General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which firework is named after a 4th century Christian martyr?
A Roman candle
B Catherine wheel
C Jumping jack
D Sarah sparkler
2. By what name is a kangaroo’s young commonly known?
A Joey
B Jimmy
C Jonah
D Josie
3. In which popular US sport do the Atlanta Braves play?
A Baseball
B American football
C Ice hockey
D Basketball
4. Which 19th-century statesman was known as the Iron Chancellor?
A Alfred
B Wilhelm II
C Bismarck
D Peter
5. Kirk Douglas portrayed which famous painter in the 1956 biopic Lust For Life?
A Paul Gauguin
B Vincent van Gogh
C Jackson Pollock
D Salvador Dali
6. What was the name of Elisabeth Moss’s character in Mad Men?
A Betty Draper
B Peggy Olson
C Joan Harris
D Trudy Campbell
7. Who was the president of Argentina at the start of the Falklands War?
A General Garibaldi
B General Fasto
C General Peron
D General Galtieri
8. Which Shakespeare play is about a former Roman general who is dissuaded from sacking Rome?
A Titus Andronicus
B Twelfth Night
C Coriolanus
D Julius Caesar
9. What is the usual name for the salts formed by the combination between sodium or potassium and palmitic; stearic and oleic acids?
A Sand
B Rock salts
C Soap
D Basalt
10. Which former Generation Game hostess also presented Come Dancing?
A Rosemarie Ford
B Sally Ford
C Cheryl Ford
D Louise Ford
11. To which genus of plants does the snapdragon belong?
A Dragonis
B Petunia
C Antirrhinum
D Antidragonum
12. Who wrote the opera Pagliacci?
A Mascagni
B Leoncavallo
C Puccini
D Verdi
13. Which Hugh Grant film features songs by Badly Drawn Boy?
A Notting Hill
B About a Boy
C Bridget Jones’s Diary
D Nine Months
14. What is the name of the Japanese electronic pet which became popular worldwide in 1997?
A Tamagotchi
B Pokemon
C Yawakatchi
D Mashagawi
15. Which band had a hit single with Girls and Boys?
A Oasis
B Ocean Colour Scene
C Ash
D Blur