General Knowledge Quiz

Quiz Time

General Knowledge

1. Who wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress? (a) John Bunyan (b) Geoffrey Chaucer (c) William Wordsworth? 2. Which of Shakespeare’s tragedies is set in Elsinore

Castle? (a) Hamlet (b) Macbeth (c) Romeo and Juliet? 3. In what year was the first ever long-playing record (LP) released? (a) 1928 (b) 1938 (c) 1948? 4. Which one of the following Spanish cities is located in the Basque region? (a) Bilbao (b) Malaga (c) Valencia? 5. In what year was Liverpool formally granted city status? (a) 1680 (b) 1780 (c) 1880? 6. Which one of the following monarchs was the last to occupy the throne? (a) Charles II (b) Edward VI (c) Henry VII? 7. Which one of the following football fixtures is not a local “derby” game? (a) Ajax v Feyenoord (b) Juventus v Torino (c) Real Betis v Seville? 8. The retina, iris and cornea are all found in which part of the body? (a) ear (b) eye (c) stomach? 9. How many players are there in a netball team? (a) six (b) seven (c) eight? 10. For any metal to be described as non-ferrous, what must it not contain? (a) copper (b) iron (c) lead?

Solutions on page 21

If every adult in the UK spent just £5 per week

in their local shops and businesses, instead of online, at supermarkets or with the huge multinationals. It would be worth £16.8 billion