General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which flat race run at Newmarket was the last of the Classics to be instituted? A The Grand National B The Derby
C One Thousand Guineas D Royal Ascot 2. With which theatrical genre are Eugène Ionesco and Arthur Adamov associated? A Theatre of Comedy B Theatre of the Catastrophic C Theatre of the Absurd D Theatre of Tragedy 3. Which German novelist won the 1972 Nobel prize for literature? A Jaroslav Seifert B Czesław Miłosz C Heinrich Böll D Claude Simon 4. What is the third book of the Old Testament? A Genesis B Exodus C Leviticus D Job 5. On which channel could The Jack Docherty Show be seen? A Channel 4 B BBC 2 C Channel 5 D ITV 6. Harrison Ford stars as John Thornton in which new film adaptation of a classic novel by Jack London? A White Fang
B The Sea-Wolf C Hearts of Three D The Call of the Wild 7. Which architect designed the present St Paul’s Cathedral, after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London? A Sir Richard Arkwright B Arthur Young
C Isambard Kingdom Brunel D Sir Christopher Wren 8. Which US duo asked you to Walk Right Back in 1961? A Simon & Garfunkel
B Everly Brothers
C Johnny Cash & June Carter D Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell 9. What does Hitler’s infamous book Mein Kampf literally translate to? A My Dream B My Camp C My Struggle D My Home 10. What name is given to the three wars between Rome and Carthage that gave Rome control of the Mediterranean? A The Crimean Wars B Punic Wars
C The Napoleonic Wars D The Turin Wars 11. Which U.S. poet and essayist wrote the transcendentalist creed Nature in 1836? A Ralph Waldo Peterson B Ralph Waldo Richardson C Ralph Waldo Harrison D Ralph Waldo Emerson 12. Who wrote Northanger Abbey? A Jane Austen B George Eliot
C Mrs Gaskell D William Thackeray 13. Which rock guitarist was the first to be honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque? A Eric Clapton B Jimi Hendrix C Brian May D Joe Satriani 14. Which female singer teamed up with Johnny Mathis on the 1978 hit, Too Much, Too Little, Too Late? A Lulu
B Cyndi Lauper C Cheryl Baker D Deniece Williams 15. What sort of creature is a boomslang? A A snake B A spider C An insect D A mammal