Puzzles General Knowledge Quiz
1. Of which U.S. state is Lansing the capital?
A Kentucky
B Iowa
C Michigan
D Illinois
2. How many piano concertos did Beethoven write?
A Six
B Eight
C Five
D Nine
3. What sort of creature is a red admiral?
A A fish
B A bird
C A squirrel D A butterfly
4. Which characters in folklore are repelled by crucifixes, garlic and daylight?
A Witches
B Vampires
C Gargoyles
D Phantoms
5. Who wrote the novels Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence? A Mrs Gaskell
B Jane Austen
C Edith Wharton
D Louisa Alcott
6. Starring alongside Penelope Wilton, which actor is playing the titular character in the new film The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry?
A Bill Nighy
B Michael Palin
C Jim Broadbent
D Liam Neeson
7. What was the military codename for the battle commonly perceived as “A bridge too far”?
A Operation Market Garden B Operation Sea Lion
C Operation Jackal
D Operation Desert Storm
8. Which poet became a national hero after the posthumous publication of 1914 and Other Poems?
A Rudyard Kipling
B John Keats
C W.B. Yeats
D Rupert Brooke
9. Which French composer and pupil of Saint-saens is best known for his requiem?
A Gabriel Faure
B Ionesco
C Albert Camus
D Gabrielle Roi 10. Stewart Granger starred in which 1952 costume drama directed by George Sidney?
A The Bad and the Beautiful B All the Brothers Were Valiant C Scaramouche
D King Solomon’s Mines
11. Who was prime minister of North Korea from 1948 until 1972 when he became president?
A Jo Mi Sing
B Chan Lee Kao
C Ran II Yung
D Kim Il Sung
12. Who acquired Singapore for the East India Company in 1819?
A Sir Richard Randall
B Sir Thomas Howard
C Sir Constable Brown
D Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
13. Which British athlete has held a world triple jump record since 1995?
A Jonathan Edwards
B Ashia Hansen
C Phillips Idowu
D Nadia Williams
14. Which American anthropologist wrote Coming of Age in Samoa?
A Margaret Mead
B Mary Mead
C Myra Mead
D Millicent Mead
15. Of which former Eastern European country was Alexander Dubcek leader?
A Czechoslovakia
B Hungary
C Yugoslavia
D Romania