In December, the Guardian UK website posted the questions for
the notoriously difficult King William’s College quiz or General
Knowledge Paper (GKP) given to students (and parents) at King
William’s College on the Isle of Man. In another article on,
“The Story of the King Wiliams’s College Quiz” quizmaster Dr Pat
Cullen discusses the impact of the Internet on the 106 year old
quiz and attempts to Google and social media proof the quiz to
keep it intellectually challenging. MacLean’s Canada article on
the history of the quiz is simply titled, “The World’s Most
Difficult Quiz. Really.” While only section 2 relates
specifically to geography and cartography, I estimated that
about 70 of the 180 questions could be considered geo-spatial.
These range from questions such as, “4 Who first used continuous
and broken lines to indicate fenced and unfenced roads?” to 5
Where did close neighbours claim the invention of a device for
observing at a distance? The answers to last year’s questions
were posted in February, so y