General Knowledge Quiz
1. What sort of creature is a Sealyham? A A fish B A bird C A dog D A pig 2. Which English poet wrote In Memoriam and The Idylls of the King? A George Lord Byron B Percy Bysshe Shelley C Alfred Lord Tennyson D Matthew Arnold 3. What was the name of Sony’s first attempt at a games console? A Gamestation B Genesis C Super Station D Playstation 4. What is the name for a Japanese woman whose profession is to entertain men? A Sumo B Hokito C Samurai D Geisha 5. Who played Donna in the sitcom My Wonderful Life? A Rachel Bray B Emma Wray C Karen Cray D Irene May 6. Which character is portrayed by Philip Glenister in both Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes? A Joe Friday B George Gently C Lennie Briscoe D Gene Hunt
Philip Glenister See Question 6 7. What hard dark wood is traditionally used for the black keys on a piano? A Mahogany B Ebony C Cedar D Ivory 8. What was the nickname of Jazz trumpeteer Louis Armstrong? A Groutcho B Satchmo C Flashmo D Sasher 9. Which Italian town, at the foot of a hill containing a Benedictine monastery, was destroyed during heavy fighting in 1944? A Brescia B Verona C Genoa D Cassino
1. Lukas ........, Germany player who scored their first goal in the 2010 Football World Cup finals against Australia (8) 7. 2008 European Football
Championship winners (5) 8. A member of the Pacific
Islands Rugby Alliance (5) 9. Brian ......, Aston Villa
manager 1994-98 (6) 10. Dino ...., manager of the Italy football team from 1998-2000 (4) 12. Asian team that beat the United States 2-1 in the 1998 World Cup Finals (4) 14. A snooker shot where the ball is potted off one cushion (6) 17. Gezahegne ....., 2000 Olympic men’s marathon champion (5) 18. Hubert ....., 1985 USPGA and 1977 US Open champion (5) 19. A number of teams grouped together for competitive purposes (8) 1. Snooker shot where the object ball is played onto another which is potted (5) 2. Allan ......, South Africa Test cricketer 19922002 (6) 3. Leroy ...., former Bristol City, Reading and Middlesbrough striker (4) 4. Japanese martial art using
a bamboo sword (5) 5. Ronnie .’........, winner of the 2013 World Snooker Championship (9) 6. Leigh ........., Wales and
Toulon winger (9) 11. Paul ......, Kenyan winner of the 2010 Italian marathon (6) 13. Jean ....., French F1 driver who won the 1995 Canadian GP (5) 15. Gary ....., former Coventry City and Ireland defender (5) 16. Winning No. 8 in the 2010 Football World Cup Final (4)