General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which meteorological instrument was invented by Evangelista Torricelli? A Weather cock B Mercury barometer C Wind sock D Torricelli meter
2. What is the capital of Colombia? A Papayan B Bogota C Manizales D Caracas
3. Which Liverpool rock band released an album entitled Mother Nature Calls? A Cast B Oasis C Ocean Colour Scene D Blur
4. Who sailed around the world in the Gipsy Moth IV? A Sir Frank Butcher B Sir Francis Doncaster C Sir Frank Rogers D Sir Francis Chichester
5. Which 1990 film, starring Alec Baldwin and Sean Connery, was based on one of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels? A The Pursuit of Black April B The Hunt for Red October C The Quest of Violet May D The Search for Blue January
6. How many pairs of legs do arachnids have? A Four B Eight C Six D Ten
7. Of which European country is the Dáil Éireann the representative assembly? A Republic of Ireland B Wales C Scotland D England
8. Which engineer designed the first British turbojet engine which powered a Gloster E29/39 aircraft?
A Sir Frank Windsor B Sir Frank Wallace C Sir Frank West D Sir Frank Whittle
9. Which small nocturnal primate is also called a galago? A Kangaroo B Koala C Duck-billed Platypus D Bushbaby
10. Who is the composer of the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker? A Puccini B Dvorak C Tchaikovsky D Mozart
11. What is the female reproductive unit of a flowering plant called? A Carpel B Stem C Petal D Pollen
12. Which of the following would classify the element Xenon? A Alkali metal B Noble gas C Base metal D Lanthanide
13. What was the pen name of the novelist Marie-henri Beyle? A Lumiere B Stendhal C Gaston D Ionesco
14. Which English bishop and missionary wrote Naught for your Comfort about South African apartheid? A Thomas Hardy B James Hanson C Trevor Huddleston D George Hodgson
15. Jodie Comer, Kenneth Cranham and Essie Davis are among the stars of which series on the Drama channel, based on the Philippa Gregory novel of the same name? A The Red Princess B The Blue Princess C The White Princess; D The Black Princess