General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who played the eponymous outlaw in the 1939 Western Jesse James?
A Henry Fonda
B John Wayne
C Tyrone Power
D Gary Cooper
2. Which king was portrayed as Farmer George by the caricaturist James Gillray?
A George I
B William IV
C Charles II
D George III
3. In taxation, what does VAT stand for?
A Vehicle annual tax
B Value added tax
C Value auction tax
D Vanity added tax
4. In which US state is Mount Palomar, site of a famous astronomical observatory?
A California
B Florida
C Washington
D Nevada
5. What does the CT stand for in CT scan?
A Cardio-Trachomy B Computerised tomography C Computer targeted
D Cardio tracing
6. Which Channel 4 drama, based in a small Welsh town, starred Sarah Lancashire as Polly Bevan? A The Incident
B The Missing
C The Happening
D The Accident
7. Which popular US sport do the Cincinnati Reds play?
A Baseball
B American Football
C Ice Hockey
D Basketball
8. Which British actor played the Spice Girls’ highly-strung manager in Spice World: The Movie?
A Richard E Grant
B Roger Moore
C Stephen Fry
D Bill Nighy
9. On which fictional island did the dinosaurs reside in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park?
A Cutthroat Island
B Isla Nublar
C Bird Island
D Amity
10. What sort of bird is a yaffle? A Pigeon
B Woodpecker
C Robin
D Blackbird 11. Which tax on the profits from disposal of an asset was introduced in 1965?
A Capital Gains Tax
B Unearned Income Tax
C Land Tax
D Disposable Asset Tax
12. Which former Olympic gold medallist lit the Olympic cauldron at Atlanta in 1996?
A Muhammad Ali
B Jesse Owens
C Carl Lewis
D Fanny Blankers-Koen
13. Which Israeli prime minister was assassinated in November 1995?
A Begin
B Bakhtiar
C Gael
D Rabin
14. Director Danny Boyle’s first three feature films starred which actor?
A Ewan McGregor
B Christopher Eccleston
C Robert Carlyle
D Leonardo DiCaprio
15. Which recent BBC One drama by Jimmy McGovern took a look at how the life of a teenager murdered in 2005 might have turned out?
A Adam
B Alexander
C Anthony
D Andrew