General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which revelatory TV show was presented by Simon Mayo?
A Stars In Their Eyes
B Confessions
C Heart Of Gold
D Dreams Come True
2. Which word for a violent criminal is derived from a Hindu sect who murdered travellers?
A Kali
B Lout
C Thug
D Yob
3. Which former actor became the 40th president of the United States?
A Ronald Reagan
B George Bush
C James Carter
D Richard Nixon
4. Which Italian artist painted portraits of the Queen and John F Kennedy?
A Giorgio de Chirico
B Francis Picabia
C Joan Miró
D Pietro Annigoni
5. Who made up the other half of the pop duo Wham! alongside George Michael?
A Andrew Ridgeley
B Simon Ridgeway
C Keith Righton
D Al Ricino
6. Which 2000 animated film featured Julia Sawalha as the voice of a hen named Ginger?
A Ginger Snaps
B Chicken Run
C The Crate Escape
D The Bantam Menace
7. In Greek mythology what was the winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa called?
A Unicorn
B Phoenix
C Pegasus
D Manticore
8. Of which region of Italy is Perugia the capital?
A Tuscany
B Calabria
C Umbria
D Liguria
9. What was the usual nom de plume of Irish novelist and journalist Brian O’Nolan, who also wrote as Myles na Gopaleen?
A Edgar O’Brien
B Flann O’Brien
C Michael O’Brien
D Connor O’Brien
10. Which British writer created the character Noddy in 1949?
A Enid Blyton
B A A Milne
C Roald Dahl
D C S Lewis
11. Which king was Regent during the Regency?
A George III
B George IV
C George V
D George VI
12. Who wrote A Christmas Carol and The Cricket on the Hearth?
A Charles Dickens
B William Thackeray
C George Eliot
D Charles Kingsley
13. What sort of instruments are timpani, tabla and the bodhrán?
A Brass
B String
C Drum
D Woodwind
14. Which American five-a-side court game was invented by James Naismith?
A Basketball
B Baseball
C Ice hockey
D Polo
15. Whose trilogy followed the epic adventure of Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee?
A J R R Tolkien
B C S Lewis
C Mark Twain
D Lewis Carroll