GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1 What is the Latin name for Switzerland? A Helvetia

B Octavian

C Grapius

D Aurelius

2 Which Welsh poet wrote the radio play Under Milk Wood?

A TS Eliot

B Dylan Thomas

C WH Auden

D Donald Davie

3 Which popular tidy characters were created by Elisabeth Beresford? A The Wombles

B The Tweenies

C The Teletubbies

D The Wurzels

4 In which county is Dartmoor?

A Devon B Derbyshire C Yorkshire D Cornwall

5 Which Coronation Street character was played by Elizabeth Dawn?

A Vera Duckworth

B Bet Lynch

C Mavis Duckworth

D Rita Fairclough

6 Which Italian modern art movement was initiated by Marinetti?

A Tachisme

B Pop Art

C Futurism

D Naïve Art

7 How long approximately is Route 66?

A 600 miles

B 4 500 miles

C 6 600 miles

D 2 200 miles 8 Canadian singer Shawn Mendes collaborated with Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello on which 2019 single? A Mademoiselle B Señorita

C Monsieur

D Senor

9 Which cricket team beat Pakistan, effectively knocking them out of the 2007 ICC World Cup? A Ireland

B Bangladesh

C Holland

D Scotland

10 For what style of music is musician Herb Alpert famous?

A Jazz

B Country

C Rock

D Classical 11 Who scored England’s first goal of the 1998 World Cup Finals?

A Alan Shearer

B Michael Owen

C Teddy Sheringham D Andy Cole

12 The Peso Boliviano is the national currency of which country?

A Spain

B Portugal

C Dominican Republic D Bolivia

13 Who played Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley?

A Sarah Ferguson

B Sarah Lancashire

C Sarah Millican

D Sarah Lancaster

14 What sort of creature is a gerenuk?

A An antelope

B A frog

C A cat

D A snake

15 Who was king of Great Britain and Ireland when the American colonies were lost? A Charles II

B George II

C George III

D William IV