GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
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
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