General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which combat sport takes place on a piste?
A Combat skiing B Snowboarding
C Judo
D Fencing
2. Which British poet wrote the verse autobiography Summoned by Bells?
A John Betjeman
B Ted Hughes
C Robbie Burns
D Percy Bysshe Shelley
3. In which country is the city of Timisoara?
A Bulgaria B Turkey C Greece D Romania
4. What is a straight line from the centre of a circle to the circumference called?
A Pi
B Radius
C Diameter
D Arc
5. What is a twayblade?
A A tree B An orchid C A rose
D A spider
6. What is the name of the judge in the legal TV series starring Martin Shaw?
A Turpin B Rinder C John Deed D Dredd
7. Which mission fortress at San Antonio in Texas was besieged by Mexican forces in 1836?
A The Panama
B The Alamo
C The Rio Grande
D The Puchakha
8. What nationality was the psychiatrist and pioneer psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung? A Swiss
B Bulgarian
C English
D German
9. What sort of creature is a greenshank?
A A frog
B A caterpillar C A butterfly D A bird
10. What was the name of Penelope Keith’s character in the classic sitcom To the Manor Born?
A Audrey fforbes-Hamilton B Cynthia St John-Smythe C Verity Montague-Bassett D Lucinda Lacington-Jones
11. Which daughter of Herodias called for the head of John the Baptist as a reward for her dancing?
A Salmon B Salome C Sally D Saffron
12. Which Japanese city was largely destroyed by the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare?
A Tokyo B Nagasaki C Yokohama D Hiroshima
13. What is the largest known frog?
A Goliath frog B Giant frog C Titan frog D Bull frog
14. Which ER star played an allergic ecologist in TV’s Northern Exposure?
A Edward Antoine B Anthony Edwards C Andrew Edmondson D Andy Trellis
15. Which animal is represented by the zodiac sign of Pisces?
A Lion B Crab C Fish D Goat