General Knowledge Quiz

1 With whom did David Bowie duet on a 1985 cover of Dancing In The Street?

A Paul McCartney

B Mick Jagger

C Cliff Richard

2 Which ITV sitcom starred Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as a couple with a love/hate relationship?

A Outrageous

B Wicked

C Vicious

3 What type of creature was Stuart Little, the title character of a 1999 comedy film?

A Budgie

B Dog

C Mouse

4 What word can describe the eye socket, or the path of a celestial body around a planet?

A Ambit

B Ellipse

C Orbit

Aitch

See Question 10.

5 Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson were 20th century pioneers in which field?

A Chemistry

B Aviation

C Space travel

6 Which metallic chemical element is represented by the symbol Pb?

A Platinum

B Zinc

C Lead 7 In his 1969 hit single, how did Marvin Gaye hear that “Not much longer would you be mine”?

A On the Telephone

B Through the Grapevine

C In Your Voice

8 How was St Petersburg known between 1924 and 1991?

A Stalingrad

B Volgograd

C Leningrad

9 Of which novel did a prosecutor in its 1960 obscenity trial ask “Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read?”?

A Lolita

B Lady Chatterley’s Lover

C The Catcher in the Rye

10 What is the title of the recently released debut album of Manchester rapper Aitch?

A Close to Home

B Round the Corner

C Too Close for Comfort