General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Bantu peoples of South Africa fought the British at the Battle of Rorke’s Drift? A Hutus
B Tutsis
C Zulus
D Malis
2. Who won the 1997 Formula One world drivers’ championship?
A Damon Hill
B Michael Schumacher
C David Coulthard
D Jacques Villeneuve
3. Which cartoon canine helped the bungling Inspector Gadget to solve mysteries?
A Brain
B Spot
C Woofy
D Beethoven
4. Who was the commander of Apollo 11?
A Buzz Aldrin
B Lance Gray
C Martin Malone
D Neil Armstrong
5. Who wrote the Just So Stories in 1902?
A A.A. Milne
B C.S. Lewis
C Rudyard Kipling D Robert Louis Stevenson
6. Keira Knightley and Kit Harington are among the celebrities exploring their families’ war stories in the new series of which Channel 4 documentary show?
A Who Do You Think You Are? B Families at War
C My Grandparents’ War D They Shall Not Grow Old
Keira Knightley See Question 6.
7. Which famous pupil of Greyfriars School featured in stories by Frank Richards?
A Billy Bunter
B Tucker Jenkins
C Fatty Arbuckle
D Tubby Palmer
8. In May and June 1940, soldiers from the British army were evacuated from which French port in order to retreat from the advancing German forces?
A Cherbourg
B Dunkirk
C Calais
D Le Havre
9. Which disc jockey and TV presenter created the character Captain Kremmen? A Kenny Everett
B Chris Evans
C Steve Wright
D Simon Mayo 10. Who had a top ten hit single in 1979 with If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?
A Barry White
B The Bellamy Brothers
C Rod Stewart
D David Essex
11. What name is given to an isolated mountain peak protruding through an ice sheet? A Glacial peak
B Moraine
C Corrie
D Nunatak
12. Which novelist wrote The Heart of Midlothian? A Anthony Powell
B Sir Walter Scott C Lawrence Durrell D Barbara Pym
13. Which American general’s ‘last stand’ was at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
A General Lee
B General Eisenhower C General Sanders
D General Custer
14. What are the names of the two FBI agents in The X-files? A David Scully and Fran Mulder B Dana Scully and Fox Mulder C Doug Scully and Freya Mulder D Diana Scully and Frank Mulder
15. How old was Buddy Holly when he died?
A 32
B 26
C 37
D 22