GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Of which ocean is the sea of Japan a part?
A Atlantic Ocean B Indian Ocean C Arctic Ocean D Pacific Ocean
2 In which war did the term ‘fifth column’ originate?
A The Boer War B Spanish Civil War C The Crimean War D The Napoleonic War
3 Which actress played Alf Garnett’s daughter in TV’s Till Death Us Do Part?
A Una Stubbs B Una Smith C Una Thompson D Una Richards
4 Of which Dickens novel is Pip the central character?
A Bleak House B Oliver Twist
C A Tale of Two Cities D Great Expectations
5 Who plays Dorien Green in the TV comedy Birds of a Feather?
A Lesley Joseph B Pauline Quirke C Jenny Richards D Dina Kemp
6 Which BBC comedy stars Rose Matafeo as Jessie, a
New Zealander living and working in London who falls for a movie star?
A Gameface B Starstruck C Catastrophe D Toast of London 7 Which feuding family was Romeo a member of?
A Capulet B Endymion C Montague D Capone
8 Which director and actor provides the voice for Jedi Master Yoda in the Star Wars films?
A George Lucas B Frank Oz C Steven Spielberg D David Prowse
9 With what sort of music are Joan Baez and Woody Guthrie associated?
A Folk
B Classical
C Disco
D Country and Western 10 Which French army officer was sent to Devil’s Island when falsely accused of betraying military secrets to Germany in 1894?
A Claude Dreyfus B Alfred Dreyfus C Michel Dreyfus D Jean Dreyfus
11 What is the central part of an atom called?
A Molecule B Membrane C Atomic central D Nucleus
12 Which city became France’s capital for four days in WW2?
A Nice B Nantes C Tours D Orleans
13 Which element has the symbol Ar?
A Argon B Arsenic C Astatine D Americium
14 Which giant planet takes approximately 165 earth years to orbit the sun?
A Jupiter B Saturn C Uranus D Mars
15 Which metric unit of volume is equal to one cubic decimetre?
A Two Litres B Ten Litres C A Litre D Half a Litre