General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Shakespeare work contains a farcical play about Pyramus and Thisbe performed by rustics?
A Much Ado About Nothing B The Winter’s Tale C The Taming of the Shrew D A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2. The lev is the national currency of which country?
A Argentina B Bulgaria C Chile D Denmark
3. Which English poet wrote the prose romance Arcadia?
A Sir Philip Sidney B Percy Bysshe Shelley C Mathew Arnold D Alfred Lord Tennyson
4. What was the profession of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?
A Aircraft pilot B Military general C Explorer D Architect
5. Who wrote the opera Boris Godunov?
A Peter Tchaikovsky B Modest Mussorgsky C Mikhail Glinka D Alexander Borodin
6. Which 2016 film stars Casey Affleck as a man who returns to his hometown with the son of his deceased brother?
A Liverpool by the Sea B Birmingham by the Sea C Aberdeen by the Sea D Manchester by the Sea
7. What sort of creature is a Sealyham?
A A fish B A bird C A dog D A pig
8. What was the name of Sony’s first games console?
A Gamestation B Genesis C Super Station D Playstation
9. What is the name for a Japanese woman whose profession is to entertain men?
A Sumo B Hokito C Samurai D Geisha
10. Who played Donna in the sitcom My Wonderful Life?
A Rachel Bray B Emma Wray C Karen Cray D Irene May
11. What hard dark wood is traditionally used for the black keys on a piano?
A Mahogany B Ebony C Cedar D Ivory
12. What was the nickname of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong?
A Groutcho B Satchmo C Flashmo D Sasher
13. Which Italian town, at the foot of a hill containing a Benedictine monastery, was destroyed during heavy fighting in 1944?
A Brescia B Verona C Genoa D Cassino
14. The ruins of Carthage are in which African country?
A Kenya B Libya C Tunisia D Morocco
15. Which film stars James Franco as sinister bank manager Ed Maas, whose bank is being robbed by two sisters in the hope of saving their brother?
A Double Trubble B The Vault C The Bank D The Twins