General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which English novelist wrote The Rachel Papers and Money? A John Grisham
B Tim Lott
C Jilly Cooper
D Martin Amis
2. What is the smallest state of the USA?
A Michigan
B Rhode Island
C Wyoming
D Hawaii
3. Who played Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s 1995 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. What is the title of the recent charity single by comedian Matt Lucas?
A The Greatest Love Of All B Thank You Baked Potato
C I Can Slightly Fly
D Chicken, Rice and Pea
Andrea Riseborough
See Question 15
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
A A fish
B A bird
C An insect D A mammal
9. Which area of the USA 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 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. What is the capital of Switzerland?
A Zurich
B Bern
C Geneva
D Basel
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. Andrea Riseborough and Gabriel Byrne are among the stars of which new drug-trafficking drama on Sky Atlantic?
A Devils
B ZeroZeroZero
C Suburra
D Gomorrah
Pass around a quantity of fuel (4)
Group of criminals have methods used for getting on board (8)
Censure about the first impression (7)
As far as the Greek letterwriter is concerned, this is the end (5)
Use of the same initial is only repetition after all (12) This is not the full version – start again (6)
What witnesses are required to do at the trial (6)
Solid obstruction very quickly passed through (5-7) 20 & 22Ac. No seaman would describe this as port (5-4,4) Refer to part of the newspaper for leakage (7) 22. See 20 Across
23. Make an advance unaccompanied, by the sound of it (4)