General Knowledge Quiz
1. What is the capital city of Afghanistan?
A Khost
B Kunduz
C Kandahar
D Kabul
2. What sort of creature is a Clydesdale?
A Dog
B Horse
C Cat
D Bird
3. Which device was used to execute Louis XVI during the French execution?
A Broad-Axe
B Guillotine
C Gallows
D Sword
4. In which Dutch city can the Rijksmuseum be found?
A Rotterdam
B Amsterdam
C Eindhoven
D Arnhem
5. Which light-footed youngster played Billy Elliot?
A Rupert Grint
B Daniel Radcliffe
C Orlando Bloom
D Jamie Bell
6. Which BBC One daytime show, hosted by Kym Marsh and Ashley John-Baptiste, investigates stories of online dating scams?
A For Love or Money
B Take Me Out
C Hate Dates
D Dating Disasters
7. Who starred as TV’s Hamish Macbeth?
A Robert Burns
B Robert Hamer
C Robert Carlyle
D Robert Jackson
8. In which religion is nirvana the attainment of perfect serenity?
A Buddhism
B Hinduism
C Islam
D Judaism
9. In mathematics, what does rms stand for?
A Random-memory-system B Root-maths-system C Real-maths-sorting D Root-mean-square
10. What was the Spice Girls’ film called?
A The Spice Girls Uncut B SpiceWorld: The Movie
C Spice Land: The Movie
D More Spices 11. Which East London featherweight stopped Justin Murphy in the fourth round of their 1996 bout?
A Colin Hendry
B Colin Boss-Roberts
C Colin McMillan
D Colin McDonald
12. Which Dadaist artist is best known for Nude Descending a Staircase and The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even?
A Marcel Duchamp
B Hans Arp
C Francis Picabia
D Hannah Hoch
13. Which Dominican-born British novelist wrote Wide Sargasso Sea?
A Frank Rhys
B Harold Rhys
C Jean Rhys
D Michael Rhys
14. Which saint and missionary wrote the epistles to the Corinthians and Galatians in the New Testament?
A St John
B St Paul
C St Mark
D St Luke
15. What is the title of the latest album from British singersongwriter Rumer?
A Tucson Tears
B Boston Tears
C Nashville Tears
D Phoenix Tears