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General Knowledge Quiz

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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

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