest peak?

A The Alps

B The Carpathians C The Pyrenees D The Cairn Gorm

4 Which acute viral infection killed about 20 million people in an epidemic in 1918-19?

A Typhoid B Influenza C Hepatitis D Rubella

5 Who was the last Saxon king of England?

A Edward the Martyr B Harold II

C Edgar

D Alfred the Great

6 Which song by English singer/songwriters Elton John and Dua Lipa topped the UK charts in 2021?

A Cold Heart B White Star C Hot Diamond D Warm Red 7 What is Brian Cox’s character in the US TV series Succession called?

A Logan Roy B Ray Molina C Logan Lucky D Rob Roy

8 After which Roman general was the Fabian Society named?

A Fabia Majestica B Fabium Imperia C Fabius Maximus D Fabias Regalis

9 Who played Jim Phelps in TV’s Mission: Impossible?

A Richard Graves B Robert Graves C Peter Graves D Marshall Graves 10 Which great English Metaphysical poet was appointed Dean of St Paul’s in 1621?

A Sir Walter Raleigh B Ben Jonson C Andrew Marvell D John Donne

11 Which former viceroy of India was the great-grandson of Queen Victoria?

A Earl Mountbatten B Earl Snowdon C Earl Stansgate D Earl Salisbury

12 Which meteorological instrument was invented by Evangelista Torricelli?

A Weather cock B Mercury barometer C Wind Sock D Torricelli meter

13 What is the capital of Colombia?

A Papayan B Bogota C Manizales D Caracas

14 Which Liverpool rock band released an album entitled Mother Nature Calls?

A Cast

B Oasis

C Ocean Colour Scene D Blur

15 Who sailed around the world in the Gipsy Moth IV?

A Frank Butcher B Francis Doncaster C Frank Rogers D Francis Chichester