GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Who had a top ten hit single in 1977 with Pearl’s A Singer? A Elkie Brooks
B Joni Mitchell
C Emmylou Harris
D Dolly Parton
2 Tia and her identical twinsister are the stars of which US children’s comedy?
A We Are Family
B Twins
C Sister Sister
D Mirror Image
3 By what name were members of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei known? A Junkers
B Bismarks
C Nazis
D Kaisers
4 Who played DSI Jo Davidson in Season 6 of Line of Duty? A Keeley Hawes
B Joanna Scanlan
C Sarah Lancashire
D Kelly MacDonald
5 Who wrote the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train on which the 1951 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock was based? A Agatha Christie
B Sir Kingsley Amis
C Patricia Highsmith
D Barbara Pym
6 Actress Daisy Ridley and comedian Rob Beckett are among the celebrities who are cooking up a storm in the latest series of which Channel 4 charity show?
A Celebrity MasterChef
B Worst Cooks in America C Celebrity Best Home Cook D The Great Celebrity Bake Off
for Stand Up to Cancer 7 What name is given to the strip of land granted to Poland by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 that separated East Prussia from the rest of Germany?
A Prussian Corridor
B Polish Corridor
C German Corridor
D Versailles Corridor
8 In which Irish county is Connemara?
A County Galway B County Cork
C Clare
D Kilkenny
9 Which British prime minister became the 1st Earl of Stockton? A Harold Macmillan
B Sir Anthony Eden
C Sir Winston Churchill
D Harold Wilson 10 Who anointed Saul as the first king of Israel?
A David
B Josiah
C Samuel
D Joseph
11 What name is given to an enquiry into a person’s resources to establish entitlement to a welfare benefit?
A Means test
B Aptitude test
C Poverty test
D Fiscal test
12 Which flower was the symbol of the House of Lancaster? A White rose
B Red rose
C Black rose
D Thistle
13 Who was the ‘speaker’ of The People’s Parliament on Channel 4?
A Lesley Riddoch
B Liam Richards
C Leon Rapauski
D Lee Rioch
14 Which swimmer won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Olympics? A Steve James
B Philip Rogers
C Geoffrey Stevens
D Mark Spitz
15 What is the capital of Australia?
A Sydney
B Perth
C Melbourne
D Canberra