General Knowledge Quiz
1. Of which country is the baht the monetary unit?
A Thailand
B Laos
C Bangladesh
D Vietnam
2. In which country can the Yamuna River be found?
A India
B Zambia
C Pakistan
D Brazil
3. In which year did Native American leader Sitting Bull die? A 1830
B 1910
C 1890
D 1930
4. Which essayist and dramatist, founder of The Tatler and The Spectator, also wrote the play The Funeral?
A Sir Robert Peel
B Sir Richard Steele
C Sir Howard Roberts
D Sir Michael Robb
5. Which actress played Dorothy in the US sitcom The Golden Girls?
A Roseanne Arthur
B Bea Arthur
C Cybil Arthur
D Iris Arthur
6. Which BBC reality show is presented by Joe Lycett along with judges Esme Young and Patrick Grant?
A Best Home Cook
B The Great Pottery Throw Down C Junior MasterChef
D The Great British Sewing Bee
Joe Lycett See Question 6
7. What colour is the pigment vermilion?
A Green
B Yellow
C Blue
D Red
8. By what name was the apatosaurus formerly known? A Tyrannosaurus Rex B Velociraptor
C Brontosaurus
D Stegosaurus
9. With which artistic movement were painters Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró and René Magritte associated?
A Impressionism
B Surrealism
C Cubism
D Abstract Expressionism 10. Which actor, who starred in The Singing Detective, received a knighthood in the 1998 New Year Honours list?
A Michael Caine
B Michael Ball
C Michael Crawford
D Michael Gambon
11. How is a cranefly commonly known?
A Horsefly
B Daddy-longlegs
C Housefly
D Bluebottle
12. In which year did the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory become operational? A 1947
B 1967
C 1957
D 1977
13. Which American novelist, author of The Carpetbaggers and The Adventurers, died in October 1997 at the age of 81?
A Harold Robbins
B Ernest Hemingway
C John Steinbeck
D Arthur Hailey
14. On which river does the French city of Chartres stand? A Seine
B Eure
C Rhine
D Dordogne
15. Which of the Mitford sisters married the British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley?
A Nancy
B Jessica
C Deborah
D Diana