General Knowledge Quiz
1. When did the League of Nations come into being? A 1914 B 1929 C 1920 D 1933
2. Which British author wrote the novels Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones?
A Henry Fielding
B Jonathan Wild
C Samuel Richardson
D Henry David Thoreau
3. Which former MP wrote
The Four Feathers and stories featuring Inspector Hanaud?
A A E W Mason
B Geoffrey Archer
C Ramsay Macdonald D Winston Churchill
4. In which country (other than Malawi) is the kwacha a unit of currency? A Zambia B Ethiopia C Japan D China
5. Which Roman goddess is identified with the Greek Aphrodite as goddess of love?
A Mars
B Neptune
C Venus
D Pluto
6. In which 1997 film comedy did Jim Carrey play a crooked lawyer who is cursed by his son to tell the truth for a whole day?
A Big Little Lies
B The Invention of Lying
C Big Fat Liar
D Liar Liar
7. With which English county is Spode porcelain associated? A Essex B Staffordshire C Dorset D Cornwall
8. Which English colonist who sailed to America on the Mayflower was the military leader of the first settlement in New England?
A Myles Jameson
B Myles Thompson
C Myles Standish
D Myles Greene
9. Which chief author of the Declaration of Independence became president of the USA in 1801?
A George Washington
B Abraham Lincoln
C James Madison
D Thomas Jefferson
10. Who ruled England for nine days in 1553?
A Lady Jane Grey
B Margaret Maid of Norway C Mary I
D Edward of York
11. Which famous Australian soprano died in 1931? A Dame Nellie Melba B Dame Edna Elba C Dame Thora Melbourne D Dame Rachel Crowson
12. How was writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known?
A Mark Twain
B George Bernard Shaw C John Steinbeck
D Kingsley Amis
13. Which racing driver went out of the 1997 European Grand Prix after driving into Jacques Villeneuve?
A Damon Hill
B Michael Schumacher
C David Coulthard
D Eddie Irvine
14. Malcolm Mcdowell starred in which highly controversial film directed by Stanley Kubrick? A Eyes Wide Shut
B The Shining
C Lolita
D A Clockwork Orange
15. Which African insect transmits sleeping sickness?
A Tutu fly
B Tsetse fly
C Tootie fly
D Tsutsu fly