General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Shakespeare play is partly based on Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde?
A The Tempest
B King Lear
C As You Like It
D Much Ado About Nothing
2. Who presented the children’s art programme Vision On?
A Tony Hart
B Fearne Cotton
C David Shepherd
D Zoe Ball
3. What sort of creature is a flying fox?
A A fox
B A bird
C A bat
D A squirrel
4. Which US author wrote Poor White and Winesburg Ohio?
A Pearl S Buck
B John Steinbeck
C Mark Twain
D Sherwood Anderson
5. In which year did Marilyn Monroe marry Arthur Miller? A 1946
B 1956
C 1950
D 1961
6. Michael Shannon and Alexander Skarsgård are among the cast of which new BBC1 adaptation of a John le Carré novel?
A 1946
B The Little Drummer Girl
C 1950
D 1961
7. What were the forenames of WH Auden?
A Wystan Hugh
B Wallace Howard
C William Horace
D Weston Harry
8. What name is given to the underground stem base of plants such as the crocus and gladiolus? A Corm
B Frumi
C Lomu
D Rani
9. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers teamed up for the first time in which movie?
A Top Hat
B Shall We Dance
C Carefree
D Flying Down to Rio 10. Which Scotland defender scored an own goal against Brazil at the 1998 World Cup finals?
A Colin Hendry
B Ally McCoist
C Tommy Boyd
D Jim McGrath
11. What was John Wayne’s nickname?
A Duke
B Guv’nor
C Chief
D Boss
12. Who presented Channel 4’s Whose Line is it Anyway?
A Clive James
B Clive Anderson
C Jonathan Ross
D Kelsey Grammer
13. Of which province of China is Changsha the capital?
A Hunan
B Chongqing
C Qinghai
D Nanjing
14. What is the collective noun used to describe a group of crows?
A Murder
B Flock
C Gaggle
D Moot
15. Which carbohydrate is also known as milk sugar?
A Lactose
B Sucrose
C Glucose
D Fructose