General Knowledge Quiz

1. What is the anticlimax of a sudden descent from the sublime to the commonplace called?

A Anabasis B Bowdlerise C Antithesis D Bathos

2. In which country is the city of Meerut where a famous mutiny began in 1857?

A India B Pakistan C Afghanistan D Russia

3. In which country did the Noh form of theatre originate?

A America B The Philippines C Japan D China

4. Which British actor played Robert McCall in the TV series The Equalizer?

A Dudley Moore B Edward Woodward C Roger Moore D Sean Connery

5. Which famous white marble mausoleum in Agra was built by Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife?

A The Ranjah Mahal B The Punjab Mahal C The Taj Mahal D The Raj Mahal

6. Keeley Hawes played a 1930s mother who uproots her family to Corfu in which ITV drama series?

A The Durrells B The Russells C The Farrells D The Darrells Singer Alicia Keys. See Question 15.

7. What sort of creature is a Shih tzu?

A A cat B A dog C A Japanese snake D A Chinese rat

8. What is a comic old woman in pantomime usually played by a man called?

A A hag B A dame C A crone D A grot bag

9. Who wrote the novel Washington Square?

A Henry Irving B Henry Thomas C Henry Wallace D Henry James

10. What is the largest marsupial mammal?

A Kangaroo B Wallaby C Koala D Elephant

11. Which country attacked Pearl Harbor in the Second World War?

A Germany B USA C Japan D Italy

12. In what year was the Lockerbie bombing?

A 1992 B 1983 C 1979 D 1988

13. Which late pop legend released the single Seven Years In Tibet?

A Elvis Presley B Jim Morrison C David Bowie D Mick Jagger

14. Of which fruit is the plantain a subspecies?

A Apple B Banana C Strawberry D Melon

15. What is the title of the latest album from US singer Alicia Keys?

A There B Here C Where D Over