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? 3. Who won best female solo artist at the 2020 Brit Awards? A Mahalia
B Mabel
C Freya Ridings
D Jorgja Smith 4. In which year did Jamaica become independent? 5. Which king was married to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon? A George IV
B George V
C George VI
D Edward VII 6. Who completed the line-up of presenters for last year’s series of Autumnwatch on BBC2, alongside Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke?
A Gethin Jones
B Iolo Williams
C Eamonn Holmes
D Clare Balding 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 British 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 of 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