General Knowledge Quiz
1. What name is given to the process establishing that a marriage is not legally valid?
A Consummation B Finalisation C Annulment D Eradication
2. Who had a top ten hit single in 1975 with Please Mr. Postman?
A The Carpenters B The Levellers C The Pretenders D The Smiths
3. For which London building was the Marble Arch originally designed as a gateway?
A The Tower of London B The Tower Bridge C Canary Wharf D Buckingham Palace
4. What is the name of the cat who left Number 10 Downing Street in 1997?
A Humphrey B Chester C Horace D James
5. Which king of Great Britain and Ireland married Caroline of Ansbach?
A George II B George IV C William IV D Edward VIII
6. Which religious faith was George Cadbury, of Bourneville Village fame, a member?
A Mormon B Quaker C Anglican D Methodist
7. What is a bullace?
A An animal B A tree
C A tool
D A weapon
8. Which element is named after the Greek for violet?
A Iodine B Bromine C Chlorine D Tungsten
9. How many US presidents have been called Adams?
A Four B One C Two D Five
10. In which country was the Rosetta Stone found?
A Egypt B Ethiopia C Greece D Italy
11. The Sucre was once the national currency of which country?
A France B Egypt C Argentina D Ecuador
12. What is the name of the inn that Frodo and his friends visit in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring?
A The Red Lion B The Prancing Pony C The Happy Hobbit D Jamaica Inn
13. Which gas is English chemist Henry Cavendish credited with discovering?
A Helium B Oxygen C Hydrogen D Carbon dioxide
14. Which film, set in the 1960s, stars Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen as a classical pianist and his driver?
A Purple Flag B Green Book C Blue Moon D Yellow Card
15. Cher won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in which 1987 film?
A The Witches of Eastwick B Moonstruck C Mermaids
D The Player