Portsmouth News

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

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1 Which British spy novelist wrote Smiley’s People and The Little Drummer Girl?

A John Pierre B Jean Reno

C Jean Louis-Carre D John Le Carre 2 Which Bantu peoples of South Africa fought the British at the Battle of Rorke’s Drift?

A Hutus B Tutsis C Zulus D Malis 3 Who won the 1997 Formula One world drivers’ championsh­ip?

A Damon Hill

B Michael Schumacher C David Coulthard D Jacques Villeneuve 4 Which cartoon canine helped the bungling Inspector Gadget to solve the mysteries?

A Brains B Spot C Woofy D Beethoven 5 At which French port did the British army make a spectacula­r retreat from the advancing German powers?

A Cherbourg B Dunkirk C Calais

D Le Havre 6 For her role in which musical romantic drama film did Ariana DeBose win an Oscar at the 2022 Academy Awards?

A A Star Is Born B West Side Story C In The Heights D Aladdin 7 Who wrote the Just So Stories in 1902?

A A.A Milne

B C.S Lewis

C Rudyard Kipling D Robert Louis Stevenson 8 Which overweight pupil of Greyfriars School featured in stories by Frank Richards? A Billy Bunter

B Tucker Jenkins

C Fatty Arbuckle

D Tubby Palmer 9 Who was the commander of Apollo 11?

A Buzz Aldrin

B Lance Gray

C Martin Malone

D Neil Armstrong 10 Which disc jockey/TV presenter created the character Captain Kremmen?

A Kenny Everett B Chris Evans C Steve Wright D Simon Mayo 11 Who had a top ten hit single in 1979 with If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?

A Barry White

B The Bellamy Brothers

C Rod Stewart

D David Essex 12 What name is given to an isolated mountain peak protruding through an ice sheet? A Glacial Peak

B Morraine

C Corrie

D Nunatak 13 Who was the commander of Apollo 11?

A Buzz Aldrin

B Neil Armstrong

C Lee Powers

D Thomas McCarthy 14 Which American general’s ‘last stand’ was at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

A General Robert Lee B General Eisenhower C General Sanders

D General Custer 15 What are the names of the two FBI agents in The X-Files? A David Scully and Francesca

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B Dana Scully and Fox Mulder C Danny Smith and Freddy Marx D Diana Scully and Frederick

Mulder

 ?? ?? Ariana de Bose See Question 6
Ariana de Bose See Question 6

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