The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. What name is given to the great epidemic of plague that ravaged medieval Europe?
A Influenza virus
B The Black Death
C The great sleep
D Measles
2. Which cricketer scored his record third World Cup century for Australia in their 1996 quarter-final victory against New Zealand?
A Shane Warne
B Mathew Waugh
C Mark Waugh
D Troy Warne
3. Which former ‘Goon’ presented Highway on TV?
A Peter Sellers
B Spike Milligan
C John Cleese
D Harry Secombe
4. In which Shakespeare play does Caliban appear?
A A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B Measure for Measure
C King Lear
D The Tempest
5. How did the Nazi Herman Goering finally meet his death in 1946?
A Hanged
B Shot
C Poisoned
D Stabbed
6. Mo Gilligan is the host of which BBC talent show, with stars including Tom Ellis put through their musical paces?
A What’s Your Pickle
B That’s My Jam
C Who’s His Honey
D It’s Our Time
7. Which US rock band released an album entitled Music From Another Dimension! in 2012?
A Guns N’ Roses
B Metallica
C Aerosmith
D Slayer
8. What is the usual name for a pelargonium cultivated as a garden plant?
A Pansy
B Daffodil
C Rose
D Geranium
9. Which flying insects belong to the order Lepidoptera?
A Bluebottles
B Moths
C Gnats
D Daddy Long Legs
10. To what sort of animal does the adjective ovine relate?
A Cat
B Sheep
C Dog
D Snake
11. Who was described as the last of the five good Roman emperors after his death?
A Marcus Aurelius
B Nero
C Julius Caesar
D Magnus Maximus
12. In which African country is the town of Timbuktu?
A Nigeria
B Ethiopia
C Mali
D Algeria
13. Who played Georgina in Upstairs, Downstairs?
A Jennifer Saunders
B Julie Walters
C Lesley-Anne Down
D Stephanie Hawk
14. In the Simpsons what is the name of the local bar owner?
A Barney
B Mr Burns
C Moe
D Smithers
15. Who is the patron saint of travellers?
A St David
B St Christopher
C St James
D St Patrick