GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. What form of sentence was introduced to the UK by the 1972 Criminal Justice Act?
A Community Service B Hanging
C Flogging
D Corporal Punishment
2. In the Old Testament who made the Golden Calf which was destroyed when his brother Moses returned from Mount Sinai?
A Jacob
B Job
C Aaron
D David
3. Who won best female solo artist at the 2020 Brit Awards? A Mahalia
B Mabel
C Freya Ridings
D Jorgja Smith
4. In which year did Jamaica become independent? 5. Which king was married to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon? A George IV
B George V
C George VI
D Edward VII
6. Who completed the line-up of presenters for last year’s series of Autumnwatch on BBC2, alongside Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke?
A Gethin Jones
B Iolo Williams
C Eamonn Holmes
D Clare Balding
Michaela Strachan
See Question 6 7. By what name was the Russian city of St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
A Stalingrad
B Petrograd
C Leningrad
D Moscow
8. What was the first active communications satellite? A Mir
B Alpha IV
C Telstar
D Inmarsat
9. Which Saint’s feast day falls on 11th November?
A St. John
B St. George
C St. Patrick
D St. Martin 10. Which billionaire oil heir and philanthropist was granted British citizenship in 1997?
A G Frank Getty Sr
B P Petty Gaul Jr
C S Samuel Jackson Jr
D J Paul Getty Jr
11. Which Glaswegian rock group released an album entitled 0141 - 632 6326 in 1997?
A Garbage
B Travis
C Del Amitri
D Gun
12. Which Italian island was the first place of exile of Napoleon I of France?
A Cyprus
B Malta
C Sicily
D Elba
13. Which group had a 1980 hit with Dance Yourself Dizzy? A Quick Silver
B Liquid Metal
C Liquid Gold
D Gold Run
14. Which prime minister made Queen Victoria Empress of India?
A Lord Salisbury
B Gladstone
C Disraeli
D Peel
15. What is the SI unit of work or energy named after a British physicist?
A Joule
B Calorie
C Sucrose
D Graft