GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. What is the SI symbol of the element sodium?
A Na
BK
C Pa
D So
2. Which mischievous fairy also called Robin Goodfellow appears in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream? A Dogberry
B Ariel
C Prospero
D Puck
3. Who was appointed Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986?
A Desmond Tutu
B Roger Tutu
C Horace Tutu
D Leonard Tutu
4. Who wrote I Claudius and Claudius the God?
A Joshua Podro
B TE Lawrence
C Robert Graves
D Allan Sillitoe
5. Who hosted the live BBC 1 sports chat show On Side? A Barry Fry
B Desmond Lynam
C John Inverdale
D Gary Lineker
6. Samantha Morton and Jessica Brown Findlay are among the stars of which 18th-century drama series? A Clarissa
B The Duchess
C Aristocrats
D Harlots
Jessica Brown Findlay See Question 6.
7. Who played Bob in the classic comedy series The Likely Lads?
A Raymond Brewster B Richard Bowles
C Roger Black
D Rodney Bewes
8. Which comedy team had a 1956 Top Ten hit with I’m Walking Backwards for Christmas?
A Monty Python
B The Geeks
C The Two Ronnies
D The Goons
9. Who was the Indian boy in Kipling’s Jungle Books?
A Tonto
B Baloo
C Shere Kahn
D Mowgli 10. Which Austrian-born Israeli philosopher wrote the influential work I-thou? A Martin Buber
B Immanuel Kant
C Edward Bouverie Pusey D Karl Marx
11. What is the 4th constellation of the Zodiac? A Leo
B Pisces
C Libra
D Cancer
12. Which country is also known as Eire?
A Northern Ireland B Scotland
C The Republic of Ireland D Wales
13. In which year was the classic Western High Noon, starring Gary Cooper, released?
A 1962
B 1952
C 1939
D 1948
14. Which author wrote the novel Manhattan Transfer and the trilogy USA?
A Anthony Burgess
B Mervyn Peake
C John Dos Passos
D Chinua Achebe
15. According to the Bible who baptised Jesus?
A Mark the Baptist
B Luke the Baptist C Mathew the Baptist D John the Baptist