GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Which popular type of cheese made in the West Country is traditionally matured in caves? A Camembert
B Brie
C Cheddar
2 Which American crime film starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino won the 1972 Best Picture Oscar?
A Apocalypse Now
B The Godfather
C Taxi Driver
3 When the Royal Standard flag is flown at Buckingham Palace, what does it signify?
A That the monarch is in residence
B That a royal event is occurring
C That the palace is open to public
4 What does the Beaufort Scale measure?
A Humidity
B Temperature
C Wind Force
5 Which religious leader is known as Il Papa in Italy?
A The Pope
B Cardinal
C Bishop
6 What is the latest album from British singer Tom Odell called? A Blue Monday
B Black Friday
C Grey Thursday
7 What is the title of the series of children’s novels by Lemony Snicket which follows the adventures of siblings Violet, Klaus and Sunny?
A Percy Jackson series
B A Series of Unfortunate Events C Harry Potter series
8 Leopard, elephant, and grey are species of which marine mammal?
A Seal
B Walrus
C Whale
9 What is the name of the North American waterfalls, which drain water from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario?
A Niagara Falls
B Victoria Falls
C Angel Falls
10 Which birds are said to be the guardians of the Tower of London?
A Doves
B Pigeons
C Ravens
11 Agoraphobia is a fear of what?
A Open spaces
B Crowds
C Heights
12 A variety of which common garden pest was introduced to England by the Romans who used to eat them?
A Snail
B Beetle
C Caterpillars
13 Which late October celebrations are thought to be linked to the Celtic harvest festival Samhain?
A Halloween
B Harvest Moon C Thanksgiving
14 What is the term for a young goose?
A Duckling
B Gosling
C Cygnet
15 Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest for 3 consecutive years between 1992 and 1994 with the songs Why Me?, In Your Eyes and Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids?
A United Kingdom
B Sweden
C Ireland
16 Which Roman Emperor was said, inaccurately, to have ‘fiddled while Rome Burned’? A Augustus
B Nero
C Julius Caesar
17 Which Romantic poet wrote Kubla Khan, which begins ‘In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree’? A John Keats
B William Wordsworth C Samuel Taylor Coleridge
18 What type of facial features are ‘mutton chops’? A Sideburns
B Goatee
C Mustache
19 In which century was London’s Tower Bridge built? A Seventeenth
B Nineteenth
C Eighteenth
20 To what event of 1605 does the traditional rhyme, whose first line begins “Remember remember…” relate?
A The Great Fire of London B The Gunpowder Plot
C Battle of Hastings