GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 What is the name of country music star, Dolly Parton’s Tennessee theme park?
A Dolly Park
B Dollywood
C Partonland
2 Who was Adam and Eve’s first son?
A Seth
B Abel
C Cain
3 Which Irish-British author won the Booker Prize in 1978 for her novel, The Sea, the Sea?
A Iris Murdoch
B Muriel Spark
C Doris Lessing
4 What is the name of any precious variety of the mineral corundum that is not red or pink, but most often blue?
A Sapphire
B Diamond
C Emerald
5 Shaun White, also known as the “Flying Tomato”, is a twotime Olympic gold medallist in which winter sport?
A Bobsleigh
B Ski Jumping
C Snowboarding (Halfpipe)
6 What is the title of the 2023 greatest hits album from US rock band The Killers?
A Guerrilla Diamonds
B Rebel Diamonds
C Defiant Diamonds
7 For which English football club did Zimbabwe goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar play between 1981 and 1994?
A Liverpool
B Manchester United
C Arsenal
8 Which cartoon is about Peter Griffin and his family, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie and Brian the dog?
A The Simpsons
B American Dad
C Family Guy
9 Which retired English jockey achieved 4,493 career wins including nine Derby victories and eleven Ascot Gold Cup wins?
A Lester Piggott
B Tony McCoy
C Willie Carson
10 Which jockey won the 2007 Epsom Derby on Authorized?
A Ryan Moore
B Frankie Dettori
C Ruby Walsh
11 Petrarchan and Shakespearian are types of what literary form?
A Limerick
B Sonnet
C Haiku
12 James Callaghan was a British prime minister for which political party?
A Labour
B Liberal Democrats
C Conservative
13 The city of Florence stands on which river?
A The Arno
B The Tiber
C The Po
14 Which children’s TV series launched the careers of Ant & Dec?
A Blue Peter
B Grange Hill
C Byker Grove
15 Which Indonesian volcano had a cataclysmic eruption in 1883?
A Krakatoa
B Tambora
C Merapi
16 Which South American rodent has been hunted almost to extinction for its thick, velvety fur?
A Chinchilla
B Capybara
C Guinea Pig
17 What nationality is the former Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan?
A American
B Australian
C British
18 In Disney’s The Aristocats, which of the kittens is named after a French composer?
A Mozart
B Berlioz
C Beethoven
19 Which Hawaiian greeting can mean affection, love, peace, compassion and mercy?
A Mahalo
B Hula
C Aloha
20 Una, Frankie, Mollie, Rochelle and Vanessa are members of which band?
A Spice Girls
B The Saturdays
C Little Mix