General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who played Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy in the Star Trek series?
A Leonard Nimoy
B James Doohan
C William Shatner
D DeForest Kelley
2. What is a score of forty-all in a game of tennis called?
A Deuce
B Love
C Tie
D Evens
3. Which Parliamentarian soldier in the Civil War became Cromwell’s son-in-law?
A Henry Ireton
B Charles Stewart
C Randolph Carter
D Harold Fields
4. Who wrote the novels Farewell, My Lovely and The High Window? A Raymond Chandler
B John Grisham
C Tom Clancy
D Colin Dexter
5. Which English king was known as the Unready?
A Harold
B William I
C Ethelred
D Henry IV
6. Dominic West and Alfie Allen are among the cast of which new BBC World War II drama based on a book by Ben Macintyre?
A SAS: Rogue Heroes
B Operation Mincemeat
C Agent Sonya
D A Spy Among Friends
Alfie Allen See Question 6.
7. What is the name of the railway which runs from Moscow to Vladivostok, a distance of about 5,770 miles? A The Moscow State Railway B The Cross-Russian Line
C The Great Link
D The Trans-Siberian Railway
8. Which two countries fought each other in the Hundred Years’ War?
A Iraq and Iran
B England and France C Egypt and Israel D Spain and France
9. What is the surname of the star of the US comedy series Ellen who received two Emmy Award nominations for her eponymous role?
A Richards
B Harris
C DeGeneres
D Sousie 10. What was the imaginary flying island in Gulliver’s Travels?
A Narnia
B Laputa
C Zenithia
D Mordor
11. Which country won the first men’s FIFA World Cup, in 1930? A Argentina
B Italy
C Brazil
D Uruguay
12. What sort of creature is a hellbender?
A A spider
B A rat
C A scorpion
D A salamander
13. Which Scottish novelist wrote The Heart of Midlothian? A Anthony Powell
B Sir Walter Scott
C Lawrence Durrell
D Barbara Pym
14. Which American group recorded the album Pretzel Logic in 1974?
A Steely Dan
B Dire Straits
C Skid Row
D Thin Lizzy
15. Which band of light crossing the night sky is composed of innumerable stars that are too faint to be seen individually?
A The Milky Way
B The Oort Cloud
C The Van Allen Belt
D The Kuiper Belt