Western Daily Press (Saturday)
General Knowledge Quiz
1 Who came second to David Cameron in a 2005 Conservative Party leadership election?
A Stephen Stevens
B John Jones
C David Davis
2 Which English football team’s name is an anagram of the phrase ‘synthetic cream’?
A Doncaster Rovers
B Manchester City
C Newcastle United
3 Which side of a coin, also called ‘heads’, bears the main design?
A Converse
B Obverse
C Reverse
4 What unit of distance used in astronomy is equal to about 3.26 light years?
A Quasar
B Orbit
C Parsec
5 What would you do with jambalaya?
A Eat it
B Ride it
C Wear it
6 Which actor-comedian hosted the Jazz Club sketches on BBC TV series The Fast Show?
A Simon Day
B Mark Williams
C John Thomson
7 Which singer’s fourth studio album was titled Do It For Love?
A Alicia Keys
B Gwen Stefani
C Alesha Dixon
8 Romaine is the word used in North America for which lettuce?
A Radicchio
B Cos
C Iceberg
9 To which actress is actor Matthew Macfadyen married?
A Helen George
B Keeley Hawes
C Charlotte Ritchie
10 Who plays a djinn who offers Tilda Swinton three wishes in return for his freedom in the new film Three Thousand Years of Longing?
A Kit Harington
B Daniel Kaluuya
C Idris Elba