General knowledge quiz

ART & LITERATURE

1

Who wrote The Moonstone?

2 Which satirical Jonathan Swift novel features a country called Lilliput, whose inhabitants are 15cm tall? 3 Which English writer/scientist wrote the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey? 4 What nationality was Pablo Picasso? 5 Who wrote The War of the Worlds? 6 Who wrote the historical novel Ivanhoe?

GEOGRAPHY

7 In which country is the Negev desert? 8 Of which country was Martinique a colony? 9 In which mountain range is the Matterhorn? 10 Which is the smallest American state? 11 In which country is Rosslare? 12 In which American city is the Pentagon?

NATURE

13 What sort of creature is an anaconda? 14 What is the name for a plant that bears its leaves all year round? 15 What sort of creature is a bittern? 16 What is the main respiratory organ of most fish? 17 What sort of creature is a caribou? 18 What sort of creature is a dunnock?

SPORT & LEISURE

19 With which hand does an orthodox boxer lead? 20 How many rings are on the Olympic flag? 21 What is the horse’s fastest gait? 22 A gambit is an opening move in which game? 23 Who beat James Toney in Las Vegas in 1994 to become the IBF super middleweight champion? 24 In which former country was Ivan Lendl born?

POT LUCK

25 Irrigation is a system of supplying land with what? 26 On what type of object would you find an ISBN? 27 How many lines make up a limerick? 28 In which country is the Order of the Thistle awarded? 29 Emeralds are usually what colour?

30 Flemish is one of the two official languages of which country?

Solutions at the end