General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who wrote the play All’s Well That Ends Well?
A Oscar Wilde
B George Bernard Shaw C Tennessee Williams
D William Shakespeare
2. What is the smallest state of the USA?
A Michigan
B Rhode Island
C Wyoming
D Hawaii
3. Who played Mr Darcy in the BBC’s 1995 production of Pride and Prejudice ?
A Colin Fields
B Colin Firth
C Colin French
D Colin Fisher
4. Which darts-based quiz show was hosted by Jim Bowen?
A One Hundred and Eighty B Bullseye
C Bully’s Bonanza
D On the Oche
5. Which Greek letter denotes the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter?
A Alpha
B Pi
C Beta
D Gamma
6. Which 1999 film starring Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver and Cate Blanchett is based on the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde?
A The Importance of Being Earnest B Lady Windermere’s Fan
C The Duchess of Padua
D An Ideal Husband
7. Who played the imaginary Elvis who regularly appears in Tony Scott’s 1993 film True Romance? A Gary Oldman
B Brad Pitt
C Christian Slater
D Val Kilmer
8. What sort of creature is a knot? A A fish
B A bird
C An insect
D A mammal
9. What name, meaning ‘head of the year’ is given to the holiday that marks the start of the Jewish New Year, held in September or October?
A Yom Kippur
B Rosh Hashanah
C Purim
D Hannukkah 10. Which American cartoonist created the Li’l Abner comic strip? A Brian Capp
B Al Capp
C Richard Capp
D Percy Capp
11. Which former organist of Westminster Abbey wrote the opera Dido and Aeneas?
A Henry Purcell
B Harold Purcell
C Horace Purcell
D Hugh Purcell
12. What is the capital of Switzerland?
A Zurich
B Bern
C Geneva
D Basel
13. Which area of the USA is generally accepted to be north of the Ohio River, west of Lake Erie and east of the Great Plains?
A The Rockies
B The Midwest
C The Californian Desert
D New England
14. Which infectious viral disease of domestic poultry is also called Newcastle disease?
A Chicken cancer
B Fowl pest
C Fowl blight
D Hen sore
15. Which English novelist wrote The Rachel Papers and Money?
A John Grisham B Tim Lott
C Jilly Cooper D Martin Amis