General Knowledge Quiz
1 What are the first names of the Parkers, who became famous as the B&B owning “posh couple” from Channel 4’s Gogglebox?
A Steph and Dom
B Mark and Jane
C Dave and Sue
2 Which great ape of the genus Pongo has a name which means ‘person of the forest’?
A Orangutan B Chimpanzee C Gibbon
3 A Muscovite is a native or resident of which Russian city?
A Novosibirsk B St. Petersburg C Moscow
4 Of which country was Lech Walesa president from 1990 to 1995?
A Poland B Hungary C Austria
5 Which Elton John song begins “It’s a little bit funny this feeling inside”?
A Your Song
B Tiny Dancer
C Rocket Man
6 Which television period drama of the 1970s and 80s starred James Bolam as World War I veteran Jack Ford?
A When the Boat Comes In
B No Hiding Place
C It’s Dark Outside
7 Which word beginning with s can precede roll, greens, onion and chicken to make four types of food? A Spring
B Sweet
C Sautéed
8 In which decade did US band
Chic have top ten hits with Le Freak, Everybody Dance and Good Times? A 1980s
B 1970s
C 1960s 9 In the 2009 stop-motion animated fantasy/horror film Coraline, what does the “other mother” have for eyes?
A Stars
B Gems
C Buttons
10 Who starred as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez in BBC crime drama Shetland?
A Douglas Henshall B David Tennant C Idris Elba
11 Dutch painter Frans Hals’ famous 1624 portrait of a richly dressed smiling man is more commonly known as the Laughing what?
A Jester
B Cavalier
C Gentleman
12 What Spanish-derived name is given to the post-lunch nap that is traditional in some hot countries? A Mesa
B Habanero
C Siesta 13 What was the name of the 2007 Coen brothers’ film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem?
A No Country for Old Men
B The Big Lebowski
C Fargo
14 Brimstone is an archaic term for which element?
A Sulphur
B Magnesium
C Potassium
15 Which 1970s US Korean war-set sitcom’s theme tune was subtitled “Suicide is Painless”?
A M*A*S*H
B Hogan’s Heroes
C The Phil Silvers Show
16 Which 1960s supermodel did Karen Gillan portray in the BBC4 film We’ll Take Manhattan?
A Twiggy
B Jean Shrimpton
C Pattie Boyd
17 What is aeronautical engineer Sir Frank Whittle credited with inventing?
A The helicopter
B The steam engine
C The jet engine
18 In which county is Lyme Park, the stately home that stood in for Pemberley in the 1995 TV series Pride and Prejudice?
A Derbyshire
B Cheshire
C Yorkshire
19 In the preschool TV series Teletubbies, what colour is Po, the youngest and smallest Teletubby? A Yellow
B Purple
C Red
20 Which traditionally unpopular school pudding was nicknamed frog spawn due to its appearance?
A Tapioca
B Bread pudding
C Rice pudding