GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Of which US city is Greenwich Village regarded as the bohemian and artistic quarter?
A Los Angeles B San Francisco C Detroit
D New York City 2 Which line of fortifications to protect the eastern frontier of France was outflanked by the German invasion of 1940?
A Champagne Line B Ardennes Line C Maginot Line D Strasbourg Line 3 In the Bible what was the home town of Abraham?
A Ir B Or C Ur D Ar 4 Which British band had a top ten hit single in 1986 with Happy Hour?
A REM B Housemartins C The Smiths
D The Stone Roses 5 What name is given to the decay of timber caused by cellulosedigesting fungi such as Serpula lacrymans?
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A Fungi rot
B Ridgicasion
C Mushroom disease
D Dry rot 6 Which Bond girl does Ana de Armas play in the 2021 film No Time to Die?
A Paola B Priscilla C Paloma D Priya 7 Which TV actor starred in Heartbeat; The Gaffer and Oh No! It’s Selwyn Froggitt?
A Bill Maynard B Nick Berry C Brian Hunt D Colin Firth 8 Which famous fictional detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
A Inspector Morse B Inspector Hanaud C Sherlock Holmes D Miss Marple 9 The hit comedy Wayne’s World was a spin-off from which popular television series?
A Saturday Night Live
B The Cosby Show
C Cheers
D Happy Days 10 Of which country is the Kip the basic unit of currency?
A Laos B Cambodia C Thailand D Japan 11 What part of the body is affected by dermatitis?
A The eyes B The skin C The heart D The lungs 12 Who wrote The Time Machine and Kipps?
A C.S Lewis B Isaac Asimov C H.G Wells D Joseph Conrad 13 What name is given to the arch in a theatre through which the audience views a play?
A Promethean arch B Players arch C Puerto Rican arch D Proscenium arch 14 What name is given to any tree of the genus Fagus?
A Ash B Beech C Birch D Poplar 15 Who coined the term Iron Curtain?
A Margaret Thatcher B J F Kennedy C Winston Churchill D Dwight Eisenhower