Ayrshire Post

General Knowledge Quiz

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1. Which band released an album entitled A Short Album About Love?

A The Divine Comedy

B The Bluetones

C Blur

D Ocean Colour Scene

2. In which US state is the Grand Canyon located?

A Arizona

B Nevada

C Arkansas

D New Mexico

3. Which period of human culture came between the Stone Age and Iron Age?

A Ice Age

B Space Age

C Bronze Age

D Middle Age

4. In which modern- day country was Israeli politician Menachem Begin born?

A Austria

B Belarus

C Italy

D Czech Republic

5. Who is the patron saint of artists and doctors?

A St Luke

B St Mark

C St John

D St Matthew

6. Which Netflix thriller stars Keanu Reeves as a neuroscien­tist who tries to clone his family after a tragic accident?

A Doubles

B Replicas

C Duplicates

D Copies

7. Which actress played Rachel in TV’s Friends?

A Courteney Cox

B Lisa Kudrow

C Jennifer Aniston

D Trudy Belmont

8. Which character seen in horror films is also known as a lycanthrop­e?

A Vampire

B Mummy

C Zombie

D Werewolf

9. Who was Hitler’s personal secretary who was sentenced to death in absentia at the Nuremberg trials?

A Heinrich Himmler

B Rudolph Hess

C Martin Bormann

D Josef Goebbels 10. In what year was the Battle of Trafalgar?

A 1769

B 1805

C 1844

D 1694

11. Which English poet and novelist wrote Novel on Yellow Paper and Not Waving But Drowning?

A Stevie Smith

B Stevie Jones

C Stevie Black

D Stevie Mathews

12. Ferris Bueller enjoys the sights of which American city during his day off in the 1986 film starring Matthew Broderick?

A New York

B Washington DC

C Los Angeles

D Chicago

13. Who had a number one hit single in 1985 with Into the Groove?

A Madonna

B Tina Turner

C Kylie Minogue

D Aretha Franklin

14. What is New Year’s Eve called in Scotland?

A Burns Night

B Galloway Night

C Elgin Night

D Hogmanay

15. What is the title of Ronan Keating’s eleventh and latest studio album?

A One to One

B Two Plus Two

C Twenty Twenty

D Fifty Fifty

 ??  ?? Ronan Keating See Question 15
Ronan Keating See Question 15

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