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General Knowledge Quiz

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1. Which rugby union player became the youngest-ever All Black when he made his debut against France in 1994 at the age of 19?

A Jonah Lomu

B Jamie Lomu

C Jason Lomu

D John Lomu

2. Who released the album Everyday Life in 2019?

A Billie Eilish

B Lewis Capaldi

C Coldplay

D Jess Glynne

3. In which country is the port of Haifa situated?

A Iran

B Israel

C Iraq

D Sri Lanka

4. Which French writer published the collection of fairy tales Contes de ma mère l’Oye; better known as Mother Goose?

A Ionesco

B Albert Camus

C Pierre Cardin

D Charles Perrault

5. Which island of Japan is the largest in area?

A Hokkaido

B Shikoku

C Kyushu

D Honshu

6. Singer-songwriter Dua Lipa was born in London in which decade?

A 1970s

B 1980s

C 1990s

D 2000s

7. What is androphobi­a?

A Fear of heights

B Fear of beetles

C Fear of dogs

D Fear of men

8. What in nature is a brotulid?

A A horse

B A flower

C A feline

D A fish

9. Which mountains form a border between France and Spain?

A Alps

B Carpathian­s

C Cairngorms

D Pyrenees

10. In which popular U.S. sport

do the Green Bay Packers play? A Baseball

B Ice hockey

C American football

D Basketball

11. What sort of creature is a wentletrap?

A A mollusc

B A fish

C A monkey

D An arachnid

12. Who starred on TV as Edna, the Inebriate Woman?

A Patricia Hayes

B Sarah Hayes

C Rachel Hayes

D Lucia Hayes

13. The Fowlers and the Moons are families from which soap? A Coronation Street

B EastEnders

C Emmerdale

D Brookside

14. Who was the first female MP to sit in the House of Commons? A Nancy Shelley

B Nancy Pankhurst

C Nancy Frost

D Nancy Astor

15. Which poet wrote Sonnets

from the Portuguese?

A Sylvia Plath

B Emily Dickinson

C Elizabeth Jennings D Elizabeth Barrett Browning

 ?? ?? Dua Lipa See Question 6
Dua Lipa See Question 6

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