GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Ficus is the genus of which fruit trees?
A Figs
B Apples
C Oranges
2 What was the 2003 debut novel of Khaled Hosseini, followed in 2007 by A Thousand Splendid Suns?
A A Thousand Suns
B The Kite Runner
C The Splendid Runner
3 What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
A Kangchenjunga
B Mount Cook / Aoraki
C Mount Everest
4 The basset horn is in which family of woodwind instruments?
A Clarinet
B Oboe
C Flute
5 Which two types of insects are in the order Lepidoptera?
A Butterflies and moths
B Beetles and flies
C Bees and wasps
6 Which spinoff to the BBC1 reality show The Traitors is hosted by Ed Gamble?
A The Traitors: Laid Bare
B The Traitors: Uncloaked
C The Traitors: Revealed
7 The films of which director include Scoop, Annie Hall and Manhattan?
A Woody Allen
B Martin Scorsese
C Steven Spielberg
8 Nizlopi had a one-hit wonder in 2005 with a song about what kind of vehicle?
A JCB
B School bus
C Convertible
9 Valencia, Jaffa and Hamlin are varieties of which fruit?
A Orange
B Lemon
C Apple
10 After which British prime minister were police officers nicknamed “bobbies”?
A Sir Winston Churchill
B Sir Robert Peel
C Sir Harold Wilson
11 Which wading bird is also known as a peewit due to its shrill call?
A Grey Heron
B Kingfisher
C Lapwing
12 Bridgetown is the capital of which Caribbean country?
A Bahamas
B Barbados
C Jamaica
13 The works of which author include The African Queen, The Good Shepherd and the Horatio Hornblower series?
A Arthur Conan Doyle
B Agatha Christie
C CS Forester
14 Which popular 70s sitcom starred Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer?
A Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em B Fawlty Towers
C Only Fools and Horses
15 What is the rugby union equivalent of a throw-in in football?
A Huddle
B Line-out
C Scrum
16 Which river runs through Bristol and Bath?
A Thames
B Avon
C Severn
17 Which composer and pianist, usually included as one of the Three Bs of classical music, wrote A German Requiem? A Beethoven
B Brahms
C Bach
18 In Greek mythology, what are mountain-dwelling nymphs called?
A Dryads
B Nereids
C Oreads
19 What is the name of the family of singers in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music?
A Von Trapp
B Von Mozart
C Von Hammerstein
20 What is the most populous of New York City’s five boroughs? A Queens
B Brooklyn
C Manhattan