General Knowledge Quiz
1. In which war did the Battle of Borodino take place?
A The Crimean War B The Great War C The Second Crusade D The Napoleonic Wars
2. An alsatian dog called Wellard featured in which soap?
A Brookside B Emmerdale C Eastenders D Coronation Street
3. What was Richard Griffiths’s character in BBC 1’s police drama Pie in the Sky called?
A Henry Crabbe B Harold Crabbe C Henry Salmon D Horace Cray
4. Which 1997 science fiction film starred Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas, a former government agent forced to save the universe?
A 16 Blocks B The Fifth Element C 12 Monkeys D The Sixth Sense
5. Who wrote the opera Taverner?
A George Lloyd B Sir Harrison Birtwistle C William Boyce D Peter Maxwell Davies
6. Which wizard in Lord of the Rings bred his own race from orcs and men before finally being defeated by the Ents?
A Sauron B Gandalf C Saruman D Morgorth
7. In which country can koalas be found in the wild?
A Brazil B Madagascar C Australia D Mexico
8. In which US state was the marine preserve that was home to Flipper?
A California B Oregon C Florida D South Carolina
9. What was the 2015 album released by Blur?
A Country House B The Magic Whip C Park Life D Think Tank
10. In which continent is the Kalahari Desert situated?
A Asia B Europe C North America D Africa
11. What was a farthingale?
A Hooped petticoat B English garden bird C Lace summer hat D Wax jacket
12. Which German battleship sunk HMS Hood?
A Bismarck B Lusitania C Wilhelm II D Bavaria
13. Which three-piece boy band released an album entitled The Journey?
A East 17 B Take That C Westlife D 911
14. Where did Davy Crockett die?
A At Little Big Horn B In Alaska C On the Lusitania D At the Alamo
15. US singer Demi Lovato recently released her sixth studio album – what is it called?
A Here We Go Again B Confident C Unbroken D Tell Me You Love Me