General Knowledge Quiz
1. What was the name of the caste of warriors in feudal Japan? A Samurai
B Geisha
C Sumo
D Ninja
2. By what name is the medicine consisting of a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water called?
A Magnesia water
B Milk of magnesia
C TCP
D Magnesium tonic
3. What was the name of Scooby Doo’s cowardly best friend?
A Waggy
B Craggy
C Saggy
D Shaggy
4. What is the national currency of Morocco?
A Dirham
B Pound
C Dollar
D Kyat
5. Which Greek goddess personified the earth?
A Aphrodite
B Artemis
C Gaia
D Helena
6. Which new film stars Javier Bardem, and Elle Fanning as his daughter who is grappling with the challenges of his mind as it goes on a hallucinatory journey? A Road Trip
B A Million Miles Away
C Take Me Home
D The Roads Not Taken
Toby Jones See Question 15
7. The team of Allies in Escape to Victory included Pele and Bobby Moore, but who played in goal for the side?
A Bruce Grobbelaar
B Peter Shilton
C Sylvester Stallone
D Michael Caine
8. What name is given to the stones that make up prehistoric monuments such as Stonehenge, Avebury and the Ring of Brodgar? A Aeroliths
B Stegaliths
C Mystoliths
D Megaliths
9. Which Japanese motorcycle manufacturer makes the Bandit, the Hayabusa and the Katana?
A Yamaha
B Kawasaki
C Honda
D Suzuki 10. What is the capital of Lebanon?
A Belgrade
B Damascus
C Tripoli
D Beirut
11. In which novel did Sherlock Holmes first appear?
A The White Company
B The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes C The Hound of the Baskervilles
D A Study in Scarlet
12. Which jockey shared a table with the Queen at a banquet to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary?
A Walter Swanson
B Walter Swinburn
C Walter Sampson
D Walter Simpson
13. Which Japanese city was the site of the 1972 Winter Olympics? A Sapporo
B Nagoya
C Toyama
D Kanazawa
14. Which breed of dog, bred for hare coursing and racing, can reach speeds of over 40 mph?
A Lurcher
B Great Dane
C Golden Retriever
D Greyhound
15. Toby Jones and Richard Armitage were among the stars of a recent BBC4 lockdown performance of which Chekhov play?
A Three Sisters
B Ivanov
C Uncle Vanya
D The Bear