GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. What is a nyala?
A A lion
B An antelope C A tiger
D An ox
2. Which former silver-mining town in Arizona is known for the 1881 gunfight at the OK Corral?
A Tombstone B Tucson C Winslow D Phoenix
3. During which Crimean War Battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
A Sevastopol B Balaclava C Inkerman D Alma
4. In which study was Jeremy Bentham widely regarded as an expert?
A Forensics B Philosophy C Mathematics D Chemistry
5. What is the best selling single of all time?
A Bing Crosby’s I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
B Meat Loaf ’s Bat out of Hell C Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody D Elton John’s Candle in the Wind ‘97
6. Which 2019 Calvin Harris single featured Rag ‘n’ Bone Man?
A Checklist B Summer C Promises D Giant
7. What is the name of the American actor who played ‘Jaws’ in two Bond movies?
A Richard Prior B Richard Burton C Richard Kiel D Richard Wallace
8. What was the name of Leslie Neilson’s clumsy cop character in the Naked Gun films?
A Frank Drebin B Ed Hocken C John McClane D Axel Foley
9. Which English Restoration dramatist wrote The Man of Mode?
A Sir James Ether B Sir Randall Mode C Sir William Ether D Sir George Etherege
10. Which poet is buried in a country churchyard in Stoke Poges?
A Thomas Gray
B Sir John Betjemen C Sylvia Plath
D Lord Tennyson
11. Who wrote the novel Fair Stood the Wind for France?
A H.E. Bates
B Jane Austen C William Thackeray D W.H. Auden
12. Which organ produces insulin?
A Pancreas B Heart C Brain D Kidney
13. Which composer wrote the operettas Orpheus in the Underworld and La Vie Parisienne?
A Wagner B Offenbach C Puccini D Bizet
14. Who wrote the opera Prince Igor?
A Alexander Borodin B Wolfgang Mozart C Ludwig van Beethoven D Richard Wagner
15. Which saucy play followed Horner in his quest for women?
A A Midsummer Night’s Dream B The Revenger’s Tragedy C Measure for Measure
D The Country Wife