General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Rugby Union player became the youngest-ever All Black when he made his debut against France in 1994 at the age of 19? A Jonah Lomu B Jamie Lomu C Jason Lomu D John Lomu 2. Which group released the album Fresco in 1997? A Sleeper B Elastica C M People D Skunk Anansie 3. In which country is the port of Haifa situated? A Iran B Israel C Iraq D Sri Lanka 4. Which French writer published the collection of fairy tales Contes de ma mere l’Oye; better known as Mother Goose? A Ionesco B Albert Camus C Pierre Cardin D Charles Perrault 5. Sadism is named after which French writer? A Marquis Sadiste B Marquis de la Sad C Marquis de Caraba D Marquis de Sade 6. Which 1998 film starred Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire as twins Jennifer and David? A The Twins Show B Pleased to Meet You C Pleasant Valley Sunday D Pleasantville 7. What is androphobia? A Fear of heights B Fear of beetles C Fear of dogs D Fear of men 8. What in nature is a brotulid? A A horse B A flower C A feline D A fish 9. Which mountains form a border between France and Spain? A Alps B Carpathians C Cairngorm D Pyrenees 10. In which popular US sport do the Green Bay Packers play? A Baseball B Ice Hockey C American Football D Basketball 11. What sort of creature is a wentletrap? A A mollusc B A fish C A mammal D An arachnid 12. Who starred on TV as Edna The Inebriate Woman? A Patricia Hayes B Sarah Hayes C Rachel Hayes D Lucia Hayes 13. Which soap enjoyed an Italian break during a special fiveepisode week in 1997? A Coronation Street B EastEnders C Emmerdale D Brookside 14. Who was the first woman MP to sit in the House of Commons? A Nancy Shelley B Nancy Pankhurst C Nancy Frost D Nancy Astor 15. Which poet wrote Sonnets from the Portuguese? A Sylvia Plath B Emily Dickinson C Elizabeth Jennings D Elizabeth Barrett Browning