General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which British novelist wrote Precious Bane?
A Margaret Webster B Mary Webb C Margaret Atwood D Jean Webster
2. Which figures in Greek mythology were also called the Erinyes?
A Furies B Muses C Gorgons D Argonauts
3. Which large white round-headed owl occurs chiefly in Arctic tundra regions?
A Eagle owl B Snowy owl C Barn owl D Tawny owl
4. Which element has the symbol Cu?
A B C D A B C D Carbon Copper Calcium Californium
5. Who succeeded Clement Attlee as Labour Party leader in 1955?
Harold Wilson Jim Callaghan Ramsay Macdonald Hugh Gaitskell
6. Which recent Channel 4 comedy about Brexit starred Kieran Hodgson, Harry Enfield and Liza Tarbuck?
A How Europe Stole My Mum B How Brexit Stole My Dad C How Britain Stole My Brother D How the EU Stole My Family
7. Which US president introduced legislation in 1933 known as the New Deal?
A Harry S. Truman B Dwight D. Eisenhower C F.D. Roosevelt D Herbert C. Hoover
8. Which actress links the sitcoms The Brittas Empire and Grown Ups?
A Pippa Johnson B Pippa Haywood C Pippa Michaels D Pippa Frost
9. Which British publisher founded Penguin Books?
A Sir Boris Franks B Sir Michael Forrester C Sir Thomas Irving D Sir Allen Lane
10. Who is credited with discovering penicillin in 1928?
A Louis Pasteur B Alexander Fleming C Alfred Nobel D Charles Darwin
11. Which organic compounds are formed by the reaction between an alcohol and an acid with the elimination of water?
A Esters B Ethers C Ethanols D Etters
12. In Greek mythology who was the father of Iphigenia?
A Agamemnon B Theseus C Odysseus D Heracles
13. Which spin-off series from Soap starred Robert Guillaume as a butler?
A Jeeves B Lambert C You Rang M’Lord? D Benson
14. In Arthurian legend which knight of the Round Table was the secret lover of Guinevere?
A Lancelot B Sir Galahad C Arthur D Merlin
15. Which popular BBC2 series bowed out with the episode Apocalypse Wow in 1997?
A Attachments B This Life C Night Life D My So Called Life