General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which footballer was England’s youngest World Cup goal scorer in 1998?
A Michael Owen
B Robbie Fowler
C Alan Shearer
D David Beckham
2. Who wrote The Darling Buds of May?
A D H Lawrence
B Laurie Lee
C H E Bates
D W H Auden
3. Which former middle-distance runner was appointed chief executive of the British Athletic Federation in 1997?
A Roger Bannister
B Sebastian Coe
C Steve Cram
D David Moorcroft
4. What was the name of the Egyptian god usually portrayed as a falcon or with a falcon’s head?
A Isis
B Aten
C Zozer
D Horus
5. What breed of dog is Lady in the 1955 film Lady and the Tramp?
A Terrier
B Alsatian
C Spaniel
D Dalmatian
6. Which navigator led the first expedition to sail around the world?
A Christopher Colombus
B Sir Walter Raleigh
C Sir Francis Drake
D Ferdinand Magellan
7. Which English pop star appeared in the film Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence?
A David Bowie
B Noddy Holder
C John Lennon
D Mick Jagger
8. Which illustrator and watercolourist is best known for his children’s book illustrations such as 1906’s Peter Pan?
A Arthur Rackham
B Frank Rogers
C Philip Mead
D Arthur Askey
9. Which Christmas zombie film stars Ella Hunt as Anna, whose sleepy town is being overrun by the undead?
A Apocalypse Now
B Anna and the Apocalypse
C Undead Then
D Anna and the Undead
10. What is Eli Whitney famous for inventing?
A Seed drill
B Cotton gin
C Phonograph
D Typewriter
11. Which British aeronautical engineer set up the company that built the Halifax bomber?
A Sir Frederick Handley Page
B Sir Joseph Halifax
C Sir Michael Fields
D Sir Horace Brown
12. Which 11-a-side field game starts with a bully-off?
A Rugby
B Football
C Polo
D Hockey
13. What sort of creature is a kookaburra?
A Bird
B Snake
C Lizard
D Mammal
14. Ligeti’s Poeme symphonique features which instruments?
A Bicycle pumps
B Wine glasses
C Metronomes
D Saws
15. Which new Netflix documentary series about our mysterious grey matter is narrated by actress Emma Stone?
A The Conscious Ape
B Inside the Brain
C The Mind, Explained
D Wonder of the Universe