General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which pedal is depressed when changing gears in a manual car?
A Clutch B Brake C Accelerator D No pedal
2. In medicine what does ECG stand for?
A Electric Carbon Graphing B Electrocardiogram C Emergency Care Group D Electronic Care Giver
3. What is the deepest adult male singing voice?
A Tenor B Alto C Soprano D Bass
4. Which form of political corruption is named after US politician Elbridge Gerry?
A Elbridging B Gerrymandering C Elgerring D Gerring
5. What is the clown in The Simpsons called?
A Chalkie B Charlie C Krusty D Cheesy
6. Which Irish coming-of-age sitcom, whose third series is showing on BBC1, stars Chris Walley and Alex Murphy as Cork teenagers Jock and Conor?
A The Young Offenders B Normal People
C Mrs Brown’s Boys D Penny Dreadful
7. In what year did World War I end?
A 1917 B 1919 C 1914 D 1918
8. Who was the wife of Othello in Shakespeare’s play?
A Mariana B Desdemona C Perdita D Miranda
9. Which British field marshal who commanded the BEF in World War I became 1st Earl of Ypres?
A James French B Richard French C John French D Robert French
10. In which magazine were The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes serialised?
A Strand Magazine B Punch Magazine
C Tales of the Unexpected D Hello Magazine
11. Which Sudanese city site of a battle in 1898 was the residence of the Mahdi?
A Dongola B Abu Hamed C Omdurman D Khartoum
12. Which Central American peninsula was a seat of the Maya civilisation?
A Yucatan B Sierra Madre C Belize D Chimborazo
13. In which country is the city of Allahabad?
A India B Pakistan C Iraq D Iran
14. Le Grand Trianon and Le Petit Trianon are villas in the grounds of which famous French palace?
A Rennes B Toulouse C Dijon D Versailles
15. What nationality was the poet Robert Frost?
A English B Irish C Canadian D American