General Knowledge Quiz

1. In Greek mythology which many-headed monster was killed by Heracles as one of his 12 labours?

A Gorgon B Hydra C Medusa D Phoenix

2. Which unit of magnetic flux is represented by the symbol Wb?

A Webbrosis B Weber C Wab D Wibricity

3. To which island group does Islay belong?

A The Outer Hebrides B The Shetland Islands C The Orkney Islands D The Inner Hebrides

4. Which archipelago in French Polynesia comprises the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands?

A Easter Islands B Christmas Islands C Friend Islands D Society Islands

5. Which king was ‘Farmer George’?

A George III B George I C George IV D George V

6. Which BBC Three mockumentary sitcom starring Allan Mustafa and set in a pirate radio station is currently in its fifth and final series?

A People Will Listen to Anything B People Will Do Anything C Nobody Does Anything D People Just Do Nothing

7. Which London theatre was managed by Colley Cibber, David Garrick and Richard Brinsley Sheridan?

A Adelphi B Piccadilly C Palladium D Drury Lane

8. In what sort of building would you find a rood screen?

A A library B A church C A university D A police station

9. Which bodily organs are supplied with blood by the renal artery?

A Liver B Brain C Lungs D Kidneys

10. Which African team beat Scotland 3-0 in the 1998 football World Cup?

A Nigeria B South Africa C Morocco D Egypt

11. Who played mother-dominated Tim in the comedy series Sorry!?

A Peter Sellers B Ronnie Corbett C Frankie Howard D David Jason

12. Which Italian city is known as Firenze in Italian?

A Naples B Rome C Florence D Venice

13. Who wrote Our Man in Havana?

A D.H. Lawrence B Ronald Firbank C Graham Greene D Samuel Beckett

14. Who wrote The Railway Children in 1906?

A E. Nesbit B A.A. Milne C C.S. Lewis D Robert Louis Stevenson

15. Which horror writer has been immortalised for his invention of the Necronomicon (the book of the dead)?

A Edgar Allan Poe B Bram Stoker C Mary Shelley D H.P. Lovecraft