General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who played Jim Phelps in TV’S Mission: Impossible?
A Richard Graves
B Robert Graves
C Peter Graves
D Marshall Graves
2. Gerlachovka is the highest peak of which mountain system? A The Alps
B The Carpathians
C The Pyrenees
D The Cairngorms
3. Which novelist wrote the legal thrillers A Time to Kill, The Pelican Brief, and The Runaway Jury?
A James Patterson
B John Grisham
C Lee Child
D Dan Brown
4. Who was the last Saxon king of England?
A Edward the Martyr
B Harold II
C Edgar
D Alfred the Great
5. After which Roman general was the Fabian Society named?
A Fabia Majestica B Fabium Imperia C Fabius Maximus D Fabias Regalis
6. In which 1990s TV sitcom did Penelope Keith and William Gaunt play grandparents raising the children of their late, estranged son?
A After Henry
B Next of Kin
C Hold the Sunset
D People Like Us
7. What was Bruce Willis’s character in the TV series Moonlighting called?
A David Addison
B Michael Fox
C Barry Frank
D Joey Ritchie
8. Which ‘angry young man’ wrote the novels Lucky Jim and The Old Devils?
A Kingsley Amis
B John Wain
C John Braine
D Stan Barstow
9. Which English Metaphysical poet was appointed Dean of St Paul’s in 1621?
A Sir Walter Raleigh
B Ben Jonson
C Andrew Marvell
D John Donne 10. Which former viceroy of India was the great-grandson of Queen Victoria?
A Earl Mountbatten
B Earl Snowdon
C Earl Stansgate
D Earl Salisbury
11. Which meteorological instrument was invented by Evangelista Torricelli?
A Weather vane
B Mercury barometer C Windsock
D Hygrometer
12. What is the capital of Colombia?
A Papayan
B Bogotá
C Manizales
D Caracas
13. Which rock band released an album entitled Mother Nature Calls?
A Cast
B Oasis
C Ocean Colour Scene D Blur
14. Who sailed around the world in the Gipsy Moth IV?
A Frank Butcher B Francis Doncaster C Frank Rogers D Francis Chichester
15. How many pairs of legs do arachnids have?
A Four
B Eight
C Six
D Ten