GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. 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
2. What is the smallest state of the USA?
A Michigan
B Rhode Island
C Wyoming
D Hawaiian Islands
3. Who played Mr. Darcy in the BBC 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 was the title of Fatboy Slim’s only Number One hit single, in January 1999?
A Praise You
B Slash Dot Dash
C Gangster Trippin
D Eat Sleep Rave Repeat
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
8. What sort of creature is a knot?
A Afish
B A bird
C An insect
D A mammal
9. What name is given to the holiday that marks the start of the Jewish New Year?
A Rash Museltoff
B Rosh Hashanah
C Rish Hashtoff
D Rush Toffhash
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. Which late comedian was married to magician Geoffrey Durham (The Great Soprendo)?
A Caroline Aherne
B Victoria Wood
C Joyce Grenfell
D Joan Rivers
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. Which English novelist wrote The Rachel Papers and Money?
A John Grisham
B Tim Lott
C Jilly Cooper
D Martin Amis