General Knowledge Quiz
1. What sort of creature is a nyala?
A A lion
B An antelope
C A tiger
D An ox
2. Which former silver mining town in Arizona is famous for the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881? A Tombstone
B Tucson
C Winslow
D Phoenix
3. During which Crimean War battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
A Sevastopol
B Balaclava
C Inkerman
D Alma
4. In which field of study was Jeremy Bentham widely regarded as an expert in his lifetime?
A Law
B Music
C Mathematics
D Chemistry
5. Who wrote the opera Prince Igor?
A Alexander Borodin
B Wolfgang Mozart
C Ludwig van Beethoven D Richard Wagner
6. Which 2019 horror sequel starred Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy?
A Child’s Play
B It: Chapter Two
C Pet Sematary
D Zombieland: Double Tap
7. Which late American actor played ‘Jaws’ in two Bond movies?
A Richard Prior
B Richard Burton
C Richard Kiel
D Richard Wallace
8. What is the best-selling single of all time?
A Bing Crosby’s White Christmas B Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell C Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody D Elton John’s Candle in the Wind 1997
9. Which English Restoration dramatist wrote The Man of Mode?
A Sir James Ether
B Sir Randall Mode
C Sir William Ether
D Sir George Etherege 10. Which poet is buried in a country churchyard in Stoke Poges?
A Thomas Gray
B Sir John Betjemen
C Sylvia Plath
D Lord Tennyson
11. Who wrote the novel Fair Stood the Wind for France? A HE Bates
B Jane Austen
C William Thackeray
D WH Auden
12. What was the name of Leslie Nielsen’s clumsy cop character in the Naked Gun films?
A Frank Drebin
B Ed Hocken
C John McClane
D Axel Foley
13. Which composer wrote the operettas Orpheus in the Underworld and La Vie Parisienne?
A Wagner
B Offenbach
C Puccini
D Bizet
14. Which organ produces insulin? A Pancreas
B Heart
C Brain
D Kidney
15. What was the title of former Spice Girl Melanie C’s first Number One hit in April 2000, which also featured TLC rapper Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes?
A It’s Raining Men
B What Took You So Long? C Never Be the Same Again D This Groove