General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which basketball team won the Classic Cola Cup in 1996?
A The Nottingham Panthers
B The Manchester Tigers
C The Birmingham Bullets
D The London Towers
2. The Schilling was once the national currency of which European country?
A Germany
B Austria
C Hungary
D Iceland
3. Which British author wrote Pastors and Masters and Brothers and Sisters?
A Dame Ivy Roger-Billington
B Dame Ivy Dennis-Hammerton C Dame Ivy Thomas-Brown
D Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett
4. Which filmmaker took control of the improvising actors in the 2006 comedy Confetti?
A Noah Baumbach
B Ian Benson
C Debbie Isitt
D Christopher Guest
5. What was Fleetwood Mac’s 1997 album release?
A Lord of the Dance
B Dancing in the Wind
C Dining and Dancing
D The Dance
6. Who played Mary in TV’s Rab C Nesbitt?
A Ellen C. Nesbit
B Elizabeth C. McDonald
C Elaine C. Roberts
D Elaine C. Smith
Alesha Dixon See Question 15
7. Which island nation in the Indian Ocean has the capital city Victoria?
A Mauritius
B Madagascar
C Seychelles
D Maldives
8. Which non-metallic chemical element is represented by the symbol S?
A Sulfur
B Selenium
C Silicon
D Strontium
9. Which BBC One daytime series saw Dominic Littlewood taking on dangerous and demanding jobs on the other side of the pond?
A Danger Dom
B Dom Does America
C Seeing Stars
D Dom Goes Stateside 10. Who played legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie in the 1976 biopic Bound for Glory?
A Elliott Gould
B David Carradine
C Harvey Keitel
D Ed Begley Jnr
11. Which duo had a 1992 number one hit with Stay?
A Shania Twain and Bruce Springsteen
B Janet and Michael Jackson C Simon and Garfunkel D Shakespears Sister
12. Which blues legend released an album entitled Don’t Look Back?
A John Lee Hooker
B Johnny Ross
C John ‘The Boss’ Roberts
D John Lee Ray
13. In which country did the Romans build the Antonine Wall? A Scotland
B Wales
C France
D England
14. Who wrote the novel Under the Volcano?
A Malcolm Lowry
B Ray Bradbury
C Jules Verne
D C.S. Lewis
15. Which former winner of the show has joined Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon on the judging panel for the new series of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent?
A Paul Potts
B Ashley Banjo
C Lee Ridley
D Jai McDowall