General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which England midfielder scored after 27 seconds against France in the 1982 football World Cup Finals?
A Glenn Hoddle
B Bryan Robson
C Chris Waddle
D Terry Venables
2. Who presented the long-running astronomy series The Sky at Night?
A Dudley Moore
B Roger Moore
C Patrick Moore
D Peter Moore
3. In which sport are the following apparatus used: parallel bars, pommel horse and balance beam?
A Fencing
B Heptathalon
C Gymnastics
D Decathalon
4. With which country did England wage the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
A France
B Russia
C Italy
D Spain
5. Which musical form is named after the Latin for ‘flight’?
A Accelerando
B Berceuse
C Fugue
D Aria 6. Which ITV costume drama set in 18th-century Delhi, starts Tom Baterman as an ex-East India Company buccaneer?
A Beecham Mansion
B Beecham Harbour
C Beecham Grove
D Beecham House
7. What name was given to the Turkish empire founded by Osman?
A Ottoman Empire
B Osman Empire
C Turki-osso Empire
D Ossoman Empire
8. Who wrote Catch-22?
A John Steinbeck
B Kingsley Amis
C George Orwell
D Joseph Heller
9. Of which country was Pakistan a part until 1947?
A Kashmir
B Nepal
C India
D Afghanistan
10. In which country was TV’S Police Rescue set?
A England
B Australia
C Wales
D Scotland
11. Who wrote Watership Down?
A J R R Tolkien
B Richard Adams C C S Lewis
D David Eddings
12. Which political party was the predecessor of the Liberal Party in the UK?
A Tory Party
B Democratic Central Party
C Whig Party
D Unionist Party
13. In which US city is the famous Times Square?
A Detroit
B Washington D.C.
C Los Angeles D
New York City
14. Which US sociologist wrote The Structure of Social Action?
A Ricki Lake
B James Hoffman
C Marshall Goldman
D Talcott Parsons
15. Who played Arkwright’s longsuffering assistant Granville in Open All Hours?
A Jack Snow
B David Frost
C David Jason
D James Richards