The big general knowledge quiz

1 An atheist denies the existence of whom?

2 The Dow Jones average is a price index on which city’s stock exchange?

3 Which river does the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge cross?

4 Which gold coin was worth 21 shillings?

5 What is the capital of Denmark?

6 The Adriatic is an arm of which sea?

7 Who starred as the clumsy detective in the Naked Gun films?

8 Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?

9 Bettino Craxi was prime minister of which country in the mid 1980s? 10 Haemoglobin carries which gas?

11 What is finding someone not guilty after a trial called?

12 In which American state is Detroit?

13 Which government post did John Major (inset) hold before becoming prime minister?

14 The Clumber, cocker and springer are varieties of which dog?

15 Which actor took his family to hell and back in National

Lampoon’s Vacation?

16 The SAS is an abbreviation for which British regiment?

17 What does sickle-cell disease affect?

18 In which continent is the Orinoco river?

19 Magyars are the largest ethnic group in which country?

20 Who played the horse-mad young girl Velvet Brown in Oscar-winning film National Velvet?