GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Which American Civil War general captured and burned Atlanta in 1864?
A James Madison B General Andrew Jackson C John Quincy Adams D William T Sherman
2 What sort of creature is a treehopper?
A A squirrel B A bird
C A monkey D An insect
3 Which chemical element, symbol Lr, is named after the winner of the 1939 Nobel prize for physics?
A Lawcium B Littlium C Lawrencium D Lorium
4 Which Frankish ruling dynasty was founded by Pepin the Short?
A Plantagenets B Goths C Visgoths D Carolingians
5 Who was the last British Prime Minister to sit in the House of Lords?
A Gladstone B Salisbury C Rosebery D Balfour
6 What is the first name of the character played by Jude Law in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore?
A Albert B Albus C Alfred D Aloysius 7 What is the removal of salt from brine to produce fresh water called?
A Purification B Debrination C Desalination D Freshification
8 Who was Harold II’s brother who fought against him at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
A Josstick B Rostog C Tostig D Ristog
9 What name is given to a celestial phenomenon that has undergone such total gravitational collapse that no light can escape from it?
A Lightless Cavern B Dark Abyss C Black Space D Black Hole 10 What does the disease influenza literally mean?
A Influence
B Flu Enzyme C Cold Influx D Fast Spreading
11 What is the brightest star in the constellation Carina?
A Arcturus B Canopus C Marina D Peroni
12 Which band had a 1963 top ten hit with You Were Made For Me?
A Freddie and the Dreamers B Herman’s Hermits
C The Beatles
D The Shadows
13 Who wrote the cantata Carmina Burana?
A Carl Orff B Georges Bizet C Wolfgang Mozart D Richard Wagner
14 What name is given to the financial crisis in England in 1720 that revealed corruption among ministers?
A North Sea Bubble B Irish Sea Bubble C Atlantic Ocean Bubble D South Sea Bubble
15 Which New Zealand detective fiction writer created Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard?
A Dame Ngaio Roberts B Dame Ngaio Marsh C Dame Ngaio Maoro D Dame Ngaio Paou