General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which charitable organisation was founded to care for children?
A RSPCA B RSPB C RNLI D NSPCC
2. What was the title of the album released by the Bee Gees in 1997?
A Still the Bee Gees B Still Alive C Staying Alive D Still Waters
3. Which Zulu chief was stabbed to death by his half-brothers in 1828?
A Shaka B Haile C Mugabe D Selasse
4. What is the highest number used in bingo?
A 100 B 90 C 66 D 70
5. Which Italian city gives its name to a sausage and a sauce popular with spaghetti?
A Rome B Venice C Bologna D Milan
6. Which new ITV reality series sees AJ Odudu and Freddie Flintoff challenging celebrities to row the length of Britain?
A Don’t Rock the Boat B Row, Row, Row Your Boat C Row for Britain
D Rowing for Gold
7. By which acronym is the International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists known?
A AIPPEEN B PEN C IAP D PPEEN
8. What name was given to the skeletal remains uncovered in a gravel pit in East Sussex in 1912?
A Piltdown Man B Windmill Hill Man C Lewes Man
D Rye Man
9. Of which country is Sfax the second largest city?
A Turkey B Tunisia C Libya D Borneo
10. What do the letters PS stand for?
A Please Send B Please Stamp C Post Scriptum D Passe Savoye
11. Which major sporting event was won by the Florida Marlins in 1997?
A American football’s Superbowl B Baseball’s World Series C Basketball’s World Series
D Ice hockey’s Stanley Cup
12. Which Welsh snooker player won the first of his six world championships in 1970?
A Ray Reardon B Mark Williams C Stephen Hendry D John Parrott
13. Which king who died in 1936 began the tradition of the Christmas Day broadcast from the monarch?
A George V B Edward VIII C George VI D Edward VII
14. Which group’s top ten hits included My Girl; Embarrassment and Grey Day?
A Crowded House B U2
C Madness
D REM
15. On which island is the Indonesian capital Jakarta situated?
A Malaysia B Timor C Java D Borneo