Hom ework for grown-ups

Everything you learnt at school ... but can you remember?

1 Which Russian author wrote the novel Doctor Zhivago?

a) Boris Pasternak b) Mikhail Bulgakov c) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn d) Maxim Gorky

2 Which of the following shapes cannot tessellate by itself?

a) Equilateral triangle b) Square c) Regular pentagon d) Regular hexagon

3 Which of the following Roman generals defeated Hannibal to end the Second Punic War?

a) Julius Caesar b) Scipio Africanus c) Agrippa d) Pompey

4 Where is Peggy Guggenheim’s collection of 20th-century art?

a) Paris b) New York c) Venice d) Berlin

5 Who wrote the Ecclesiastical History Of The English People?

a) Cynewulf b) Caedmon c) St Bede d) St Alban

6 Who wrote the music for West Side Story?

a) Burt Bacharach b) Leonard Bernstein c) George Gershwin d) Richard Rodgers

7 The Tagus river flows through which European capital city?

a) Rome b) Lisbon c) Ljubljana d) Bucharest

8 Synovial fluid performs what function in the human body?

a) Aids digestion b) Allows the eyeballs to move c) Lubricates joints d) Carries hormones

9 In rugby union, a Garryowen is another term for what?

a) A rolling maul b) A knock-on c) An up-and-under kick d) A tap tackle

10 Who starred as angry Arthur Seaton in the film Saturday Night And Sunday Morning?

a) Tom Courtenay b) John Osborne c) Richard Harris d) Albert Finney