General knowledge quiz

ART & LITERATURE

1 Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?

2 What was the nationality of Edvard Munch,

painter of The Scream?

3 Which American playwright wrote Death of a

Salesman?

4 Which Irish playwright wrote The Plough and

the Stars?

5 Which New Zealander won the Booker Prize

for The Bone People?

6 Which Tolkien novel was the first to feature

Bilbo Baggins?

GEOGRAPHY

7 The Volga is the longest river in which

continent?

8 The Madeira Islands form an autonomous

region of what country?

9 Cagliari is the capital of which Italian region? 10 What is the highest mountain in Wales?

11 Stanley is capital of which group of Atlantic

islands?

12 In which US state is Key West?

NATURE

13 Homo sapiens is the specific name for which

modern creature?

14 What type of creature is a silverfish?

15 What is a monkey puzzle?

16 What is the collective name for kangaroos,

wombats and opossums?

17 Moose is the North American name for which

mammal?

18 Which flower is also called a fleur-de-lis?

SPORT & LEISURE

19 With which international team did Ruud Gullit

win the 1988 European Championship?

20 Which country won the 1982 Football World

Cup?

21 Sumo wrestling originated in which Asian

country?

22 How often is the Football World Cup usually

held?

23 For which international side was Garfield

Sobers an outstanding all-round cricketer? 24 Of which game was Bobby Fischer

World Champion?

POT LUCK

25 What are typically stored in a hangar?

26 What is the predominant colour of the US

dollar?

27 What is the highest rank in the British army? 28 The Ivy League is a collection of what type of

institutions?

29 The statue of which mythological creature stands in front of the Egyptian pyramids at El Giza?

30 For which type of schooling is RE an

abbreviation?

Solutions at the end