General Knowledge Quiz
1. How many pairs of legs do arachnids have? A Four B Eight C Six D Ten
2. Of which country is the Dáil Éireann the representative assembly? A Republic of Ireland B Wales C Scotland D England
3. Who designed the first British jet aircraft to fly? A Sir Frank Windsor B Sir Frank Wallace C Sir Frank West D Sir Frank Whittle
4. Which small nocturnal primate is also called a galago? A Kangaroo B Koala C Duck Billed Platypus D Bush Baby
5. Who wrote the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker? A Puccini B Dvorak C Tchaikovsky D Mozart
6. Which ITV drama stars Sheridan Smith as Sam, a cleaner who discovers access to lucrative stock market information while working at Canary Wharf? A Cleaning Up B Tidying Up C Stocking Up D Cleaning the Stocks
7. What is the female reproductive unit of a flowering plant called? A Carpel B Stem C Petal D Pollen
8. Which of the following would classify the element Xenon? A Alkali metal B Inert gas C Noble metal D Lanthanide
9. What was the pen name of the novelist Marie Henri Beyle? A Lumiere B Stendhal C Gaston D Ionesco
10. Which English bishop and missionary wrote Naught for your Comfort about South African apartheid? A Thomas Hardy B James Hanson C Trevor Huddleston D George Hodgson
11. What nationality was detective writer Georges Simenon? A Hungarian B Austrian C Belgian D French
12. Which sugar occurs naturally in honey, fruits and vegetables? A Glucose B Sucrose C Fructose D Lactose
13. Which British general founded the Boy Scouts? A Lord Michael-rogers B Lord Baden-powell C Lord Rydon-dale D Sir William Booth
14. Which US president was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth? A J F Kennedy B William Mckinley C Abraham Lincoln D James Garfield
15. In which sea is the Isle of Man situated? A The North Sea B The Irish Sea C The English Channel D The Atlantic Ocean