GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 How many pairs of legs do arachnids have?
A Four B Eight C Six D Ten
2 Of which country is the Dail eireann the representative assembly?
A Republic of Ireland B Wales C Scotland D England
3 Who designed the first British jet aircraft to fly?
A Sir Frank Windsor B Sir Frank Wallace C Sir Frank West D Sir Frank Whittle
4 Which small nocturnal primate is also called a galago?
A Kangaroo B Koala C Duck Billed Platypus D Bush Baby
5 Who wrote the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?
A Puccini B Dvorak C Tchaikovsky D Mozart
6 Which character in the Harry Potter films was played by both Richard Harris and Michael Gambon?
A Dobby B Hagrid C Dumbledore D Filch
7 What is the female reproductive unit of a flowering plant called?
A Carpel B Stem C Petal D Pollen
8 Which of the following would classify the element Xenon?
A Alkali metal B Inert gas C Noble metal D Lanthanide
9 What was the pen name of the novelist Marie Henri Beyle?
A Lumiere B Stendhal C Gaston D Ionesco
10 Which English bishop and missionary wrote Naught for your Comfort about South African apartheid?
A Thomas Hardy B James Hanson C Trevor Huddleston D George Hodgson
11 What nationality was detective writer Georges Simenon?
A Hungarian B Austrian C Belgian D French
12 Which sugar occurs naturally in honey, fruits and vegetables?
A Glucose B Sucrose C Fructose D Lactose
13 Which British general founded the Boy Scouts?
A Lord Michael-Rogers B Lord Baden-Powell C Lord Rydon-Dale D Sir William Booth
14 Which US president was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A J F Kennedy B William McKinley C Abraham Lincoln D James Garfield
15 By what name was Scotland known by the Romans?
A Hibernia B Caledonia C Cambria D Gaul