General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Derbyshire market town is associated with an almondflavoured pudding?
A Alfreton
B Matlock
C Uttoxeter
D Bakewell
2. What type of creature is the frogmouth?
A A toad
B A monkey
C A fish
D A bird
3. Which unguided flying bomb used by the Germans against Britain in World War II was also called a buzz bomb or doodlebug? A V-2
B ME109
C V-1
D FW55
4. Of which English county is Trowbridge the administrative centre?
A Wiltshire
B Kent
C Somerset
D Hampshire
5. Which vehicle is named from the Hindi for ‘Lord of the World’?
A Juggernaut
B Beetle
C Buggy
D Metro
6. What was the title of US singer Gloria Gaynor’s only UK Number One hit, in 1979?
A Never Can Say Goodbye
B Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
C I Am What I Am
D I Will Survive
7. Which singer; actor and congressman (who was formerly married to Cher) died in a skiing accident in 1998?
A Sonny Bono
B Sonny Yono
C Sonny Mono
D Sonny Kono
8. Which Brookside character was played by Louis Emerick?
A Jimmy Corkhill
B Al Johnson
C Mick Johnson
D Mick Frier
9. Which 14-year-old country singer won two awards at the 1997 Grammy awards ceremony in New York?
A Lesley Neil
B Rachel Bradley
C Louise Nelson
D LeAnn Rimes 10. Who played Adam Dalgleish in the P.D. James TV thriller series? A Roy Marsden
B Roy Weardon
C Roy Kenrick
D Roy Mathews
11. What is the speedwell genus of plants called?
A Veronica
B Carolina
C Perdita
D Peronia
12. Which golfer beat Greg Norman by five strokes to win the US Masters title in 1996?
A Tiger Woods
B Ian Woosnam
C Sandy Lyle
D Nick Faldo
13. What is the currency of Brazil? A Peso
B Real
C Rand
D Lira
14. Who played Stan Butler in On the Buses on TV?
A Norman Wisdom
B Reg Varney
C Kenneth Williams
D Charles Haughton
15. In which city was Prince Charles rushed by David Kang? A Tokyo
B Bejiing
C Sydney
D Los Angeles