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General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which charitable organisation was founded to care for children?
A RSPCA
B RSPB
C RNLI
D NSPCC
2. What was the title of the album released by the Bee Gees in 1997?
A Still the Bee Gees
B Still Alive
C Staying Alive
D Still Waters
3. Which manned US space station was launched in 1973 and fell to earth in 1979?
A Mir
B Apollo IV
C Sputnik
D Skylab
4. Of which country is Sfax the second largest city?
A Turkey
B Tunisia
C Libya
D Borneo
5. What do the letters PS stand for?
A Please Send
B Please Stamp
C Postscript
D Passe Savoye
6. Which 1980s TV sketch show starred Rik Mayall as anorakwearing reporter Kevin Turvey?
A A Kick Up the Eighties
B The New Statesman
C Saturday Night Live
D Absolutely
7. Which Italian city gives its name to a sausage and a sauce popular with spaghetti?
A Rome
B Venice
C Bologna
D Milan
8. What name was given to the skeletal remains uncovered in a gravel pit in East Sussex in 1912?
A Piltdown Man
B Windmill Hill Man
C Lewes Man
D Rye Man
9. Which king, who died in 1936, began the tradition of the Christmas Day broadcast from the monarch?
A George V B Edward VIII C George VI D Edward VII 10. Which noble gas is represented by the symbol Kr? A Xenon
B Krypton
C Radon
D Neon
11. Which major sporting event was won by the Florida Marlins in 1997?
A Football’s Super Bowl
B Baseball’s World Series
C Basketball’s World Series
D Ice hockey’s Stanley Cup
12. Which Welsh snooker player won the first of his six world championships in 1970?
A Ray Reardon
B Mark Williams
C Stephen Hendry
D John Parrott
13. What is the highest number used in bingo?
A 100
B 90
C 66
D 70
14. Which group’s top ten hits included My Girl, Embarrassment and Grey Day?
A Crowded House
B U2
C Madness
D R.E.M.
15. Which ITV crime drama series starred Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar?
A Unmistaken
B Unerased
C Unforgotten
D Unremembered