GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. Clark Gable played Rhett Butler in which classic film, released in 1939?
A The Misfits
B It’s a Wonderful Life
C Gone with the Wind
D Citizen Kane
2. Which rock group has included Mick Jagger; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts and Brian Jones in its line-up?
A The Beatles
B The Rolling Stones
C The Who
D The Kinks
3. Johnny Depp made his big-screen debut in which horror film?
A The Omen
B A Nightmare On Elm Street
C The Exorcist
D The Howling
4. How is the Christian festival of Pentecost otherwise known?
A Good Friday
B Ascension Day
C Whit Sunday
D Shrove Tuesday
5. Which poet laureate wrote The Life of Nelson?
A Robert West
B Robert Northcliffe
C Robert Southey
D Robert Easton
6. What is the official language of Brazil?
A Spanish
B Portuguese
C English
D Italian
7. The late Sir John Mills played the eponymous professor in which 1970s sci-fi TV drama?
A Doctor Who
B Logan’s Run
C Sapphire & Steel
D Quatermass
8. In what year was Harrods founded?
A 1849
B 1749
C 1949
D 1649
9. Which British architect is famous for his design of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851?
A Sir Joseph Paxton
B Sir Christopher Wren
C Sir Charles Barry
D Sir Basil Spence
10. Which poet won the Whitbread Book Award with his Tales from Ovid?
A Dylan Thomas
B Ted Hughes
C Seamus Heaney
D Douglas Dunn
11. Which Dutch painter’s works include Broadway Boogie-Woogie?
A Rene Magritte
B Piet Mondrian
C Franz Marc
D Amadee Ozenfant
12. What was the pen name of Danish writer Karen Blixen?
A Imak Kahn
B Iqbal Hussein
C Isak Jahnesenn
D Isak Dinesen
13. What is the official language of Ecuador?
A Portugese
B Italian
C English
D Spanish
14. Which sci-fi series starred Gary Conway and Don Marshall?
A Lost in Space
B Land of the Giants
C Star Trek
D Babylon IV
15. Who wrote The Last of The Mohicans?
A Mark Twain
B Bernard Cornwell
C Ernest Hemingway
D James Fenimore Cooper