Manchester Evening News

General Knowledge Quiz

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1. Which US president is famous for making the Gettysburg Address?

A George Washington B Thomas Jefferson C Abraham Lincoln D William McKinley

2. Who added the King’s to King’s Lynn?

A Henry V B Charles II C Henry VIII D George I

3. What name was given to the area of England where Danish customs prevailed between the 9th and 11th centuries?

A Viking land B Daneland C Danelaw D Anglo-Denmark

4. What name is given to saclike organ that stores bile produced by the liver?

A Gall bladder B Pancreas C Spleen

D Lower intestine

5. Which British political party grew out of the Tory Party in the 1830s?

A Liberal Party B Unionist Party C Labour Party D Conservati­ve Party

6. Which police procedural drama on Sky 1 stars Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin?

A Code 101 B Code 202 C Code 303 D Code 404

7. Which city in Piedmont is the centre of the Italian motor industry?

A Turin B Bologna C Milan D Naples

8. In 1933 Flying Down to Rio marked the start of Fred Astaire’s long partnershi­p with whom?

A Bette Davis B Katharine Hepburn C Ginger Rogers D Luise Rainer

9. Whom did California­n model Kelly Fisher claim to have been jilted by?

A Richard Gere B Dodi Fayed C Tom Cruise D Brad Pitt

10. Which English financier propounded the law that bad money drives out good?

A Maynard Keynes

B Sir Michael Trow

C Sir Thomas Gresham D Simon Masters

11. Sid Vicious, the subject of Alex Cox’s 1986 punk biopic Sid and Nancy, was bassist in which band?

A The Clash

B The Sex Pistols

C The Buzzcocks

D The Angelic Upstarts

12. Which American Civil War general became the 18th president of the United States?

A Ulysses S Grant B Andrew Johnson C Abraham Lincoln D James A. Garfield

13. Which city provided the setting for Kay Mellor’s TV drama Band of Gold?

A London B Manchester C Liverpool D Bradford

14. Which French novelist defended Dreyfus in an open letter entitled J’accuse?

A Albert Camus B Eugene Ionesco C Emile Zola D Victor Hugo

15. What is the name of Dick Dastardly’s canine servant?

A Scooby-Doo B Rocky C Rover D Mutley

 ??  ?? Daniel Mays See Question 6.
Daniel Mays See Question 6.

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