General Knowledge Quiz
1. The launch of whose 600th book coincided with her 93rd birthday?
A Dame Barbara Cartland B The Queen Mother C Margaret Atwood D Elizabeth Taylor
2. What name is shared by ranges of mountains in Scotland and Australia?
A Grampians
B Cairngorms
C Rocky
D Blue
3. In which American city was there a famous ‘Tea Party’ in 1773? A New York
B Boston
C Philadelphia
D Chicago
4. Which star of The New Avengers was in Absolutely Fabulous form on TV?
A Jennifer Saunders B Honor Blackman C June Whitfield D Joanna Lumley
5. In which city was Marie Antoinette born in 1755?
A Berlin
B Hamburg
C Vienna
D Munich
6. Which Kate Bush single recently topped the UK charts, 37 years since it was released?
A Wuthering Heights B King of the Mountain C Running Up That Hill D Rocket Man
7. Which fungal disease of trees was first described in the Netherlands?
A Dutch oak disease B Dutch ash disease C Dutch birch disease D Dutch elm disease
8. Which New Zealand prime minister; first elected in 1984; refused to allow nuclear armed ships to dock in New Zealand? A Richard Lange
B Robert Lange
C Philip Lange
D David Lange
9. What is the name of the large island in the Caribbean Sea which is divided between the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic? A Hispaniola
B Juanita
C Formosa
D Antigua 10. Which 1970s TV series featured the saga of a 19thcentury Liverpool shipping family? A The Liver Birds
B The Onedin Line
C Brookside
D Poldark
11. Which Irish missionary and abbot set up a monastery on Iona? A St Joseph
B St Patrick
C St Columba
D St Mark
12. Of which country did Prince Norodom Sihanouk first become king in 1941? A Cambodia
B Thailand
C Oman
D Afghanistan
13. What sort of creature is a schipperke?
A A dog
B A monkey
C A cat
D A lizard
14. Which member of the Beatles was born first?
A Ringo Starr B John Lennon C George Harrison D Paul McCartney
15. According to Greek mythology which god was the father of Apollo, Athena and Dionysus?
A Cronus
B Europa
C Zeus
D Rhea