General Knowledge Quiz
1 In what line of business does a usurer operate?
A Moneylending B Law enforcement C Retail
2 Which flower is the subject of the Wordsworth poem beginning “I wandered lonely as a cloud”?
A Sunflower B Poppy C Daffodil
3 Which king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field?
A Richard III B Henry II C John
4 Which character did Stephen Fry play in Blackadder Goes Forth?
A Lieutenant George B General Melchett C Captain Darling
5 What type of drink is a flat white?
A Coffee B Milkshake C Beer
6 What was the title of Cilla Black’s first No.1 hit, that reached the top in March 1964?
A Anyone Who Had A Heart B You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ C Alfie
7 Pierre Coffin is the voice of which animated sidekicks?
A Despicable Me’s Minions B Toy Story’s Aliens C Madagasar’s Penguins
8 May is another name for the spring blossom of which tree?
A Hawthorn B Cherry C Apple
9 What is a male goose known as?
A Drake B Cob C Gander
10 What type of fence features in the title of a 2002 film set in 1930s Western Australia and starring Kenneth Branagh?
A Rabbit-proof fence B Sheep-proof fence C Deer-proof fence
11 ‘In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of…’ what, according to Tennyson in the poem Locksley Hall?
A Passion B Love C Romance
12 Which famous 12th century ivory game pieces were discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Lewis in 1831?
A The Lewis Chessmen B The Lewis Dice C The Lewis Dominoes
13 In which European country are the cities of Gothenburg, Malmö and Kiruna?
A Norway B Sweden C Denmark
14 In the Old Testament Book of Exodus, God promises to bring the Israelites to a land flowing with which two foods?
A Meat and potatoes B Bread and wine C Milk and honey
15 How should a musical note marked pizzicato be played on a violin, viola or cello?
A By plucking the string B By blowing into the instrument C By striking the string with the wood of the bow
16 Which Leonard Cohen song begins “(Now) I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord”?
A Suzanne B Hallelujah C Take This Waltz
17 What type of creature is a siskin?
A A bird B A reptile C A mammal
18 Which BBC series based on novels by Elizabeth Gaskell starred Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon?
A Chingford B Cranford C Candleford 19 In which decade did synchronised swimming and table tennis become Olympic sports? A 1990s B 1980s C 1970s
20 Whose love (or luve), according to his poem, is like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June?
A Samuel Taylor Coleridge B William Shakespeare C Robert Burns