General Knowledge Quiz
1. What name is given to the 1938 Union of Austria with Germany?
A Austro-German Pact B Pact of Steel C Anschluss D Leibensraum
2. What name is given to the statement of Christian belief accepted by the first Council of Nicaea in 325?
A The Te Deum B The Benediction C The Rogation D The Nicene Creed
3. What do the initials RNLI stand for?
A Royal National Liver Institute B Royal National Lifeboat Institution C Royal National Lung Institute D Royal National Lizard Institute
4. In the Old Testament who was the father of David’s friend Jonathan?
A Jacob
B Isaac
C Saul
D Isaiah
5. Who presented TV’s Stars in Their Eyes?
A Matthew Kelly B Michael Barrymore C Jonathan Ross D Rory Bremner
6. Which member of Destiny’s Child featured on rapper Nelly’s 2002 No. 1 hit Dilemma?
A Kelly Rowland
B Beyoncé
C Michelle Williams
D Farrah Franklin
7. Which manned US space station was launched in 1973 and fell to earth in 1979?
A Mir
B Apollo IV
C Sputnik
D Skylab
8. Which Antarctic explorer was forced to abandon his ship Endurance to the ice in 1915?
A Henry Hudson
B Sir Ernest Shackleton
C Roald Amundsenr
D Sir John Franklin
9. What name is given to the decorative stonework supporting the glass in Gothic windows?
A Clerestory
B Sacristy
C Tracery
D Vestry 10. Which year saw the premiere of the Disney animation Bambi? A 1952
B 1938
C 1948
D 1942
11. What station was home to the firefighters of Blue Watch in the series London’s Burning?
A Orton Fire Station
B Hampton Fire Station
C Blackwall Fire Station
D Hackney Fire Station
12. Who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country?
A Alan Dale B Alan Lee C Alan Paton D Alan Bennett
13. Who do you associate with the phrase ‘Cogito ergo sum’?
A Eugene Ionesco B Louis XVI C Immanuel Kant D Rene Descartes
14. Which early-learning series used a host of ‘Muppets’ to help present the show?
A Pigeon Street
B Sesame Street
C Play Days
D You & Me
15. What sort of creature is a dace?
A An insect B A fish
C A rodent D A bird