GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1 Of which country is the Baht the monetary unit?

A Thailand B Burma C Bangladesh D Vietnam

2 In which country can the Jumna River be found?

A India B Congo C Pakistan D Brazil

3 In which year did Sitting Bull die?

A 1830 B 1910 C 1890 D 1930

4 Which essayist and dramatist, who was the founder of The Tatler and The Spectator, also wrote the play The Funeral?

A Sir Robert Peel

B Sir Richard Steele C Sir Howard Roberts D Sir Michael Robb

5 Which actress played Dorothy in the US sitcom Golden Girls?

A Roseanne Arthur B Bea Arthur C Cybil Arthur

D Iris Arthur

6 Which ITV crime drama series starred Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar?

A Unfriendly B Unfairly C Unfortunately D Unforgotten 7 What colour is the pigment vermilion?

A Green B Yellow C Blue D Red

8 By what name was the apatosaurus formerly known?

A T-Rex B Velociraptor C Brontosaurus D Stegasaurus

9 With which artistic movement were Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Rene Magritte associated?

A Impressionism B Surrealism

C Cubism

D Abstract Expressionism 10 Which actor who starred in The Singing Detective received a knighthood in the 1998 New Year Honours list?

A Richard Gambon B John Gambon C Thomas Gambon D Michael Gambon

11 How is a cranefly commonly known?

A Horsefly B Daddy-longlegs C Housefly D Bluebottle

12 In which year did the Jodrell Bank telescope become operational?

A 1947 B 1967 C 1957 D 1977

13 Which American popular novelist died in October 1997 at the age of 81?

A Harold Robbins B Ernest Hemingway C George Steinbeck D Arthur Hailey

14 On which river does the French city of Chartres stand?

A River Seine B River Eure C River Rhine D River Loire

15 Which of the Mitford sisters married the British Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley?

A Nancy B Jessica C Deborah D Diana

Nicola Walker See Question 6