General Knowledge Quiz
1. In what year was the Turner wing in the London Tate Gallery opened?
A 1930
B 1950
C 1910
D 1970
2. Which Soviet leader attended Allied conferences at Yalta and Potsdam in 1945?
A Trotsky
B Kamenev
C Zinoviev
D Stalin
3. In which scale is the temperature of boiling water taken as 212 degrees?
A Fahrenheit
B Kelvin
C Celsius
D Pasteur
4. Who wrote The Call of the Wild and White Fang?
A Jack Berlin
B Jack Paris
C Jack Vienna
D Jack London
5. Who played Baldrick in the Blackadder comedy series? A Rowan Atkinson
B Tony Robinson
C Hugh Laurie
D Stephen Fry
6. Fred Sirieix hosts a sixth series of which Channel 4 show where people seek love in the sun?
A Love Island
B Naked Attraction
C First Dates Hotel
D Bachelor in Paradise
7. Which metal is represented by the symbol Hf?
A Helium
B Holmium
C Hafnium
D Hydrogen
8. Which French king was married to Marie Antoinette?
A Louis X
B Louis XVI
C Louis XV
D Louis XIV
9. Which of the Gospels records the Sermon on the Mount including the Beatitudes and the Lord’s Prayer?
A Luke
B Matthew
C John
D Mark 10. What is the national currency of Zambia?
A Peso
B Kwacha
C Colon
D Franc
11. Which ITV drama starred Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives?
A Digging the Dirt
B Cold Frame Cases
C Parsley & Sage
D Rosemary & Thyme
12. Which black-and-white mammal is known for its defensive habit of ejecting a foul-smelling fluid?
A Skunk
B Racoon
C Polecat
D Badger
13. What nationality is the playwright Athol Fugard? A North American B Canadian
C South African
D German
14. Which pastime united brothers Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer in Robert Redford’s A River Runs Through It?
A Fly fishing
B Sailing
C Canoeing
D White-water rafting
15. Which group sent Postcards from Heaven in 1997?
A Radiohead
B The Offspring
C The Lighthouse Family
D REM