General Knowledge Quiz

1. Of which English city is Sutton Coldfield a suburb?

A London B Birmingham C Manchester D Liverpool

2. Which English poet wrote Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained?

A Lord Byron B John Milton C Lord Tennyson D Percy Bysshe Shelley

3. Which dramatic and dangerous horse race is run in July and August in the Tuscan city of Siena?

A The Patio B The Tasio C The Palio D The Mario

4. Lars von Trier, who directed the films Dogville and The Idiots, is from which European country?

A Denmark B Norway C Germany D Poland

5. Of which country was Brian Mulroney prime minister?

A Ireland B Australia C New Zealand D Canada

6. Sean Bean and Anna Friel star in which BBC1 drama, written by Jimmy McGovern?

A Broken B Poldark C The Missing D Line of Duty

7. What sort of creature is a beagle?

A A cat B A badger C A dog D A horse

8. What was Mahatma Gandhi’s first name?

A Martin B Matt C Mohandas D Moshandi

9. What was the artistic profession of Emily Dickinson?

A Poet B Novelist C Painter D Sculptress

10. What is the third planet from the sun?

A Earth B Venus C Mars D Jupiter

11. Which British artist achieved notoriety when he admitted to faking old masters?

A Tom Keating B David Shepherd C Ian Bishop D David MacEwan

12. How are the Cistercians of the Strict Observance commonly known?

A Trappists B Holy Rollers C Quakers D Shakers

13. In which year did Anthony Eden become prime minister?

A 1935 B 1945 C 1955 D 1965

14. What is a hornbeam?

A A bird B A bee C A tree D A flower

15. Who played Rose the parlour maid in the original series of Upstairs Downstairs?

A Jean Walters B Jean French C Jean Wood D Jean Marsh