General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which chess piece can move only one square at a time in any direction?
A Pawn
B Rook
C Queen
D King
2. Who wrote the Booker Prizewinning novel Regeneration?
A Pat Barker
B Penelope Lively
C AS Byatt
D Keri Hulme
3. What is a young hare called?
A Lapin
B Coney
C Leveret
D Kitten
4. Which imperial unit of weight is equal to 2240 pounds in its long form?
A Ton
B Megaton
C Millton
D Ten ton
5. To which family of fishes does the dab belong?
A Tuna
B Salmon
C Shark
D Plaice
6. Which new film stars Ethan Hawke as a pastor who is left questioning his faith after the death of his son?
A The Reformation
B A Loss of Religion
C First Reformed
D Detachment
7. What sort of creature is a greylag?
A A goose
B A squirrel
C A rat
D A garden bird
8. Who wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
A Arthur Miller
B John Wain
C Truman Capote
D Paul Scott
9. What was the first name of the Russian communist leader Lenin?
A Josef
B Alexei
C Markov
D Vladimir
10. In which Scottish castle was Princess Margaret born?
A Glamis Castle
B Edinburgh Castle
C Dundee Castle
D Galloway Castle
11. What sort of creature is a yellowhammer?
A A frog
B A toad
C An insect
D A bird
12. Who won the women’s singles title at the 1996 Australian Open tennis tournament?
A S Graf
B M Navratilova
C A Sanchez
D M Seles
13. What is the capital of Cuba?
A Havana
B Holguin
C Santiago de Cuba
D Kingston
14. Who was the mythical son of Laius and Jocasta?
A Heracles
B Jason
C Perseus
D Oedipus
15. Who wrote the poem If?
A W. H. Auden
B Rudyard Kipling
C A.A Milne
D W.E. Henley