General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Monty Python member failed to keep his appointments in the 1986 comedy Clockwise?
A Michael Palin
B Eric Idle
C John Cleese
D Terry Gilliam
2. Which scheme allows all or part of a person’s legal costs to be paid from public funds?
A Legal assistance
B Legal help
C Legal charity
D Legal aid
3. What is the tallest living fourlegged mammal?
A Elephant
B Zebra
C Giraffe
D Lion
4. What is the text of an opera or operetta called?
A An aria
B The texetto
C The operina
D The libretto
5. How many chains are in a furlong?
A 10
B 30
C 50
D 70
6. Bonnie Langford played which Doctor Who companion in the popular TV drama from 1986 to 1987?
A Ace
B Mel
C Leela
D Tegan
7. Michael Douglas played a washed-up English professor in which film released in 2000?
A One Night at Mccool’s
B Traffic
C The Game
D Wonder Boys
8. Which actress was known as the Jersey Lily?
A Lillie Mcguire
B Lily James
C Lillie Langtry
D Lily Josephine
9. Which butterfly gets its name from the large purple eyespots on its wings?
A Red admiral butterfly
B Peacock butterfly
C Cabbage white butterfly D Camberwell beauty butterfly 10. What is the Arabian camel also known as?
A Marmaduke
B Dromedary
C Pryyria
D Roogan
11. Which planet has a moon called Charon?
A Pluto
B Jupiter
C Mars
D Saturn
12. Which Dublin-born painter is famous for his Study after Velazquez?
A Jasper Johns
B Robert Smithson
C Frank Stella
D Francis Bacon
13. What was the nationality of the artist Wassily Kandinsky?
A Austrian
B Dutch
C German
D Russian
14. Which French rococo painter is famous for his fêtes galantes?
A Auguste Rodin
B Antoine Watteau
C Nicolas Poussin
D Paul Gauguin
15. In which city is the Quai d’orsay?
A Rome
B Paris
C Strasbourg
D Innsbruck