GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Which ceremony occurs in the 3rd week of July on the Thames? A Duck-downing
B Heron-lefting
C Puffin-righting
D Swan-upping
2 Who is seen as the traitor of the Labour Party despite being their first true Prime Minister?
A Arthur Henderson
B Stanley Baldwin
C Ramsay MacDonald
D Clement Attlee
3 Of which fruit are honeydew and cantaloupe varieties? A Grapefruit
B Melon
C Strawberry
D Apple
4 Which Nobel Peace Prizewinning Norwegian explorer pioneered an identification card for displaced persons? A Fridtjof Nansen
B Roald Amundsen
C Christian Johannson
D Jork Rikverg
5 Who wrote the novel Diana of the Crossways?
A Thomas Hardy
B George Meredith
C Henry James
D Arnold Bennett
6 Which recent monster film sequel stars Alexander Skarsgard and Millie Bobby Brown?
A Godzilla vs. Kong B Shrek 5
C Frankenstein 2
D Gigan vs. The Mummy 7 Which German engineer is credited with manufacturing the first car powered by an internalcombustion engine?
A Karl Benz
B Claude Benz
C Mercado Benz
D Richard Benz
8 Which British decathlete won gold medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics?
A Roger Black
B Dean Macey
C Daley Thompson
D Bruce Jenner
9 In Shakespeare’s play who killed Macbeth?
A Duncan
B Lady Macbeth
C Macduff
D Malcolm 10 In which musical is the song 76 Trombones featured? A Calamity Jane
B Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers
C The Sound of Music
D The Music Man
11 What sort of creature is a weever?
A A rodent
B Afish
C A bird
D An insect
12 Pyrexia is a technical term for which medical symptom? A Fever
B Chicken Pox
C Flu
D Cold
13 Which British novelist wrote The Power and the Glory and The Third Man?
A John Grisham
B Bruce Chatwin
C Graham Greene
D Laurie Lee
14 In what year was the Peasants’ Revolt led by Wat Tyler and John Ball?
A 1288
B 1423
C 1381
D 1501
15 What distinguishes a Manx cat from other cats?
A Its ears are more pointed
B It does not have retractable
claws
C It has no tail
D It is vegetarian