GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. What is the longest continuous footpath in the world?
A The Pennine Way B The Ridge Way
C The Alpine Way
D The Appalachian Trail
2. Which Dadaist artist is best known for Nude Descending a Staircase and The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even?
A Marcel Duchamp
B Hans Arp
C Francis Picabia
D Hannah Hoch
3. Which capital punishment device was used during the French Revolution?
A Broadaxe
B Guillotine
C The Gallows
D Executioner’s Sword
4. In which Dutch city can the Rijksmuseum be found? A Rotterdam
B Amsterdam
C Eindhoven
D Arnhem
5. Which light- footed actor played Billy Elliot?
A Rupert Grint
B Daniel Radcliffe
C Orlando Bloom
D Jamie Bell
6. Which East London featherweight stopped Justin Murphy in the fourth round of their 1996 bout?
A Colin Hendry
B Colin Boss- Roberts
C Colin Mcmillan
D Colin Mcdonald 7. John Barnes and Myles Stephenson were among the stars competing in the first of a new series of which competitive show on BBC1? A Strictly Come Dancing B Celebrity Masterchef
C The Greatest Dancer
D Best Home Cook
8. In which religion is nirvana the attainment of perfect serenity?
A Buddhism
B Hinduism
C Islam
D Judaism
9. In mathematics what does rms stand for?
A Random- memory- system B Root- maths- system
C Real- maths- sorting
D Root- mean- square 10. Which new spy film stars John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki?
A Creed
B Tenet
C Belief
D Faith
11. Who starred as TV’S Hamish Macbeth?
A Robert Burns
B Robert Hamer C Robert Carlyle D Robert Jackson 12. What sort of creature is a Clydesdale? A A dog B A horse C A cat D A bird 13. Which Dominican- born British novelist wrote Wide Sargasso Sea?
A Frank Rhys
B Harold Rhys
C Jean Rhys
D Michael Rhys
14. Which saint and missionary wrote the epistles to the Corinthians and Galatians in the New Testament?
A St John
B St Paul
C St Mark
D St Luke
15. In which country is the plateau known as the Mato Grosso?
A Mexico
B Chile
C Brazil
D Uruguay