General Knowledge Quiz
1. How many events are there in the decathlon in athletics?
A Ten
B Eight
C Twelve
D Six
2. Which English caricaturist and author wrote the novel Zuleika Dobson?
A Lawrence Durrell
B Anthony Powell
C Sir Max Beerbohm
D Ronald Firbank
3. Of which people was Cerdic the ruler?
A Jutes
B Saxons
C Goths
D Vandals
4. Who wrote the novel Sense and Sensibility?
A Jane Austen
B Elizabeth Gaskell
C William Thackeray
D Louisa May Alcott
5. King Juan Carlos’s wife is the daughter of which country’s former king?
A Turkey
B Spain
C Monaco
D Greece
6. Sir Derek Jacobi starred as the titular medieval detective in which 1990s drama, based on the works of Ellis Peters?
A Cadman
B Cadfael
C Cadogan
D Cadwallader
7. Who was the last Stuart monarch?
A William III
B Queen Anne
C Charles II
D James II
8. What nationality was the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard? A Danish
B Finish
C Swedish
D Norwegian
9. Which of the following birds is native to africa?
A Ostrich
B Emu
C Kiwi
D Cassowary
10. Who played Cathy Gale in TV’s The Avengers?
A Honor Blackman
B Tracy Blackman
C Jane Blackman
D Trudy Blackman
11. Who presented the natural history series The Living Planet and Life in the Freezer?
A Richard Attenborough
B David Bellamy
C David Attenborough
D Terry Nutkins
12. During which decade of the 20th Century was the Russian army easily defeated by the Japanese?
A 1910s
B 1900s
C 1920s
D 1930s
13. Which British prime minister was assassinated in the House of Commons by John Bellingham in 1812?
A Lord Grenville
B William Pitt
C George Canning
D Spencer Perceval
14. Which David Frost programme was sometimes abbreviated to TW3?
A This Week- 3 Hour
Special
B That Was The Week
That Was
C The Third World
D The World, This Week,
That Was
15. Which 1999 film starred Denzel Washington as Jeffery Deaver’s quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme?
A The Bone Collector
B Training Day
C Taking Lives
D The Siege