GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. In the bay of which city is the prison Robben Island?
A New York
B Cape Town
C Sydney
D Bristol
2. What is the final event in the decathlon?
A 110m hurdles
B 1,500m
C 800m
D Pole Vault
3. Which sitcom actress was appointed to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority?
A June Whitfield
B Jennifer Saunders
C Penelope Keith
D Victoria Wood
4. What sort of creature is a sidewinder?
A A poisonous lizard
B A sub-Saharan wolf
C A snake
D An eel
5. To what is hay fever an allergic reaction?
A Dust mites
B Animal hair
C Horses
D Pollen
6. Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger returned for a new four-part BBC1 adaptation of JK Rowling’s detective novels – what was it called?
A Strike: Legal Right
B Strike: Total Sight
C Strike: Lethal White
D Strike: Real Fright
7. What was the first name of American jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington?
A Edward
B Howard
C Thomas
D Michael
8. In which American city is the Smithsonian Institution?
A New York
B Washington DC
C Detroit
D Los Angeles
9. In what year was Return to Oz the sequel to The Wizard of Oz released?
A 1975
B 1991
C 1982
D 1985
10. Which green pigment present in organisms is responsible for photosynthesis?
A Algae
B Leaves
C Chlorophyll
D Isotopes
11. In which form of horse racing are horses required to jump obstacles?
A Sprint Running
B Steeple Chase
C Flat Racing
D One-mile dash
12. Which South African mammal is also called a suricate?
A Leopard
B Meerkat
C Giraffe
D Wildebeest
13. Which artist painted Nude Descending a Staircase?
A Stanley Spencer
B Natalia Goncharova
C Marcel Duchamp
D Mikhail Lariono?
14. Which British soldier and writer died in a motorcycle accident in Dorset in 1935?
A Rudyard Kipling
B TS Eliot
C TE Lawrence
D DH Lawrence
15. What kind of animal is the cartoon character Sylvester?
A Dog
B Cat
C Mouse
D Bird