General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which cartoon canine helped the bungling Inspector Gadget to solve mysteries?
A Brain B Spot C Woofy D Beethoven
2. What name was given to the guerrilla force led by Brigadier General Orde Wingate in Burma?
A Findits B Pundits C Chindits D Trinidits
3. Who wrote the Just So Stories in 1902?
A A.A. Milne B C.S. Lewis C Rudyard Kipling D Robert Louis Stevenson
4. Which famous pupil of Greyfriars School featured in stories by Frank Richards?
A Billy Bunter B Tucker Jenkins C Fatty Arbuckle D Tubby Palmer
5. Who was the commander of Apollo 11?
A Buzz Aldrin B Lance Gray C Martin Malone D Neil Armstrong
6. Billie Piper recently returned as the titular actress and former teen pop star in which dark comedy drama on Sky Atlantic?
A Whatever Happened to Suzie B I Heart Suzie C Suzie Who? D I Hate Suzie
7. Which disc jockey/ TV presenter created the character Captain Kremmen?
A Kenny Everett B Chris Evans C Steve Wright D Simon Mayo
8. Who had a top ten hit single in 1979 with If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?
A Barry White B The Bellamy Brothers C Rod Stewart D David Essex
9. What name is given to an isolated mountain peak protruding through an ice sheet?
A Glacial peak B Moraine C Corrie D Nunatak
10. Which novelist wrote The Heart of Midlothian?
A Anthony Powell B Sir Walter Scott C Lawrence Durrell D Barbara Pym
11. Which American general’s ‘last stand’ was at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
A General Lee B General Eisenhower C General Sanders D General Custer
12. What are the names of the two FBI agents in The X-files?
A David Scully and Fran Mulder B Dana Scully and Fox Mulder C Doug Scully and Freya Mulder D Diana Scully and Frank Mulder
13. How old was Buddy Holly when he died?
A 32 B 26 C 37 D 22
14. Which Asian kingdom was formerly known as Siam?
A China B Thailand C Mongolia D Vietnam
15. In May and June 1940, soldiers from the British army were evacuated from which French port in order to retreat from the advancing German forces?
A Cherbourg B Dunkirk C Calais D Le Havre