General Knowledge Quiz
1. What sort of creature is a knot?
A A fish
B A bird
C An insect D A mammal
2. What is the smallest state of the US?
A Michigan B Rhode Island C Wyoming D Hawaiian Islands
3. Who played Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice?
A Colin Fields B Colin Firth C Colin French D Colin Fisher
4. Which darts-based quiz show was hosted by Jim Bowen?
A One Hundred and Eighty B Bullseye
C Bully’s Bonanza
D On the Oche
5. Which Greek letter denotes the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter?
A Alpha B Pi C Beta D Gamma 6. Which new three-part BBC1 nature documentary, narrated by Toby Jones, is set in Pembrokeshire, the Fens of East Anglia and the North York Moors? A A Wild Year B Nature Untamed C Nature’s Calendar D A Wild Life
7. Who played the imaginary Elvis who regularly appears in Tony Scott’s 1993 film True Romance?
A Gary Oldman B Brad Pitt C Christian Slater D Val Kilmer 8. Which area of the US is generally accepted to be north of the Ohio River; west of Lake Eyre and east of the Great Plains? A The Rockies
B The Midwest
C The Californian Desert D New England
9. What name is given to the holiday that marks the start of the Jewish New Year?
A Rash Museltoff B Rosh Hashanah C Rish Hashtoff D Rush Toffhash
10. Which American cartoonist created the Li’l Abner comic strip?
A Brian Capp B Al Capp C Richard Capp D Percy Capp
11. Which former organist of Westminster Abbey wrote the opera Dido and Aeneas?
A Henry Purcell B Harold Purcell C Horace Purcell D Hugh Purcell
12. Which comedian was married to magician Geoffrey Durham (The Great Soprendo)?
A Jennifer Saunders B Victoria Wood C Dawn French D Julie Walters
13. Who wrote the play All’s Well That Ends Well?
A Oscar Wilde
B George Bernard Shaw C Tennessee Williams D William Shakespeare
14. Which infectious viral disease of domestic poultry is also called Newcastle disease?
A Chicken cancer B Fowl pest C Fowl blight D Hen sore
15. Which English novelist wrote The Rachel Papers and Money?
A John Grisham B Tim Lott
C Jilly Cooper D Martin Amis