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 Eugene 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 Czeslaw Milosz

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. What was the name of Harrison Ford’s character in the Star Wars films?

A Luke Skywalker B Han Solo C Obi-Wan Kenobi D Boba Fett

Harrison Ford See Question 6. 7. Which architect designed the rebuilt St Paul’s Cathedral?

A Sir Richard Arkwright

B Arthur Young

C Isambard Kingdom Brunel

D Sir Christopher Wren 8. 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

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. 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 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