General Knowledge Quiz

1. Which revelatory TV show was presented by Simon Mayo?

A Stars In Their Eyes B Confessions

C Heart Of Gold

D Dreams Come True

2. Which word for a violent criminal is derived from a Hindu sect who murdered travellers? A Kali

B Lout

C Thug

D Yob

3. Which former actor became the 40th president of the United States?

A Ronald Reagan

B George Bush

C James Carter

D Richard Nixon

4. Which Italian artist painted portraits of the Queen and John F Kennedy?

A Giorgio de Chirico

B Francis Picabia

C Joan Miró

D Pietro Annigoni

5. Who made up the other half of the pop duo Wham! alongside George Michael?

A Andrew Ridgeley

B Simon Ridgeway

C Keith Righton

D Al Ricino

6. Which 2000 animated film featured Julia Sawalha as the voice of a hen named Ginger? A Ginger Snaps

B Chicken Run

C The Crate Escape

D The Bantam Menace

Julia Sawalha See Question 6.

7. In Greek mythology what was the winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa called?

A Unicorn

B Phoenix

C Pegasus

D Manticore

8. Of which region of Italy is Perugia the capital?

A Tuscany

B Calabria

C Umbria

D Liguria

9. What was the usual nom de plume of Irish novelist and journalist Brian O’Nolan, who also wrote as Myles na Gopaleen?

A Edgar O’Brien

B Flann O’Brien

C Michael O’Brien

D Connor O’Brien

A B C D

Charles Dickens William Thackeray George Eliot Charles Kingsley

13. What sort of instruments are timpani, tabla and the bodhrán? A Brass

B String

C Drum

D Woodwind

14. Which American five-a-side court game was invented by James Naismith?

A Basketball

B Baseball

C Ice hockey

D Polo

15. Whose trilogy followed the epic adventure of Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee?

A J R R Tolkien

B C S Lewis

C Mark Twain

D Lewis Carroll