General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which chemical element has the symbol C?
A Cadmium
B Calcium
C Carbon
D Copper
2. Which prime minister succeeded Anthony Eden, in January 1957?
A Harold Wilson
B Harold Macmillan
C Stanley Baldwin
D Henry Campbell Bannerman
3. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A Anne Earhart
B Amy Earhart
C Alison Earhart
D Amelia Earhart
4. What is the central bank of the USA called?
A Federal Reserve System
B Fort Knox
C Wall Street
D Dow Jones
5. Who had a number one hit single in 1964 with Glad All Over?
A The Dave Clark Five
B The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
C The Rolling Stones
D Bob Dylan
6. Maggie Steed and Glenda Jackson played elderly best friends in which recent BBC One adaptation of a novel by Emma Healey?
A Elizabeth Is Unwell
B Elizabeth Is My Friend
C Elizabeth Is Upset
D Elizabeth Is Missing
7. What is the name of the temple of Athena on the Acropolis at Athens from which the Elgin Marbles were taken?
A The Panther
B The Pantheon
C The Corinthenon
D The Parthenon
8. Who wrote Ivanhoe?
A Jane Austen
B Captain Frederick Marryat
C Sir Walter Scott
D John Galt
9. Which Russian-born US biochemist and science fiction writer wrote I, Robot and the Foundation Trilogy?
A Isaac Kamenev
B Isaac Zinoviev
C Isaac Karlov
D Isaac Asimov
10. Which Irish singer’s album Paint the Sky featured her memorable hit Orinoco Flow?
A Dana
B Sheila
C Regan
D Enya
11. In which present-day country is the Biblical land of Sheba?
A Iraq
B Iran
C Yemen
D Syria
12. Which naval administrator is famous for his diary which described the Plague and the Fire of London?
A Samuel Thomas
B Samuel Joseph
C Samuel Pepys
D Samuel Malvin
13. What was the name of the Anglo-Roman TV comedy starring Rory McGrath and Jimmy Mulville?
A Manchester 123
B Hadrian 123
C London 123
D Chelmsford 123
14. Which painter immortalised his native village of Cookham in Berkshire?
A Robert Adam
B Sir Stanley Spencer
C John Constable
D William Powell Frith
15. Which Austrian chancellor was killed in 1934 in an attempt by the Nazis to seize power?
A Engelbert Dollfuss
B Gustav Reinhardt
C Max Wolfgang
D Sebastien Richtenberg