General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who wrote A Christmas Carol and The Cricket on the Hearth? A Charles Dickens
B William Thackeray
C George Eliot
D Charles Kingsley
2. What sort of instruments are timpani, tabla and the bodhran? A Brass
B String
C Percussion
D Woodwind
3. Which US five-a-side court game was invented by James Naismith?
A Basketball
B Baseball
C Ice hockey
D Polo
4. Whose trilogy followed the epic adventure of Frodo and Sam Gamgee?
A J R R Tolkien
B C S Lewis
C Mark Twain
D Lewis Carroll
5. Which country produced Saab cars until 2011?
A Norway
B Finland
C Sweden
D Denmark
6. Which village in the Lake District was the home of William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy?
A Windermere
B Kendal
C Scafell
D Grasmere Actress Hayley Atwell See Question 15
7. Which new fantasy film starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett is based on the John Bellairs novel of the same name?
A The Hut with a Hole in its Roof B The Bungalow with a Saucepan in the Ceiling
C The House with a Clock in its Walls
D The Castle with a Bird on its Battlements
8. Which famous progressive school was founded by AS Neill in 1921?
A Spring meadow
B Summerhill
C Autumn grove
D Winterwoods
9. By what name was the popular wrestler Shirley Crabtree better known?
A Big Daddy
B Kendo Nagasaki
C Hulk Hogan
D Randy Savage 10. Which noble gas is represented by the symbol Kr? A Xenon
B Krypton
C Radon
D Neon
11. Against which institutions were the Combination Acts of 1799 and 1800 used?
A The church
B The army
C Trade unions
D Big businesses
12. In which organ of the body is aqueous humour found?
A The heart
B The lungs
C The eye
D The ear
13. In which country is the city of Perpignan?
A France
B Spain
C Algeria
D Morocco
14. In what century was the Taj Mahal built?
A 17th
B 15th
C 16th
D 18th
15. Which character was portrayed by British-born actress Hayley Atwell in April’s Box Office hit Avengers: Endgame?
A Hope Van Dyne
B Peggy Carter
C Wanda Maximoff
D Carol Danvers