General Knowledge Quiz
1. From which country did the former slave Toussaint L’Ouverture expel the Spanish and the British?
A Argentina
B Costa Rica
C Trinidad and Tobago
D Haiti
2. Of which African country is Gaborone the capital?
A Botswana
B Zambia
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 female athlete won a silver medal at the
1997 World Cross-Country Championships in Turin?
A Kelly Holmes
B Sally Gunnell
C Paula Radcliffe
D Denise Lewis
5. What type of animal is a chinchilla?
A Rodent
B Dog
C Cat
D Monkey
6. Which biopic stars Matt Damon as US automotive designer Carroll Shelby?
A Laguna Seca ‘76
B Suzuka ‘72
C Le Mans ‘66
D Monza ‘65
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 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 10. Which US 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 Quincy Adams B James A Garfield C Richard Nixon
D William McKinley
12. What sort of creature is a corncrake?
A Snake
B Mouse
C Weasel
D Bird
13. The 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. In which 1987 comedy horror film did Kiefer Sutherland play a biker gang vampire named David? A Love Bites
B The Lost Boys
C Near Dark
D Fright Night