General Knowledge Quiz
1. What is the Latin name for Switzerland?
A Helvetia
B Octavian
C Grapius
D Aurelius
2. Which Welsh poet wrote the radio play Under Milk Wood?
A TS Eliot
B Dylan Thomas
C WH Auden
D Donald Davie
3. Which popular characters were created by Elisabeth Beresford?
A The Wombles
B The Tweenies
C The Teletubbies
D The Wurzels
4. In which county is Dartmoor? A Devon
B Derbyshire
C Yorkshire
D Cornwall
5. How long approximately is Route 66?
A 600 miles
B 4500 miles
C 6600 miles
D 2200 miles
6. Which 2021 American military science fiction action film starred Chris Pratt?
A Black Widow
B The Tomorrow War
C Infinite
D Outside the Wire
Chris Pratt See Question 6
7. Who was king of Great Britain and Ireland when the American colonies were lost?
A Charles II
B George II
C George III
D William IV
8. Which Coronation Street character was played by Elizabeth Dawn?
A Vera Duckworth
B Bet Lynch
C Mavis Duckworth
D Rita Fairclough
9. Which cricket team beat Pakistan, effectively knocking them out of the 2007 ICC World Cup?
A Ireland
B Bangladesh
C New Zealand
D England 10. Musician Herb Alpert is bestknown for playing which style of music?
A Jazz
B Country
C Rock
D Classical
11. Who scored England’s first goal of the 1998 World Cup Finals?
A Alan Shearer
B Michael Owen
C Teddy Sheringham
D Andy Cole
12. The peso boliviano is the national currency of which country?
A Spain
B Portugal
C Dominican Republic D Bolivia
13. Who played Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in Dempsey and Makepeace?
A Glynis Thomas
B Glynis Barber
C Glynis Eunace
D Glynis Phillips
14. What sort of creature is a gerenuk?
A An antelope
B A frog
C A cat
D A snake
15. Which Italian modern art movement was founded by Marinetti?
A Tachisme
B Pop Art
C Futurism
D Naïve Art