Western Daily Press (Saturday)
General Knowledge Quiz
1. In which English county can Creswell Crags be found?
A Yorkshire B Cumbria C Derbyshire D Wiltshire
2. Which American actress played Pam Ewing in Dallas?
A Victoria Grace B Victoria Harrow C Victoria Uno D Victoria Principal
3. Who is the goddess of destruction in Hindu mythology?
A Vishnu B Shiva C Brahma D Kali
4. Who was leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1980?
A Joseph Stalin B Alexander Kerensky C Alexei Kosygin D Maxim Litvinov
5. In mammals what is the outer layer of the skin called?
A Membrane
B Epidermis
C Coat
D Externis
6. Which US teen drama thriller series set in a small Texas town stars Olivia Holt, Chiara Aurelia, Froy Gutierrez and Harley Quinn Smith?
A Cruel Summer
B Evil Autumn
C Nasty Winter
D Deadly Spring
7. What is the name of Gianni Versace’s sister who stepped into his shoes at his fashion house?
A Antonetta
B Maria
C Donatella
D Fabia
8. Which Irish republican leader was the last to visit 10 Downing Street before Gerry Adams?
A De Valera
B Parnell
C Collins
D O’Shay
9. How many grams are in a kilogram?
A One hundred
B Ten thousand
C One thousand
D One million 10. Who wrote the novels A Passage to India and A Room with a View?
A Bruce Chatwin
B EM Forster
C WH Auden
D Rudyard Kipling
11. What sort of creature is a Hungarian puli?
A A snail
B A sheepdog
C A frog
D A cat
12. In which country is the Atacama Desert?
A Chile
B USA
C China D Saudi Arabia
13. Which British novelist wrote Bulldog Drummond?
A Charles Henry Madge B James Oppenheim C HC ‘Sapper’ McNeile D Channing Pollock
14. In which country would one be likely to find a kibbutz?
A Brazil
B Egypt
C Israel
D Spain
15. Who wrote The Life of Dr Johnson?
A James Boswell B Henry Thomas C Samuel James D Richard Purcell