General Knowledge Quiz
1 Which popular ballroom dance developed from the Austrian Ländler?
A Waltz
B Foxtrot
C Salsa
2 What is the American equivalent of a postcode?
A Zone code
B Block code
C Zip code
3 Who opened a waxworks exhibition in London in 1802? A Madame Tussaud
B Madame Defarge
C Madame Curie
4 The Zugspitze is the highest peak in which European country?
A Switzerland
B Germany
C Austria
5 In which English county is the town of Ware?
A Hertfordshire
B Suffolk
C Essex
6 Which actress is playing Amy Winehouse in the new biographical film Back to Black?
A Marisa Abela
B Tuppence Middleton
C Gemma Arterton
7 Which Dutch navigator was the first European to sight New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and Tasmania?
A Vasco da Gama
B Ferdinand Magellan
C Abel Tasman
8 What name was given to the shell beads used as currency by Native Americans?
A Poporo
B Wampum
C Quipu
Amy Winehouse See Question 6
9 Which joint in the body is also called the tarsus?
A Wrist
B Elbow
C Ankle
10 Which American actor starred in Adam’s Rib, Inherit the Wind and Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?
A Spencer Tracy
B Cary Grant
C Humphrey Bogart
11 What was the stage name of Swedish-born actress Greta Lovisa Gustafsson?
A Ingrid Bergman
B Greta Garbo
C Audrey Hepburn
12 Which village near Dunnet Head is the traditional destination for walks from Land’s End?
A Gretna Green
B John o’ Groats
C Durness 13 Which South African won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize?
A Nelson Mandela
B Desmond Tutu
C F. W. de Klerk
14 By what name is an adult male goose known?
A Drake
B Pen
C Gander
15 Who succeeded Richard I as King of England?
A King John
B King Edward III
C King Richard II
16 Which Indian prime minister was assassinated in 1984?
A Jawaharlal Nehru
B Indira Gandhi
C Rajiv Gandhi
17 Which actor starred in Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy?
A Robert De Niro
B Jack Nicholson
C Al Pacino
18 With what sort of stories is Aesop associated?
A Fables
B Fairy tales C Ghost stories
19 Which wood-boring beetle makes a ticking sound by striking its head on a wooden surface?
A Rhinoceros beetle
B Deathwatch beetle
C Woodworm
20 Of which country was Jimmu the legendary first emperor?
A Korea
B China
C Japan