General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which US president is famous for making the Gettysburg Address?
A George Washington
B Thomas Jefferson
C Abraham Lincoln
D William McKinley
2. Who added the King’s to King’s Lynn?
A Henry V
B Charles II
C Henry VIII
D George I
3. What name was given to the area of England where Danish customs prevailed between the 9th and 11th centuries?
A Viking land
B Daneland
C Danelaw
D Anglo-Denmark
4. What name is given to saclike organ that stores bile produced by the liver?
A Gall bladder
B Pancreas
C Spleen
D Lower intestine
5. Which British political party grew out of the Tory Party in the 1830s?
A Liberal Party
B Unionist Party
C Labour Party
D Conservative Party
6. Which police procedural drama on Sky 1 stars Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin?
A Code 101
B Code 202
C Code 303
D Code 404
7. Which city in Piedmont is the centre of the Italian motor industry?
A Turin
B Bologna
C Milan
D Naples
8. In 1933 Flying Down to Rio marked the start of Fred Astaire’s long partnership with whom?
A Bette Davis
B Katharine Hepburn
C Ginger Rogers
D Luise Rainer
9. Whom did Californian model Kelly Fisher claim to have been jilted by?
A Richard Gere
B Dodi Fayed
C Tom Cruise
D Brad Pitt 10. Which English financier propounded the law that bad money drives out good?
A Maynard Keynes
B Sir Michael Trow
C Sir Thomas Gresham D Simon Masters
11. Sid Vicious, the subject of Alex Cox’s 1986 punk biopic Sid and Nancy, was bassist in which band? A The Clash
B The Sex Pistols
C The Buzzcocks
D The Angelic Upstarts
12. Which American Civil War general became the 18th president of the United States?
A Ulysses S Grant
B Andrew Johnson
C Abraham Lincoln
D James A. Garfield
13. Which city provided the setting for Kay Mellor’s TV drama Band of Gold?
A London
B Manchester
C Liverpool
D Bradford
14. Which French novelist defended Dreyfus in an open letter entitled J’accuse?
A Albert Camus
B Eugene Ionesco
C Emile Zola
D Victor Hugo
15. What is the name of Dick Dastardly’s canine servant? A Scooby-Doo
B Rocky
C Rover
D Mutley