The Big General Knowledge Quiz

1 Which country, bordered by Libya and Algeria, is the northernmost country in Africa? 2 Which sport, known as jeu de paume in France, is still played at Hampton Court Palace?

3 Winter sport speed riding is a combination of paragliding and which other sport?

4 The Hungarian capital of Budapest stands on which river?

5 Which Arthurian figure was the subject of a poem by Tennyson and paintings by John William Waterhouse?

6 To which family of birds does the house martin belong?

7 Which comedian is the father of The Office and Shaun of the Dead actress Lucy Davis? 8 In which country is the highest peak of the Scandinavian mountains?

9 In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of victory?

10 Jeff Wayne composed a musical version of which much-adapted H. G. Wells science fiction novel?

11 Who was the

Russian psychologist known for using dogs in his work on conditional reflexes? 12 Which London museum houses the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles and material from the Palace of Knossos?

13 In a traditional game of Monopoly, what colour is Bond Street? 14 Which bridge stretches from Barton to Hessle and connects the East Riding of Yorkshire to North Lincolnshire? 15 Scoliosis is a medical condition that affects which part of the body?

16 What distinguishes ungulates from other mammals? 17 Which athlete’s controversial autobiography is called Race Against Me? 18 Hamilton is the capital of which island in the North Atlantic? 19 What kind of creature is a cicada?

20 Which Yale University psychologist conducted a notorious series of experiments to measure the willingness of participants to obey an authority figure in the 1960s?