General Knowledge Quiz
1 A; 2 D; 3 D; 4 C; 5 B; 6 A; 7 A; 8 C; 9 C; 10 B; 11 B; 12 A; 13 B; 14 B; 15 C.
1. In which year was Popeye created?
A 1929
B 1899
C 1949
D 1959
2. In what year did the IRA bomb a hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party Conference?
A 1974
B 1964
C 1994
D 1984
3. Who is the Archbishop of Canterbury?
A Rowan Williams
B George Carey
C Robert Runcie
D Justin Welby
4. What is another name for a leopard; particularly one with a lot of black pigmentation?
A Puma
B Lynx
C Panther
D Ivory Leopard
5. Which satellite of Jupiter is the largest moon in our Solar System?
A Triton
B Ganymede
C Daemus
D Miranda
6. Which celebrity game show hosted by Richard Osman has earned a transfer to BBC1 primetime after its successful run on BBC2?
A Richard Osman’s House of Games
B Richard Osman’s House Rules
C Richard Osman’s On Board
D Richard Osman’s Quiz Night
7. Which rose is the main source of the fragrant essential oil attar of roses?
A Damask rose
B White Rose
C Heracleum Rose
D Edda Rose
8. Outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid headed for which South American country in the much-loved Western?
A Mexico
B Chile
C Bolivia
D Paraguay
9. Which French spa was the seat of Marshal Pétain’s collaborationist government from 1940 to 1944?
A Loches
B Bourges
C Vichy
D Limoges
10. Who was the correct name of Stan Laurel’s comedy partner?
A Olivier Hardie
B Oliver Hardy
C Oliver Hard
D Ollie Hardie
11. Who played notorious gangster Al Capone in Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables?
A Sean Connery
B Robert De Niro
C Dustin Hoffman
D Kevin Costner
12. By what nickname was Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Eugene Aldrin known?
A Buzz
B Buddy
C Balls
D Bats
13. Who was King of England from 1272 to 1307?
A Henry II
B Edward I
C William II
D Richard II
14. What is the repitition of a word at the start of consecutive sentences called?
A Bathos
B Anaphora
C Ellipsis D
Hyperbole
15. Which golfer became the first woman to win the same event four years in a row after a playoff at the 1997 Standard Register tournament in Phoenix?
A Betsy King
B Nancy Lopez
C Laura Davies
D Hollis Stacy