Puzzles General Knowledge Quiz
1. What is the best known book written by Louisa May Alcott?
A Pride and Prejudice
B Sense and Sensibility
C Vanity Fair
D Little Women
2. Which masked avenger was portrayed in the 1950s on the small screen by Guy Williams? A The Phantom
B Batman
C Zorro
D Spiderman
3. Who was Britain’s first Labour prime minister?
A Arthur Henderson B Harold Wilson C Ramsay MacDonald D Clement Attlee
4. Which French town gives its name to an English translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate version used by Roman Catholics?
A Le Havre
B Bordeaux
C Douai
D Montpellier
5. Who won the women’s race in the 2023 London Marathon?
A Sifan Hassan B Brigid Kosgei C Jemima Sumgong D Edna Kiplagat
6. What is the title of the fourteenth and latest album from US rock band Green Day?
A Saints
B Samaritans
C Saviors
D Guardian Angels
Green Day See Question 6 7. What sort of creature is a Camberwell beauty?
A A lizard
B A butterfly
C A bird
D A fish
8. What is the principal chapel of the Vatican, whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo?
A St Michael’s Chapel
B The Benedictine Chapel
C The Sistine Chapel
D St John’s Chapel
9. According to the book of Daniel, at whose feast did the guests see the Writing on the Wall?
A Baal
B Belshazzar
C Barrabas
D Balthazar 10. What nationality was the painter Vincent Van Gogh?
A German
B Italian
C Dutch
D French
11. Which Italian violinist and composer wrote the set of concertos known as The Four Seasons?
A Rossini
B Verdi
C Vivaldi
D Albinoni
12. Which racing driver went out of the 1997 European Grand Prix after driving into Jacques Villeneuve?
A Damon Hill
B Michael Schumacher
C David Coulthard
D Eddie Irvine
13. Which British author wrote the novels Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones?
A Henry Fielding B Jonathan Wild C Samuel Richardson D Henry David Thoreau
14. Which former MP wrote The Four Feathers and stories featuring Inspector Hanaud?
A A. E. W. Mason B Jeffrey Archer C Ramsay Macdonald D Winston Churchill
15. In which country (other than Malawi) is the kwacha a unit of currency?
A Zambia
B Ethiopia
C Japan
D Indonesia