General Knowledge Quiz
1. What sort of creature is a treehopper?
A A squirrel
B A bird
C A monkey
D An insect
2. Which chemical element, symbol Lr, is named after the winner of the 1939 Nobel prize in physics?
A Lawcium
B Littlium
C Lawrencium
D Lorium
3. Which Frankish ruling dynasty was founded by Pepin the Short? A Plantagenets
B Goths
C Visigoths
D Carolingians
4. With which sport was Henry Cooper associated? A Golf
B Motor racing
C American football D Boxing
5. What is the removal of salt from brine to produce fresh water called?
A Purification
B Debrination C Desalination D Freshification
6. Cheryl Ladd and Selma Blair are among the competitors in the latest series of which US TV talent show?
A Dance Moms
B Dancing with the Stars
C So You Think You Can Dance D America’s Got Talent
7. Who was Harold II’S brother who fought against him at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
A Josstick
B Rostog
C Tostig
D Ristog
8. What name is given to a celestial phenomenon that has undergone such total gravitational collapse that no light can escape from it?
A Dark matter
B Dark abyss
C Black space
D Black hole
9. What does the name of the disease influenza literally mean? A Influence
B Flu enzyme
C Cold influx
D Fast spreading 10. What is the brightest star in the constellation Carina?
A Arcturus
B Canopus
C Marina
D Peroni
11. Which band had a 1963 top ten hit with You Were Made For Me?
A Freddie and the Dreamers B Herman’s Hermits
C The Beatles
D The Shadows
12. Who wrote the cantata Carmina Burana?
A Carl Orff
B Georges Bizet
C Wolfgang Mozart D Richard Wagner
13. What name is given to the financial crisis in England in 1720 that revealed corruption among ministers?
A North Sea Bubble
B Irish Sea Bubble
C Atlantic Ocean Bubble D South Sea Bubble
14. Which New Zealand detective fiction writer created Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard?
A Dame Ngaio Roberts
B Dame Ngaio Marsh
C Dame Ngaio Maoro
D Dame Ngaio Paou
15. Who was the last British prime minister to sit in the House of Lords?
A Gladstone
B Salisbury
C Rosebery
D Balfour