General Knowledge


1Which General became the 18th US President after leading the Union Army to victory in the Civil War?
2US car producer General Motors owned which British brand from 1986 to 1993, selling it to a Luxembourg based holdings company?
3General Charles de Gaulle was French President 1959 to 1969. Who succeeded him?
4The 1927 movie The General starred which actor?
5Which US General of WW11 had the nickname “Old Blood and Guts”?
6The US programme General Hospital is credited in the Guiness book of Records with which record?
7Which US General, nicknamed “Stormin’” was commander of the coalition forces in the Gulf War of 1991?
8Which British submarine sunk the General Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982?
9Who was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a British trade union?
10The General Synod is the legislative body of the Church of England, instituted in 1970. By what name was this body known prior to 1970?
quiz kindly submitted by Fraenulum on 5th September 2010