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General Knowledge Quiz
1. What nationality was the painter Rembrandt?
A French
B Dutch
C German
D Hungarian
2. What is the oldest university in Scotland?
A Stirling
B Glasgow
C St Andrews
D Aberdeen
3. Which bird is also called the peewit or green plover?
A Starling
B Lapwing
C Swallow
D Kestrel
4. How is the Book of Changes better known?
A Feng Shui
B Tai Chi
C I Ching
D Zen
5. Of which European country did Todor Zhivkov become president in 1971?
A Bulgaria
B Romania
C Croatia
D Armenia
6. What is the title of the third solo album from US singer Selena Gomez, which was released in January?
A Rare
B Precious
C Expensive
D Singular
7. What is the SI unit of pressure, equal to one newton per square metre?
A Pascal
B Joule
C Watt
D Kelvin
8. The larvae of the Colorado beetle is highly destructive to which type of crop?
A Tomato
B Lettuce
C Potato
D Corn
9. What name is given to a virtually barren area of land where precipitation is minimal and sporadic?
A Desert
B Forest
C Tundra
D Farmland 10. What is the former residence of the Moorish kings at Seville called?
A Alcazar
B Alhambra
C Izmir
D Balthazar
11. What is Edwin Landseer’s most famous painting?
A Sunflowers
B The Mona Lisa
C The Monarch of the Glen D Sylvia von Harden
12. Who achieved the unique double of the men’s 200m and 400m at the 1996 Olympics?
A Michael Jordan
B Michael Jackson
C Michael Johnson
D Michael James
13. What was Jimmy Smits’s character in NYPD Blue called? A Larry Green
B Matt Branson
C Gene Simon
D Bobby Simone
14. The Seven Year Itch starred which beautiful Hollywood legend?
A Brigitte Bardot
B Rita Hayworth
C Marilyn Monroe
D Audrey Hepburn
15. What was the title of Mariah Carey’s first UK Number One single, in February 1994?
A I’ll Be There
B Without You
C Hero
D All I Want for Christmas is You