General Knowledge Quiz
1. On which metallic element does verdigris form?
A Copper
B Iron
C Lead
D Silver
2. The launch of whose 600th book coincided with her 93rd birthday? A Dame Barbara Cartland
B The Queen Mother
C Margaret Atwood
D Elizabeth Taylor
3. What name is shared by ranges of mountains in Scotland and Australia?
A Grampians
B Cairngorms
C Rocky
D Blue
4. In which American city was there a famous ‘Tea Party’ in 1773? A New York
B Boston
C Philadelphia
D Chicago
5. Which New Zealand prime minister, first elected in 1984, refused to allow nuclear armed ships to dock in New Zealand? A Richard Lange
B Robert Lange
C Philip Lange
D David Lange
6. Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster host which new comedy panel show on Dave?
A Hypothetical
B Taskmaster
C Lazy Boy Garage
D Hoff the Record 7. In Celtic mythology, who was the intended wife of King Conchobar of Ulster?
A Deirdre
B Draupnir
C Edda
D Fafnir
8. Which fungal disease of trees was first described in the Netherlands?
A Dutch oak disease
B Dutch ash disease
C Dutch birch disease
D Dutch elm disease
9. Which star of The New Avengers was in Absolutely Fabulous form on TV?
A Jennifer Saunders
B Honor Blackman
C June Whitfield
D Joanna Lumley 10. In which city did Adolf Hitler live as a tramp after the Great War?
A Berlin
B Hamburg
C Vienna
D Munich
11. Which seventies TV series featured the saga of a 19th century Liverpool shipping family?
A The Liver Birds
B The Onedin Line
C Brookside
D Poldark
12. Which Irish missionary and abbot set up a monastery on Iona? A St Jospeh
B St Patrick
C St Columba
D St Mark
13. Of which country did Prince Norodom Sihanouk first become king in 1941?
A Cambodia
B Burma
C Oman
D Afghanistan
14. What sort of creature is a schipperke?
A A dog
B A monkey
C A cat
D A lizard
15. In which English county can Stonehenge be found?
A Wiltshire
B Somerset
C Hampshire
D Dorset