General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which institution’s motto is ‘Serve to Lead’? A Sandhurst Royal Military Academy B Oxford University C John Lewis Partnership D Eton School 2. In which Asian country were fireworks invented? A Japan B Thailand C China D India 3. Which English metaphysical poet wrote To His Coy Mistress and The Garden? A Andrew Marvell B John Donne C Henry Vaughan D Abraham Cowley 4. What instrument is associated with Jack Teagarden? A Piano B Trombone C Guitar D Cello 5. Which Soviet president died in 1985? A Boris Yeltsin B Josef Stalin C Konstantin Chernenko D Andrei Gromyko 6. Hugh Jackman plays US senator and former presidential candidate Gary Hart in which film? A The High Hope B The Backstop C The Front Runner D The Lowdown
Author Philip Pullman See Question 15 7. According to Greek legend who was Hero’s lover? A Leander B Andromeda C Helen D Cassandra 8. Who wrote The Rainbow and Women in Love? A E.M. Forster B D.H. Lawrence C Thomas Hardy D Anthony Trollope 9. What do the letters GNP stand for? A Gross National Product B Great National Pride C Grain Nurturing Potential D Grand National Presentation 10. Who became British Home Secretary in 1997? A Jack Straw B Kenneth Clarke C Frank Dobson D Mo Mowlam 11. Which character did Dawn French play in BBC One’s The Vicar of Dibley? A Josephine Grange B Geraldine Granger C Madelaine Grainger D Jacklin Grange 12. Which 2004 comedy featuring puppets and written by the creators of South Park had the bold tagline Putting the F back in Freedom? A Team America: World Police B Thunderbirds C The Muppets D FAB 13. What was the name of the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to New Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620? A The Marie Celeste B The Mayflower C The Voyager D The Queen Royal 14. Which French dramatist wrote The Bald Prima Donna and Man With Bags? A Albert Camus B Victor Hugo C Yves Navarre D Eugene Ionesco 15. Which upcoming BBC fantasy series about two parallel universes is based on a Philip Pullman novel series of the same name? A His Dark Materials B Mortal Engines C The Pendragon Cycle D Sally Lockhart