General Knowledge Quiz
1. What form of sentence was introduced to the UK by the 1972 Criminal Justice Act?
A Community Service B Hanging
C Flogging
D Corporal Punishment
2. In the Old Testament who made the Golden Calf which was destroyed when his brother Moses returned from Mount Sinai?
A Jacob B Job C Aaron D David
3. Who won the best female solo artist prize at the 2020 Brit Awards?
A Charli XCX B Mabel C FKA Twigs D Mahalia
4. In which year did Jamaica become independent?
A 1942 B 1922 C 1902 D 1962
5. Which king was married to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon?
A George IV B George V C George VI D Edward VII
6. Which 1999 film starred Om Puri as a Pakistani father living in Salford and married to an Englishwoman played by Linda Bassett?
A North is North B East is East C South is South D West is West
7. By what name was the Russian city of St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
A Stalingrad B Petrograd C Leningrad D Moscow
8. What was the first active communications satellite?
A Mir B Alpha IV C Telstar D Inmarsat
9. Which Saint’s feast day falls on 11th November?
A St. John B St. George C St. Patrick D St. Martin
10. Which billionaire oil heir and philanthropist was granted Britis citizenship in 1997?
A G Frank Getty Sr
B P Petty Gaul Jr
C S Samuel Jackson Jr D J Paul Getty Jr
11. Which Glaswegian rock group released an album entitled 0141 632 6326 in 1997?
A Garbage B Travis C Del Amitri D Gun
12. Which Italian island was the first place of exile of Napoleon I o France?
A Cyprus B Malta C Sicily D Elba
13. Which group had a 1980 hit with Dance Yourself Dizzy?
A Quick Silver B Liquid Metal C Liquid Gold D Gold Run
14. Which prime minister made Queen Victoria Empress of India?
A Lord Salisbury B Gladstone C Disraeli
D Peel
15. What is the SI unit of work or energy named after a British physicist?
A Joule B Calorie C Sucrose D Graft