General Knowledge Quiz
1. What is called eggplant by Americans?
A Aubergine
B Pumpkin
C Swede
D Turnip
2. Which cricketer took four wickets in four balls in his debut match for Warwickshire?
A Shaun Pollock
B Andrew Caddick
C Shane Warne
D Darren Gough
3. In which popular US sport do the Chicago Bulls play?
A American football B Baseball C Basketball
D Ice hockey
4. In which year did Oliver Cromwell die?
A 1701
B 1622
C 1658
D 1601
5. In which Bavarian village is a famous passion play performed? A Ausberg
B Ulm
C Regensburg
D Oberammergau
6. Directed by Ken Loach, which 2016 Palme d’Or-winning drama film stars Dave Johns in the title role?
A Jimmy’s Hall
B I, Daniel Blake
C Looking for Eric
D My Name is Joe
Dave Johns See Question 6.
7. Which intellectual and cultural movement that began in 14thcentury Italy means “rebirth” in French?
A Dadaism
B Neoclassicalism
C Renaissance
D Romanticism
8. By what name was the actor and manager John Henry Brodribb better known?
A Sir Richard Irving
B Sir Henry Irving
C Sir Roger Irving
D Sir Thomas Irving
9. Which major tourist centre and city in Spain was the birthplace of Pablo Picasso?
A Murcia
B Barcelona
C Malaga
D Madrid 10. Who wrote the novels on which the TV series Cadfael was based?
A Margaret Atwood
B Ellis Peters
C Danielle Steele
D Jilly Cooper
11. In which year did the Battle of the Somme take place? 12. Which Russian composer wrote the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk?
A Igor Stravinsky
B Jan Sweelinck
C Dmitri Shostakovich
D Pyotr Tchaikovsky
13. Which actor played Billy Bunter in the BBC series which ran intermittently between 1952 and 1962?
A Horace Rogers
B Gerald Campion
C Brian Champion
D Jean Champagne
14. Who wrote the play Hay Fever?
A Alan Bennett
B Noël Coward
C Oscar Wilde
D George Bernard Shaw
15. Which French dramatist and poet wrote The Satin Slipper?
A Albert Camus
B Eugène Ionesco
C Paul Claudel
D Molière