Puzzles Breaktime Weekly General Knowledge Quiz
1 Who was the Greek god of wine, equivalent to the Roman god Bacchus?
A Dionysus
B Apollo
C Zeus
2 Who wrote the 1897 science fiction novel The Invisible Man?
A Jules Verne B H. G. Wells C Mary Shelley
3 Which word can precede the words boot, bun, and Pensioner to describe a type of clothing, food, and retired soldier?
A Oxford
B Chelsea
C Wellington
4 What type of TV cartoon animals were Pinky and the Brain, who constantly plotted to take over the world?
A Mice
B Dogs
C Cats
5 For what does the “I” of television network ITV stand?
A Independent
B International
C Interactive
6 Which collaborative album by Rod Stewart and Jools Holland recently topped the UK charts? A Tree of Lifer
B Fever Tree
C Swing Fever
7 In the 2011 animated film Rio, which Flight of the Conchords star voices embittered cockatoo Nigel? A Jemaine Clement
B Rhys Darby
C Bret McKenzie
8 For what does the E of the London University LSE stand? A Economics
B Energy
C Environment
9 What type of patchwork creature is Elmer, in the picture book series by David McKee?
A Elephant
B Zebra
C Giraffe
10 Which characters in the Disney Pixar film Finding Nemo have the catchphrase “Mine! Mine! Mine!...”? A The crabs
B The seagulls
C The sharks
11 Which famous Tudor explorer captained The Golden Hinde ship, a replica of which is docked in London’s Bankside?
A Sir Walter Raleigh
B Sir John Hawkins
C Sir Francis Drake
12 Which Arthurian knight features in a 14th-century poem in which he takes on a Green Knight?
A Sir Percival
B Sir Gawain
C Sir Lancelot 13 Who founded the Boy Scouts in 1907?
A William Booth
B George Williams
C Robert Baden-Powell
14 Which English actress played Ross’s girlfriend, wife, and ex-wife Emily Waltham in Friends?
A Helen Baxendale
B Emily Blunt
C Emilia Fox
15 In a monastery, what takes place in the refectory?
A Praying
B Dining
C Sleeping
16 In the American dish Eggs Benedict, what type of sauce is added to the eggs?
A Barbecue
B Hollandaise
C Béarnaise
17 The French nature documentary which won the 2006 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature was called March of the what?
A Lions
B Penguins
C Elephants
18 Which rock band released the albums Waiting for the Sun, Morrison Hotel, and L.A. Woman? A Pink Floyd
B Led Zeppelin
C The Doors
19 What is the three-word name for the small blue garden flower myosotis, known in German as vergissmeinnicht?
A Forget-me-not
B Lavender
C Bluebell
20 Great Crested, Little, and Blacknecked are all species of which water bird?
A Heron
B Grebe
C Swan