General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Spanish city holds an annual fiesta in which bulls are driven through the streets?
A Madrid B Pamplona C Malaga D Barcelona
2. From which tree does the chewing gum ingredient chicle come?
A Elm tree B Palm tree C Ash tree D Sapodilla tree
3. Which party did Herbert Asquith represent as leader and Prime Minister?
A Conservatives B Liberals C Labour D Whigs
4. Which Oscar-winning actor was born Reginald Truscott-Jones?
A Robert DeNiro B Richard Dreyfuss C Peter Finch
D Ray Milland
5. Of which planet are Titania and Oberon satellites?
A Jupiter B Uranus C Saturn D Mars
6. Martin Clunes starred in a 2009 remake of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Who starred in the original 1970s series?
A William Sylvester B John Barron C Leonard Rossiter D Charles Laughton
7. Kirsten Dunst plays which character in the Spider-Man films directed by Sam Raimi?
A Mary Jane B Aunt May C Louise D Gwen
8. What sort of creature is a pipistrelle?
A A frog B A bird C A bat D A lizard
9. The Scottish writer James Boswell is primarily remembered for his 1791 biography of which writer?
A Robert Burns B William Shakespeare C Geoffrey Chaucer D Samuel Johnson
10. Which sport is played on a pitch 22 yards long?
A Football B Cricket C Rugby D Tennis
11. Which Shakespeare play features the character Polonius?
A Measure for Measure B Macbeth
C Hamlet
D The Tempest
12. In which story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did Sherlock Holmes first appear?
A The Hound of the Baskervilles B The Sign of Four
C Introducing Holmes
D A Study in Scarlet
13. Which statesman who presided over Athens’ golden age is the subject of a play by Shakespeare?
A Pericles B Lucrece C Adonis D Troilus
14. Who wrote The Ginger Man?
A A.A. Milne
B C.S. Lewis C Robert Louis Stevenson D J.P. Donleavy
15. What was the profession of entertainers Edgar Bergen and Ray Alan?
A Ventriloquists B Singers C Mime artists D Comedians