The Friday Multiple Choice Quiz (General Knowledge) #8
Every friday a group of us meet up for a quiz at St.Stephens church cafe, Norwich, Norfolk. Here are ten of the questions asked at last friday's quiz (Oct 31st, 2025)
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1. What do Americans call Autumn?
Equinoxe
Winter
Solstice
Fall
2. Who wrote the novel Lucky Jim?
Martin Amis
Rudyard Kipling
Kingsley Amis
Stan Barstow
3. In Western Europe, when does the Christian year begin?
New Years Day
Advent
Palm Sunday
Christmas Day
4. In Formula One, what colour flag is waved when a driver is about to be lapped?
Chequered
Blue
Pink
Yellow
5. How many people are depicted in Grant Wood's painting American Gothic?
Three
Twelve
Two
Four
6. Fasnet is the most southerly point of which country?
Ireland
Australia
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
7. In what year did the following all happen: Pluto was re-defined as a dwarf planet, Germany hosted the World Cup, and Saddam Hussein was executed in Iraq?
2002
2006
2007
2010
8. What were Lee Dorsey's two 1966 UK top ten hit singles?
Working In The Coal Mine & Sixteen Tons
I Feel Good & Sex Machine
Sixteen Tons & Chain Gang
Working In The Coalmine & Holy Cow
9. In which English county are the annual World Conker Championships held?
Leicestershire
Ayrshire
Rutland
Northamptonshire
10. What is the biggest city in the world beginning with the letter 'O'?