General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which figures in Greek mythology were also called the Erinyes?
A Furies
B Muses
C Gorgons
D Argonauts
2. Which large white roundheaded owl occurs chiefly in Arctic tundra regions?
A Eagle owl
B Snowy owl
C Barn owl
D Tawny owl
3. Which element has the symbol Cu?
A Carbon B Copper C Calcium D Californium
4. Who succeeded Clement Attlee as Labour Party leader in 1955?
A Harold Wilson B James Callaghan C Ramsay MacDonald D Hugh Gaitskell
5. Which US president introduced legislation in 1933 known as the New Deal?
A Harry S. Truman B Dwight D. Eisenhower C Franklin D. Roosevelt D Herbert C. Hoover
6. Dominic West and Alfie Allen are among the cast of which new BBC World War II drama based on a book by Ben Macintyre?
A SAS Rogue Heroes B The Crown
C The Dropout
D The Dragons of Power
7. Which actress links the sitcoms The Brittas Empire and Grown Ups?
A Pippa Johnson B Pippa Haywood C Pippa Michaels D Pippa Frost
8. Which British publisher founded Penguin Books?
A Sir Boris Franks
B Sir Michael Forrester C Sir Thomas Irving D Sir Allen Lane
9. Who is credited with discovering penicillin in 1928?
A Louis Pasteur B Alexander Fleming C Alfred Nobel D Charles Darwin 10. Which organic compounds are formed by the reaction between an alcohol and an acid with the elimination of water?
A Esters
B Ethers
C Ethanols
D Etters
11. In Greek mythology who was the father of Iphigenia?
A Agamemnon B Theseus C Odysseus D Heracles
12. Which spin-off series from Soap starred Robert Guillaume as a butler?
A Jeeves
B Lambert
C You Rang, M’Lord? D Benson
13. In Arthurian legend which knight of the Round Table was the secret lover of Guinevere?
A Lancelot B Galahad C Arthur D Merlin
14. Which popular BBC Two series bowed out with the episode Apocalypse Wow! in 1997?
A Attachments B This Life
C Night Life
D My So-Called Life
15. Who wrote Cat’s Cradle in 1963?
A Kurt Vonnegut B Anthony Burgess C John Fowles D Edna O’Brien