General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Nobel Prize-winning American novelist wrote The Good Earth?
A William Golding B Claude Simon C Elias Canetti D Pearl S Buck
2. Which TV gardening series was presented by Anne Swithinbank and Bill Chudziak?
A Garden Force B Bloom C Blossom D Changing Gardens
3. What is the chemical process by which a substance combines with oxygen to produce heat and light?
A Combustion B Oxidisation C Explosion D Radiation
4. Who was the last Communist leader of East Germany?
A Franz Krenz B Egon Krenz C Helm Krenz D Claud Krenz
5. Which British reformer led the parliamentary campaign to abolish the slave trade?
A Watt Tyler B Emmeline Pankhurst C Sir Thomas Watson D William Wilberforce
6. Which recent Channel 5 drama starred Emily Reid as a Cambridge student who falls for her married professor, played by Emmett J. Scanlan?
A The Deceived B The Tricked C Remember Me D The Tractate Middoth
7. Who starred alongside Michael York in the 1976 sci-fi adventure Logan’s Run?
A Jane Fonda B Jane Asher C Jenny Agutter D Farrah Fawcett
8. Which Norwegian explorer led the first expedition to reach the South Pole?
A Christian Johannson B Roald Amundsen C Jork Rikverg D Roald Vikernes
9. Which former middle-distance runner was appointed chief executive of the British Athletic Federation in 1997?
A Roger Bannister B Sebastian Coe C Steve Cram D David Moorcroft
10. Which cartoon featured the evil baddie Skeletor and also the Castle Greyskull?
A He-Man B Thundercats C Mask D Dungeons and Dragons
11. Which prototype rock star and teen idol starred in the 1967 musical Half a Sixpence?
A James Grace B Tommy Steele C Ian Dury D Sid Vicious
12. Which footballer became England’s youngest World Cup goal-scorer in 1998?
A Michael Owen B Robbie Fowler C Alan Shearer D David Beckham
13. Which English pop star appeared in the film Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence?
A David Bowie B Noddy Holder C John Lennon D Mick Jagger
14. Who wrote the recent novel White City Blue?
A George Orwell B Anthony Burgess C Tim Lott D Tom Clancy
15. What was the name of the Egyptian god usually portrayed as a falcon or with a falcon’s head?
A Isis B Aten C Zozer D Horus