General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Rugby Union player became the youngest-ever All Black when he made his debut against France in 1994 at the age of 19?
A Jonah Lomu
B Eric Rush
C Craig Dowd
D Scott McLeod
2. Which group released the album Fresco in 1997?
A Sleeper
B Elastica
C M People
D Skunk Anansie
3. In which country is the port of Haifa situated?
A Iran B Israel C Iraq
D Sri Lanka
4. Which French writer published the collection of fairy tales Contes de ma mère l’Oye, better known as Mother Goose?
A Ionesco
B Albert Camus
C Pierre Cardin
D Charles Perrault
5. Sadism is named after which French writer?
A Marquis Sadiste B Marquis de la Sad C Marquis de Caraba D Marquis de Sade
6. Which US comedy drama series stars Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore?
A Shameless
B This Is Us
C Parenthood
D Big Little Lies
7. Someone with androphobia has a fear of what?
A Heights
B Beetles
C Dogs
D Men 8. What in nature is a brotulid? A A horse
B A flower
C A feline
D A fish 9. Which mountain range forms a border between France and Spain?
A Alps
B Carpathians
C Cairngorm
D Pyrenees 10. In which popular US sport do the Green Bay Packers play?
A Baseball
B Ice Hockey
C American Football
D Basketball
11. What sort of creature is a wentletrap?
A A mollusc
B A fish
C A mammal
D An arachnid
12. Who starred on TV as Edna The Inebriate Woman?
A Patricia Hayes
B Maggie Smith
C Thora Hird
D Judi Dench
13. Which soap’s theme tune is titled Lancashire Blues?
A Hollyoaks
B Coronation Street
C Doctors
D Emmerdale
14. Who was the first woman MP to sit in the House of Commons?
A Margaret Bondfield B Christabel Pankhurst C Jennie Lee
D Nancy Astor
15. Which poet wrote Sonnets from the Portuguese?
A Sylvia Plath
B Emily Dickinson
C Elizabeth Jennings D Elizabeth Barrett Browning