GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Which country won the first Rugby World Cup?
A England
B South Africa
C New Zealand
2 Which Shakespeare comedy features the twins Viola and Sebastian?
A Twelfth Night
B Much Ado About Nothing
C A Midsummer Night’s Dream
3 In knitting, what kind of stitch is the reverse of a knit stitch? A Stitch
B Purl
C Loop
4 Which West Midlands football team play their home game at The Hawthorns?
A Nottingham Forest
B West Bromwich Albion C Aston Villa
5 What is the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine in Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea? A Aurora
B Nautilus
C Poseidon
6 Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman are among the stars of which new film about a former motocross champion who accepts a job collecting a package in the North Sea?
A Raven
B Magpie
C Jackdaw
7 Damascus is the capital of which country?
A Syria
B Jordan
C Lebanon
8 For which county team did former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff play between 1995 and 2010?
A Nottinghamshire
B Lancashire
C Yorkshire
9 Bobby, Peter and Phyllis are characters in which popular Edith Nesbit novel?
A The Railway Children
B The Phoenix and the Carpet C Five Children and It
10 After which Spanish city is the fortified wine Sherry named? A Jerez de la Frontera
B Sevilla
C Madrid
11 What is the name of Australia’s national airline? A Jetstar Airways B Qantas
C Virgin Australia
12 Which singer has had solo hits with “Irreplaceable”, “Déjà vu” and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”?
A Lady Gaga
B Rihanna
C Beyoncé
13 Which British indie band sang about a “Brimful of Asha” in 1997?
A Oasis
B Cornershop
C Blur
14 The males and females of which animal are known as ‘hobs’ and ‘jills’ respectively? A Stoat
B Weasel
C Ferret
15 Which British boxer won the WBC Heavyweight championship in 1995? A Frank Bruno
B Mike Tyson
C Lennox Lewis
16 Which part of the mouth can be affected by quinsy? A Tonsils
B Teeth
C Tongue
17 In which mountainous region is the source of the Indus river?
A Hindu Kush
B Nepal
C Tibet
18 What nationality is former World No. 1 tennis player Caroline Wozniacki? A American
B Danish
C Polish
19 Which metaphysical poet famously wrote, “No man is an island”?
A John Donne
B John Milton
C William Shakespeare
20 Which saint’s basilica in Rome has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world?
A St. Mark
B St. Paul
C St. Peter