General Knowledge Quiz
1. How many events are there in the decathlon in athletics?
A Ten
B Eight
C Twelve
D Six
2. Which English caricaturist and author wrote the novel Zuleika Dobson?
A Lawrence Durrell
B Anthony Powell
C Sir Max Beerbohm
D Ronald Firbank
3. Of which ancient people was Cerdic the ruler?
A Jutes B Saxons C Goths D Vandals
4. Which David Frost programme was sometimes abbreviated to TW3?
A This Week- 3 Hour Special
B That Was The Week That Was C The Third World
D The World, This Week, That Was
5. King Juan Carlos’s wife is the daughter of which country’s former king?
A Turkey B Spain C Monaco D Greece
6. Richard E. Grant who presented BBC4’s Write Around the World shot to fame in which 1987 cult classic film?
A Chariots of Fire
B Withnail & I
C A Fish Called Wanda D Quadrophenia 7. Who presented the natural history series The Living Planet and Life in the Freezer?
A Richard Attenborough
B David Bellamy
C David Attenborough
D Terry Nutkins
8. What nationality was the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard?
A Danish B Finish C Swedish D Norwegian
9. During which decade of the 20th Century was the Russian army easily defeated by the Japanese?
A 1910s
B 1900s
C 1920s
D 1930s 10. Who played Cathy Gale in TV’s The Avengers?
A Honor Blackman
B Tracy Blackman
C Jane Blackman
D Trudy Blackman
11. Who was the last Stuart monarch?
A William III
B Queen Anne
C Charles II
D James II
12. Which of the following birds is native to africa?
A Ostrich
B Emu
C Kiwi
D Cassowary
13. Which British prime minister was assassinated in the House of Commons by John Bellingham in 1812?
A Lord Grenville
B William Pitt
C George Canning
D Spencer Perceval
14. Who wrote the novel Sense and Sensibility?
A Jane Austen B Elizabeth Gaskell C William Thackeray D Louisa May Alcott
15. What was the title of the chief magistrate of Venice from about 697 AD?
A Don
B Drake
C Drayton
D Doge