General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Monty Python member failed to keep his appointments in the 1986 comedy Clockwise?
A Michael Palin B Eric Idle C John Cleese D Terry Gilliam
2. Which scheme allows all or part of a person’s legal costs to be paid from public funds?
A Legal assistance B Legal help C Legal charity D Legal aid
3. What is the tallest living fourlegged mammal?
A Elephant B Zebra C Giraffe D Lion
4. What is the text of an opera or operetta called?
A An aria B The texetto C The operina D The libretto
5. How many chains are in a furlong?
A 10 B 30 C 50 D 70
6. Bonnie Langford played which Doctor Who companion in the popular TV drama from 1986 to 1987?
A Ace B Mel C Leela D Tegan
7. Michael Douglas played a washed-up English professor in which film released in 2000?
A One Night at McCool’s B Traffic
C The Game
D Wonder Boys
8. Which actress was known as the Jersey Lily?
A Lillie McGuire B Lily James C Lillie Langtry D Lily Josephine
9. Which butterfly gets its name from the large purple eyespots on its wings?
A Red admiral butterfly B Peacock butterfly C Cabbage white butterfly D Camberwell beauty butterfly
10. What is the Arabian camel also known as?
A Marmaduke B Dromedary C Pryyria D Roogan
11. Which planet has a moon called Charon?
A Pluto B Jupiter C Mars D Saturn
12. Which Dublin-born painter is famous for his Study after Velazquez?
A Jasper Johns B Robert Smithson C Frank Stella D Francis Bacon
13. What was the nationality of the artist Wassily Kandinsky?
A Austrian B Dutch C German D Russian 14. Which French rococo painter is famous for his fêtes galantes?
A Auguste Rodin B Antoine Watteau C Nicolas Poussin D Paul Gauguin
15. In which city is the Quai d’Orsay?
A Rome B Paris C Strasbourg D Innsbruck