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General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who wrote the novels To the Lighthouse and The Voyage Out? A Charlotte Brontë
B Jane Austen
C Virginia Woolf
D George Eliot
2. In which century was Mary I
Queen of England?
A 16th
B 15th
C 14th
D 17th
3. Who was the first Roman emperor?
A Caligula
B Caius
C Augustus
D Lepidus
4. What were the Transformers?
A Mutants
B Monsters
C Ghosts
D Robots
5. In which English county is the country house Dorneywood?
A Hertfordshire
B Northamptonshire
C Leicestershire
D Buckinghamshire
6. Which ITV crime series stars
American actor Rob Lowe as a police chief who relocates to
Lincolnshire in an attempt to flee his painful past?
A Lone Will
B Wild Bill
C Tame Tom
D Rough Rob
7. Which Australian-born actor wrote the autobiography My
Wicked Wicked Ways?
A Paul Hogan
B Mel Gibson
C Errol Flynn
D Warren Beatty
8. Of which South American republic is Paramaribo the capital?
A Guyana
B Venezuela
C Suriname
D Paraguay
9. Which composer’s Adagietto from his 5th Symphony was used in the film Death In Venice?
A Gustav Mahler
B Ludwig van Beethoven
C Andrea Gabrieli
D Zoltan Kodaly
10. Which chemical element is represented by the symbol Co? A Cobalt
B Copper
C Chlorine
D Copernicium
11. What do the letters CJD stand for?
A Cranium-Joinery Disease B Caspian-Johnson Disease C Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease D Crusoe-James Disease
12. What is the capital city of Fiji? A Guava
B Suva
C Maka
D Java
13. In what town is the Australian soap Home and Away set?
A Summer Bay
B Erinsborough
C Oakey
D Pleasure Beach
14. What name is given to a boat whose hull is raised out of the water by foils when moving at speed?
A Speedboat
B Hydrofoil
C Hydrojet
D Wavebreaker
15. singer among Footballer Charlotte the celebrities John Church Barnes recently were and competing in a special edition of which ITV game show?
A The Chase
B Catchphrase
C Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
D Tipping Point