General Knowledge Quiz
1. What is the lowest-pitched member of the oboe family? A Bassoon B Shawm C Hecklephone D Cor anglais 2. How is Holy Innocents Day also known? A Childermas B Good Friday C Christmas Day D All Saint’s Day 3. Which British novelist and playwright wrote The Bottle Factory Outing and The Dressmaker? A Beryl Bainbridge B Beryl Stevenson C Beryl Bruce D Beryl Robinson 4. Blur’s Damon Albarn contributed to the soundtrack for which chilling tale of cannibalism in 1999?
A Alive
B Face
C Cannibal Holocaust
D Ravenous 5. Which US athlete won four gold medals at the 1984 Olympics? A Linford Christie B Florence Griffith Joyner C Carl Lewis
D Michael Jordan 6. Which popular comedy panel show hosted by Greg Davies recently moved to Channel 4?
A Would I Lie to You? B Hypothetical
C Taskmaster
D Mock the Week
7. Which Italian criminologist put forward the theory that criminals could be recognised by certain physical characteristics? A Cesare Puccini B Cesare Lombroso C Cesare Rossi D Cesare Camanelli 8. How is the whale Orcinus Orca that has been known to prey on other whales better known? A Killer whale B Dolphin C Humpback whale D Blue whale 9. What sort of creature is a basilisk? A A dragon B A lizard C A rat
D A snake 10. Which element has the chemical symbol K? A Calcium B Kryptonite C Potassium D Carbon 11. What was the name of Jane Fonda’s then-husband who directed her in the kitsch sci-fi romp Barbarella? A Michelangelo Antonioni B Roger Vadim
C Bob Rafelson
D Mark Rydell 12. Which impressionist played Spock in TV’s Preston Front?
A Rory Bremner
B Alistair McGowan
C Harry Enfield
D Michael Mitchell
14. What is it called when a writer uses more words than is necessary? A Metaphor B Instress C Hendiadys D Pleonasm 15. Which large aquatic bird belongs to the genus Cygnus? A Heron
B Swan
C Canada goose
D Flamingo 13. What sort of creature is a flying phalanger? A A marsupial B A reptile
C A bird
D An insect