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 Electric-coffee-grinder
3. Who was the wife of Othello? A Mariana
B Desdemona
C Perdita
D Miranda
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 1985 British romantic comedy film about working class life in contemporary Liverpool starred Alexandra Pigg, Margi Clarke and Alfred Molina?
A Letter to Brezhnev
B Rita, Sue and Bob Too
C Local Hero
D The Full Monty 7. In what year did the First World War end? 8. 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
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, or Prayagraj?
A India
B Pakistan
C Iraq
D Iran
14. What is the deepest adult male singing voice?
A Tenor
B Alto
C Soprano
D Bass
15. What nationality was the poet Robert Frost?
A English B Irish C Canadian D American