Western Daily Press (Saturday)
General Knowledge Quiz
1 18th century author Oliver
Goldsmith’s famous comedy play is entitled She Stoops to… what?
A Curtsey
B Conquer
C No-one 2 Which Simon and Garfunkel song begins “I’m sitting in the railway station, Got a ticket for my destination”?
A My Little Town
B Bridge Over Troubled Water
C Homeward Bound 3 What name is given to a bicycle operated by a rider in a reclining position?
A Reclining bicycle
B Relaxing bicycle
C Recumbent bicycle 4 In which city was Channel 4 soap Brookside set?
A Newcastle
B Manchester
C Liverpool
5 The islands of Elba and St Helena were both places of exile for which military leader?
A Simón Bolívar
B Napoleon Bonaparte
C Bonnie Prince Charlie
6 What word beginning with p is the long tubular organ through which a butterfly sucks nectar? A Probe
B Prognostic
C Proboscis
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
B American
C Irish 8 Of what is seismology the
study?
A Tidal waves
B Volcanoes
C Earthquakes 9 In 1918 the right to vote was given to British women over what
age?
A 40 years
B 30 years
C 21 years 10 Which 1990s sitcom was set in the fictional Bayview Retirement
Home and starred Stephanie Cole as one of its residents, Diana
Trent?
A One Foot in the Grave
B Hold the Sunset
C Waiting for God