General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Channel 5 music show was presented by Madness singer Suggs?
A Night Dance
B Night Song
C Night Fever
D Night Fun
2. Which singer had a top ten hit single in 1978 with Hotlegs?
A Noddy Holder
B Bruce Springsteen
C Rod Stewart
D David Bowie
3. Which battle took place on June 18th 1815?
A Jutland
B Somme
C Khartoum
D Waterloo
4. What is the transparent outer layer at the front of the eyeball called?
A Retina
B Iris
C Pupil
D Cornea
5. Who starred as the university drop-out in the eighties sitcom Shelley?
A Hywel Davies
B Hywel Dennis
C Hywel Bennett
D Hywel Jones
6. Actors including Kevin McNally and Robert Bathurst are among the cast set to recreate lost episodes of which classic British TV sitcom?
A Dad’s Army
B Fawlty Towers
C Porridge
D Rising Damp 7. What does an invertebrate lack? A Brain
B Legs
C Ribs
D Backbone
8. What is the oldest university in the USA?
A Yale University
B Miskatonic University C Philadelphia University
D Harvard University
9. Which Anglo-Saxon abbot wrote Catholic Homilies and Lives of the Saints?
A Aelfric
B Alfred
C Ethelred
D Athelstan 10. Which car manufacturer made the Healey and Interceptor models?
A Jaguar
B MV
C Jensen
D Triumph
11. Which disease characterised by stiffness and spasms is popularly called lockjaw?
A Foot and mouth disease B Sciatica
C Tuberculosis
D Tetanus
12. Who is a regular team captain alongside Ian Hislop on the TV quiz Have I Got News For You?
A Paul Merton
B David Mitchell
C Stephen Mangan
D Sandi Toksvig
13. Detestable chat show host Alan Partridge was a character of which comedian?
A Harry Hill
B Rory Bremner
C Mike Reid
D Steve Coogan
14. In which year did Edward VIII die?
A 1922
B 1942
C 1952
D 1972
15. What was the name of the dating agency that Alec Gilroy ran in Coronation Street?
A The Good Time dating agency B The Hot Stuff dating agency C The Golden Years dating agency D The Looking 4 Love dating agency