General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which poison is extracted from deadly nightshade?
A Atropine
B Digitalis
C Nitropine
D Mandrafin
2. Which US crime novelist wrote Strangers on a Train?
A Tom Clancy
B Colin Dexter
C Patricia Highsmith
D Agatha Christie
3. What nationality was the composer Edvard Grieg?
A Swedish
B Norwegian
C German
D Dutch
4. What name is given to the six Dorset farm labourers who were transported to Australia for administering unlawful oaths?
A Bridport Martyrs
B Tolpuddle Martyrs
C Yeovil Martyrs
D Christchurch Martyrs
5. The phalanges are the bones of which parts of your body?
A The arms and legs
B Fingers and toes
C The ears and nose
D The spine
6. What is the title of the eighth and current studio album from US singer Josh Groban?
A Bridges
B Towers
C Swings
D Lifts 7. What was the name of the Japanese detective created by the American author JP Marquand?
A Mr Kawasaki
B Mr Hito
C Mr Haganaki
D Mr Moto
8. Who had a number one hit single in 1974 with Tiger Feet? A Wizard
B Mud
C Slade
D The Village People
9. Who starred in the TV series To the Manor Born and The Bounder? A Patricia Routledge
B John Cleese
C Peter Bowles
D Pennelope Keith 10. What was the adopted name of David Gruen, first prime minister of Israel?
A John Ben-Gunn
B Paul Ben-Solomon
C Isaac Ben-Johnson
D David Ben-Gurion
11. Which famous horror novelist was business manager to the actor Henry Irving?
A HP Lovecraft
B Bram Stoker
C Mary Shelley
D Edgar Alan Poe
12. Which unarmed British liner was sunk by a German submarine off the Irish coast on 7 May 1915? A Bismark
B Hood
C Lusitania
D Titanic
13. In which Dickens novel does the character Fagin appear?
A Oliver Twist
B A Christmas Carol
C A Tale of Two Cities
D Bleak House
14. Which of the Harmsworth brothers became the first Viscount Northcliffe?
A Alfred
B Robert
C Harold
D John
15. French film A Very Long Engagement directed by JeanPierre Jeunet features a cameo by which American actress?
A Meg Ryan
B Jodie Foster
C Kirsten Dunst
D Liv Tyler