GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1. Which US jazz singer became famous with the song A-tisket, A-tasket?

A Ella Fredericks

B Ella Fitzgerald

C Ella Peters

D Ella Moriss 2. What sort of instrument is a flageolet?

A A wind instrument

B A string instrument

C A percussion instrument

D A surgical instrument 3. Which novelist wrote The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, both featuring the character of detective Philip Marlowe?

A Raymond Chandler

B Tom Clancy

C Sir Arthur Conan Doyle D Agatha Christie 4. Who wrote Treasure Island? A R.L. Stevenson

B A.A. Milne

C J.R.R. Tolkien

D C.S. Lewis 5. What sort of creature is a cockatiel?

A A fish

B A monkey

C A bird

D A lizard 6. Which film starring Colin Farrell chronicles the odyssey of 30 men and women sent into deep space in search of a new home?

A Voyagers

B Travellers

C Trekkers

D Nomads

Colin Farrell See Question 6 7. Which animal has red, grey and Arctic varieties? 8. In which South African township were over 60 demonstrators killed by the police in 1960?

A Peterloo

B Bakerville

C Sharpeville

D Shoretown 9. Which sultan of Egypt and Syria noted for his chivalry provoked the Third Crusade by his capture of Jerusalem? A Abdullah

B Mohamed

C Ali

D Saladin 10. Which dramatist wrote Rookery Nook and Plunder? A Ben Travers

B Ben Smith

C Ben Rolton

D Ben Geer 11. In what year did the Second World War begin?

A Paul Smith B Paul Eddington C Paul Henry D Paul Tissington 13. What is the nickname of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 3 in D?

A The 3D Symphony

B Polish Symphony

C The Rock Symphony

D The Bitter-Sweer Symphony 14. Which former prime minister was appointed as legal protector of Princes William and Harry?

A Margaret Thatcher

B John Major

C Edward Heath

D Jim Callaghan 15. Whoopi Goldberg made her film debut in which drama, based on a novel by Alice Walker?

A The Color Purple

B Jumpin’ Jack Flash C Ghost

D Diary of an African Nun