General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which cartoon canine helped the bungling Inspector Gadget to solve mysteries?
A Brain
B Spot
C Woofy
D Beethoven
2. What name was given to the guerrilla force led by Brigadier General Orde Wingate in Burma?
A Findits
B Pundits
C Chindits
D Trinidits
3. Who wrote the Just So Stories in 1902?
A A.A. Milne
B C.S. Lewis
C Rudyard Kipling
D Robert Louis Stevenson
4. Which famous pupil of Greyfriars School featured in stories by Frank Richards?
A Billy Bunter
B Tucker Jenkins
C Fatty Arbuckle
D Tubby Palmer
5. Who was the commander of Apollo 11?
A Buzz Aldrin
B Lance Gray
C Martin Malone
D Neil Armstrong
6. Billie Piper recently returned as the titular actress and former teen pop star in which dark comedy drama on Sky Atlantic?
A Whatever Happened to Suzie
B I Heart Suzie
C Suzie Who?
D I Hate Suzie
7. Which disc jockey/ TV presenter created the character Captain Kremmen?
A Kenny Everett
B Chris Evans
C Steve Wright
D Simon Mayo
8. Who had a top ten hit single in 1979 with If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?
A Barry White
B The Bellamy Brothers
C Rod Stewart
D David Essex
9. What name is given to an isolated mountain peak protruding through an ice sheet?
A Glacial peak
B Moraine
C Corrie
D Nunatak
10. Which novelist wrote The Heart of Midlothian?
A Anthony Powell
B Sir Walter Scott
C Lawrence Durrell
D Barbara Pym
11. Which American general’s ‘last stand’ was at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
A General Lee
B General Eisenhower
C General Sanders
D General Custer
12. What are the names of the two FBI agents in The X-Files?
A David Scully and Fran Mulder
B Dana Scully and Fox Mulder
C Doug Scully and Freya Mulder
D Diana Scully and Frank Mulder
13. How old was Buddy Holly when he died?
A 32
B 26
C 37
D 22
14. Which Asian kingdom was formerly known as Siam?
A China
B Thailand
C Mongolia
D Vietnam
15. In May and June 1940, soldiers from the British army were evacuated from which French port in order to retreat from the advancing German forces?
A Cherbourg
B Dunkirk
C Calais
D Le Havre