GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 With which sport was Henry Cooper associated?
A Golf
B Motor Racing
C American Football
D Boxing
2 What is a galvanometer used to measure?
A Small electric currents
B Humidity
C Metal density
D Radiation leaks
3 Which Holy Roman Emperor negotiated the Peace of Augsburg of 1555?
A Rapallo
B Claudius
C Bennedicto
D Ferdinand
4 In Greek mythology how are Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos better known?
A The Furies
B The Argonauts
C The Gorgons
D The Fates
5 Which Australian singer collaborated with David Guetta on his 2018 top 10 chart hit Flames?
A Delta Goodrem
B Iggy Azalea
C Sia
D Tina Arena
6 Played by Julia Garner, Ruth Langmore is a character from which Netflix crime drama series?
A Peaky Blinders
B Breaking Bad
C Lucifer
D Ozark
7 Which actress played Sergeant Cawood in BBC One series Happy Valley
A Nicola Walker
B Lorraine Ashbourne
C Sarah Lancashire
D Brenda Blethyn
8 What is the professional organisation of British magicians called?
A The Magic Alliance
B The Magic Circle
C The Magician’s Ring
D The Magic Gathering
9 What was the name of exPresident Clinton’s pet labrador who was killed in a road accident in 2002?
A Buddy
B Pal
C Chum
D Mimi
10 Which fictional hero was created by Baroness Orczy?
A Robinson Crusoe
B Mr Darcy
C Oliver Twist
D The Scarlet Pimpernel
11 Which member of The Goons presented Potty Time?
A Spike Milligan
B Harry Secombe
C Michael Bentine
D Peter Sellers
12 Which TV series featuring a mythical Midlands police force was a spin-off of Z Cars?
A Softly, Softly
B The Bill
C Midlands Beat
D M Cars
13 Which actress loses her head in the grisly crime thriller Seven?
A Kim Basinger
B Jennifer Connolly
C Gwyneth Paltrow
D Cameron Diaz
14 What is the point of infinite density at the centre of a black hole called?
A Multiplicity
B Divinity
C Singularity
D Infinite Mass
15 Of which kind of bird is Psittacus erithacus the talkative variety?
A Canary
B Magpie
C Blackbird
D Parrot