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