General Knowledge Quiz

1. Which member of the McDonald family in Coronation Street was played by Nicholas Cochrane?

A Jim

B Edward

C Andy

D Tony

2. Which artist painted Dedham Vale and The Haywain?

A Turner

B Constable

C Monet

D Picasso

3. Who was the eldest son of Adam and Eve?

A Abel

B Cain

C Ishmael

D Abraham

4. Which American author wrote The Anatomy Lesson and Portnoy’s Complaint?

A Philip Roach

B Philip Ross

C Philip Roth

D Philip Read

5. Who has hosted the panel show Would I Lie to You? since 2009?

A Rob Brydon B Lee Mack C David Mitchell D Alan Davies

6. Which French celebrity chef appeared on The X Factor: Battle of the Stars in 2005, performing in a group with fellow chefs Aldo Zilli, Paul Rankin and Ross Burden?

A Jean-Christophe Novelli B Raymond Blanc

C Paul Bocuse

D Michel Roux, Jr 7. Which female singer-songwriter released an album entitled Nine Objects Of Desire?

A Suzanne Vega

B Alanis Morissette

C Kirsty MacColl

D Tina Turner

8. Which rugby team scored a record 60 points against Wales in the Five Nations Championship in 1998?

A England

B Ireland

C Scotland

D France

9. Who wrote the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol?

A George Bernard Shaw

B James Joyce

C Oscar Wilde

D T.S. Eliot 10. Which motif symbolising abundance is depicted as a horn spilling over with fruit and flowers?

A Horn of greed

B Horn of health

C Horn of nature

D Horn of plenty

11. Which former weather presenter co-hosted Gladiators? A Suzanne Charlton

B Denise Van Outen

C Anthea Turner

D Ulrika Jonsson

12. Which French composer wrote the opera Pelléas et Mélisande?

A Bizet

B Dvorak

C Debussy

D Verdi

13. In Arthurian legend, who was Sir Galahad’s father?

A Arthur

B Merlin

C Tristram

D Lancelot

14. Which organisation founded in 1873 registers dog breeds in the UK?

A Battersea Dog Registry

B Crufts

C The Kennel Club

D The GBDR

15. Which Brazilian footballer managed Peru at the 1970 World Cup?

A Didi

B Pele

C Dodi

D Popo