General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which ceremony takes place during the third week of July on the Thames?
A Duck Downing
B Heron Lefting
C Puffin Righting
D Swan Upping
2. Who is seen as the traitor to the Labour Party despite being their first true prime minister?
A Arthur Henderson
B Stanley Baldwin
C Ramsay MacDonald
D Clement Attlee
3. Of which fruit are the honeydew and cantaloupe varieties?
A Grapefruit
B Melon
C Strawberry
D Apple
4. What distinguishes a Manx cat from other cats?
A Its ears are more pointed
B It does not have retractable claws C It has no tail
D It is vegetarian
5. Which author and poet wrote the novel Diana of the Crossways?
A Thomas Hardy B George Meredith C Henry James D Arnold Bennett
6. English singer-songwriter Tom Grennan found fame as the guest vocalist on All Goes Wrong by which electronic music duo?
A Chase & Status
B The Chemical Brothers C Shanks & Bigfoot D Everything but the Girl 7. Which German engineer is credited with manufacturing the
first car powered by an internalcombustion engine?
A Karl Benz
B Claude Benz
C Mercado Benz
D Richard Benz
8. Which British decathlete won
gold medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics?
A Roger Black
B Dean Macey
C Daley Thompson
D Bruce Jenner
9. In Shakespeare’s play who killed Macbeth?
A Duncan
B Lady Macbeth C Macduff D Malcolm 10. In which musical is the song Seventy-Six Trombones featured? A Calamity Jane
B Seven Brides for Seven Brothers C The Sound of Music
D The Music Man
11. What sort of creature is a weever?
A A rodent
B A fish
C A bird
D An insect
12. Pyrexia is a technical term for which medical symptom?
A Fever
B Chickenpox
C Flu
D Cold
13. Which British novelist wrote The Power and the Glory and The Third Man?
A John Grisham
B Bruce Chatwin
C Graham Greene
D Laurie Lee
14. In which year did the Peasants’ Revolt take place, led by Wat Tyler and John Ball?
A 1288
B 1423
C 1381
D 1501
15. Which Nobel Peace Prizewinning Norwegian explorer pioneered an identification card for displaced persons?
A Fridtjof Nansen
B Roald Amundsen
C Christian Johannson
D Jork Rikverg