GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1 Which chess piece can move only one square at a time in any direction?

A Pawn

B Rook

C Queen

D King

2 Who wrote the Booker Prize-winning novel Regeneration?

A Pat Barker

B Penelope Lively

C AS Byatt

D Keri Hulme

3 What is a young hare called? A Lapin

B Coney

C Leveret

D Kitten

4 Which imperial unit of weight is equal to 2240 pounds in its long form?

A Ton

B Megaton

C Millton

D Ten ton

5 To which family of fishes does the dab belong? A Tuna

B Salmon

C Shark

D Plaice

6 Lesley Sharp stars as a police officer trying to find her missing lover in which recent Channel 4 drama series?

A Now Leave

B After You Live

C When He Goes

D Before We Die

7 What sort of creature is a greylag?

A Goose

B Squirrel

C Rat

D Garden Bird 8 Who wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

A Arthur Miller

B John Wain

C Truman Capote

D Paul Scott

9 What was the first name of the Russian communist leader Lenin?

A Josef

B Alexei

C Markov

D Vladimir

10 In which Scottish castle was Princess Margaret born? A Glamis Castle

B Edinburgh Castle

C Dundee Castle

D Galloway Castle 11 What sort of creature is a yellowhammer?

A Frog

B Toad

C Insect

D Bird

12 Who won the women’s singles title at the 1996 Australian Open tennis tournament?

A S Graf

B M Navratilova

C A Sanchez

D M Seles

13 What is the capital city of Cuba?

A Havana

B Holguin

C Santiago de Cuba D Kingston

14 Who was the mythical son of Laius and Jocasta? A Heracles

B Jason

C Perseus

D Oedipus

15 Who wrote the poem If? A W. H. Auden

B Rudyard Kipling

C A.A Milne

D W.E. Henley