General Knowledge Quiz
1. From which country did the former slave Toussaint L’Ouverture expel the Spanish and the British? A Argentina
B Puerto Rico
C Trinidad
D Haiti
2. Of which African country is Gaborone the capital?
A Botswana
B Malawi
C Gabon
D Angola
3. What does the letter E represent in Einstein’s equation “E = mc2”?
A Einstein
B Electricity
C Energy
D Earth
4. Which British athlete won the silver medal at the 1997 World Cross Country Championship in Turin?
A Kelly Holmes
B Sally Gunnell
C Paula Radcliffe
D Denise Lewis
5. What is the point in the orbit of a body around the sun at which it is closest to the sun called?
A Perihelion
B Equator
C Maximum Positive Capability D Macaque
6. Tyger Drew-Honey played Jake in which BBC1 sitcom?
A My Family
B Outnumbered
C Cuckoo
D Shameless
7. Which mountain is the second highest in the world and is also called Mount Godwin Austen?
A K2
B Kilimanjaro
C Mont Blanc
D Monte Rotondo
8. Which Polish-born scientist became widely known for his television series The Ascent of Man?
A Jacob Pokawski
B Jacob Rakowski
C Jacob Bronowski
D Jacob Bruski
9. What type of animal is a chinchilla?
A A rodent
B A dog
C A cat
D A monkey 10. Which American artist and photographer associated with the Dada movement worked in Paris from 1921?
A Man Ray
B Richard Dada
C Drew Richards
D Neil Bradstow
11. Who was the first US President to resign office?
A John Quincey Adams
B James A Garfield
C Richard Nixon
D William McKinley
12. What sort of creature is a corncrake?
A A snake
B A mouse
C A weasel
D A bird
13. The spoof doggy documentary Best In Show was written directed by and starred which star of Spinal Tap?
A Harry Shearer
B Christopher Guest
C Michael McKean
D Rob Reiner
14. Which American actor/singer played ‘Hutch’ in Starsky and Hutch?
A Richard Plaice
B Tony Adams
C David Soul
D Michael Cod
15. Which two classic races for three-year-olds are run at Epsom in June?
A The Grand National and the Derby B The Derby and The Oaks
C The Three Guineas and the Derby D The Derby and the Ashes