General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Shakespeare play is partly based on Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde?
A The Tempest
B King Lear
C As You Like It
D Much Ado About Nothing
2. Who presented the children’s art programme Vision On?
A Tony Hart B Fearne Cotton C David Shepherd D Zoe Ball
3. What sort of creature is a flying fox?
A A fox
B A bird
C A bat
D A squirrel
4. Which US author wrote Poor White and Winesburg Ohio?
A Pearl S Buck
B John Steinbeck C Mark Twain D Sherwood Anderson
5. In which year did Marilyn Monroe marry Arthur Miller?
A 1946 B 1956 C 1950 D 1961
6. Michael Shannon and Alexander Skarsgård are among the cast of which new BBC1 adaptation of a John le Carré novel?
A 1946
B The Little Drummer Girl C 1950
D 1961
7. What were the forenames of WH Auden?
A Wystan Hugh B Wallace Howard C William Horace D Weston Harry
8. What name is given to the underground stem base of plants such as the crocus and gladiolus?
A Corm B Frumi C Lomu D Rani
9. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers teamed up for the first time in which movie?
A Top Hat
B Shall We Dance C Carefree
D Flying Down to Rio
10. Which Scotland defender scored an own goal against Brazil at the 1998 World Cup finals?
A Colin Hendry B Ally McCoist C Tommy Boyd D Jim McGrath
11. What was John Wayne’s nickname?
A Duke B Guv’nor C Chief D Boss
12. Who presented Channel 4’s Whose Line is it Anyway?
A Clive James B Clive Anderson C Jonathan Ross D Kelsey Grammer
13. Of which province of China is Changsha the capital?
A Hunan B Chongqing C Qinghai D Nanjing
14. What is the collective noun used to describe a group of crows?
A Murder B Flock C Gaggle D Moot
15. Which carbohydrate is also known as milk sugar?
A Lactose B Sucrose C Glucose D Fructose