General Knowledge Quiz
1. What sort of creature is a rail? A A snake
B A bird
C A lizard
D A mammal
2. What is the name for the decay caused by fungi attacking wood with a high moisture content?
A Dry rot
B Fungi rot
C Wet rot
D Moss rot
3. Which female vocalist released an album entitled Drag?
A Shania Twain
B Annie Lennox
C Toni Braxton
D k.d. lang
4. From the roots of which climbing plant is the insecticide rotenone obtained?
A Honeysuckle
B Derris
C Ivy
D Clematis
5. Who is said to have achieved enlightenment while sitting beneath the Bodhi tree
A Vishnu
B Jesus Christ
C Muhammad
D Buddha
6. Roger Lloyd Pack is best remembered for playing which much-loved character in Only Fools and Horses?
A Trigger
B Boycie
C Denzil
D Mike 7. In heraldry which colour is represented by the word “gules”? A Gold
B Green
C Red
D Silver
8. Which British architect designed the Albert Memorial and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office?
A Sir Christopher Wren
B Sir William Emerson
C Sir George Gilbert Scott
D Sir Joseph Paxton
9. Which actress, who died in 1983, played the irascible Ena Sharples in Coronation Street? A Violet Carson
B Judy Carson
C Irma Carson
D Irene Carson 10. The dinar is the national currency of which of these countries?
A Qatar
B Israel
C Syria
D Iraq
11. Who wrote Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse?
A Margaret Atwood B Virginia Woolf C Louisa May Alcott D Charlotte Brontë
12. Who is the co-founder and first chief executive of Microsoft? A Fred Perry
B Bill Gates
C Clive Sinclair
D Tommy Preston
13. In which English county is the Fylingdales early-warning radar station situated?
A Suffolk
B Norfolk
C Hampshire
D North Yorkshire
14. Which British rock band released an album of dance mixes of their songs entitled Deconstructed?
A Bush
B Travis
C Suede
D Oasis
15. What does a pluviometer measure?
A Windspeed B Temperature C Humidity D Rainfall