GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
2 3 1 Which England midfielder scored after 27 seconds against France in the 1982 football World Cup Finals?
A Glenn Hoddle B Bryan Robson C Chris Waddle D Terry Venables
2 Who presented the longrunning astronomy series The Sky at Night?
A Dudley Moore B Roger Moore C Patrick Moore D Peter Moore
3 In which sport are the following apparatus used: parallel bars, pommel horse and balance beam?
A Fencing B Heptathalon C Gymnastics D Decathalon
4 With which country did England wage the War of Jenkins’s Ear?
A France B Russia C Italy D Spain
5 Which musical form is named after the Latin for ‘flight’?
A Accelerando B Berceuse C Fugue
D Aria
6 What name was given to the Turkish empire founded by Osman?
A Ottoman Empire B Osman Empire C Turki-Osso Empire
D Ossoman Empire 7 Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant are among the stars of which BBC comedy set in Bristol?
A The InBetweens B The Outlaws C The Outcasts D The In-laws
8 Who wrote Catch 22?
A John Steinbeck B Kingsley Amis C George Orwell D Joseph Heller
9 Of which country was Pakistan a part until 1947?
A Kashmir B Nepal C India D Afghanistan 10 In which country was TV’s Police Rescue set?
A B C D
England Australia Wales Scotland
11 Who wrote Watership Down? A J R R Tolkien
B Richard Adams
C C S Lewis
D David Eddings
12 Which political party was the predecessor of the Liberal Party in the UK?
A Tory Party
B Democratic Central Party C Whig Party
D Unionist Party
13 In which US city is Times Square?
A Detroit B Washington D.C. C Los Angeles D New York City
14 Which US sociologist wrote The Structure of Social Action? A Ricki Lake
B James Hoffman
C Marshall Goldman
D Talcott Parsons
15 Who played Arkwright’s longsuffering assistant Granville in Open All Hours?
A Jack Snow B David Frost C David Jason D James Richards