General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which relief agency was founded by the Geneva Convention of 1864?
A International Red Cross B United Nations
C Green Peace
D Medicins Sans Frontieres
2. What is the cartilage flap called that prevents food from entering the windpipe during swallowing? A Tonsils
B Oesophagus
C Aorta
D Epiglottis
3. Who had a top ten hit single in 1969 with Hello Suzie?
A Amen Girls
B Amen Boys
C Amen Choir
D Amen Corner
4. Which fish can be alevins, parr, smolts and grilse at various stages in their life cycle?
A Trout
B Salmon
C Whale
D Dolphin
5. Which drink is named after the German for ‘to store’?
A Hock
B Lager
C Beer
D Pilsner
6. What part of the body is affected by lumbago?
A The back
B The throat
C The eyes
D The legs Actor Holly Hunter See Question 15
7. Which market town in Suffolk is the centre of British horse racing? A Epsom
B Ascot
C Aintree
D Newmarket
8. What is the title of the Sky Atlantic comedy drama starring Chris O’Dowd as thug and wannabe film producer Miles Daly?
A Pulp Fiction
B Get Shorty
C Rum Punch
D Barton Fink
9. Which British adventure novelist wrote King Solomon’s Mines and She?
A Robert Eagle Watt
B Robert Louis Stevenson C Jules Verne
D Sir H. Rider Haggard 10. What name is given to an area of a city populated by a minority group?
A Project
B Hood
C Ghetto
D Quarter
11. Who wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey? A Charlotte Brontë
B Emily Brontë
C Jane Austen
D Anne Brontë
12. Which French postimpressionist painted The Card Players?
A Degas
B Monet
C Renoir
D Cézanne
13. By how many does the prefix giga- multiply a number?
A One thousand
B One billion
C One million
D 20 thousand million
14. What is the national currency of El Salvador?
A Peso
B Schilling
C Franc
D US dollar
15. Which 1987 comedy romance about two rival reporters and their female producer starred William Hurt, Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter?
A Broadcast News
B Switching Channels
C Network
D News Radio