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. 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
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 1998-2000 TV sitcom created by Victoria Wood also starred her as canteen manager Brenda Furlong?
A canteenies
B dinnerladies
C two soups
D all day breakfast
7. Who played Motel owner Meg Richardson in Crossroads?
A Tracy Gordon
B Michelle Gordon
C Noele Gordon
D Joni Gordon
8. What is the currency of Venezuela?
A Schilling
B Bolivar
C Pound
D Peso
9. According to Arthurian legend which wizard counselled and assisted Arthur and his father Uther Pendragon?
A Merlin
B Sauron
C Saruman
D Gandalf
10. Who composed Siegfried’s Funeral March?
A Dvorak
B Wagner
C Elgar
D Strauss
11. In what year was the Reuters news agency founded?
A 1801
B 1851
C 1901
D 1951
12. Who is the chairman of the British Board of Film Classification?
A Michael Witham Smiles
B Andreas Whittam Smith
C Quentin Thomas
D Thomas Love Williams
13. Which instrument associated with Scottish music consists of a windbag, chanter and drones?
A Sackpipes
B Screechpipes
C Bagpipes
D Dronepipes
14. Which group had a top ten 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