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General Knowledge Quiz

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1. Which actress played the role of Alex Wilton in the drama series Boon?

A Saskia Fjord

B Saskia Wickham

C Saskia Richards

D Saskia Pastor

2. Which group had hits in the sixties with Kon-Tiki, Foot Tapper and Atlantis, among others?

A The Shadows

B The Beatles

C The Monkees

D The Rolling Stones

3. Which British novelist wrote Room at the Top?

A John Galsworthy

B E.M. Forster

C John Braine

D Anthony Powell

4. Which car manufactur­er makes the model Ka?

A Fiat

B Ford

C Renault

D Peugeot

5. Which British author wrote the allegorica­l novel The Pilgrim’s Progress?

A James Bunyan

B Jimmy Brown

C John Bunyan

D Justin Bunyan

6. What is the title of the latest album from Olly Murs?

A You Know I Know

B Rise Up

C What Is Love

D Staying At Tamara’s 7. Which EastEnders character was played by Paul Nicholls?

A Robbie Fowler

B Grant Mitchell

C Joe Wicks

D David Wicks

8. Sockeye is a variety of which food fish?

A Trout

B Haddock

C Salmon

D Tuna

9. Which Oscar-winning actor directed Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in the 1980 comedy Stir Crazy?

A Clint Eastwood

B Sidney Poitier

C Michael Caine

D Paul Newman 10. What was the pen name of novelist Mary Ann Evans?

A Thomas Hardy

B George Eliot

C Mrs Gaskell

D Jane Austen

11. Who presented The Antiques Show on TV?

A Francine Cook

B Francine Singer

C Francine McGrath

D Francine Stock

12. In which war was the Battle of Borodino?

A The Crimean War

B The Great War

C The Second Crusade

D The Napoleonic War

13. On which soap did the Belgian Shepherd dog Wellard feature?

A Brookside

BC EamsmtEenr­dearles

C Eastenders

D Coronation Street

14. What was Richard Griffiths’s character in BBC 1’s Pie in the Sky called?

A Henry Crabbe

B Harold Crabbe

C Henry Salmon

D Horace Cray

15. Who wrote the opera Taverner? A George Lloyd

B Sir Harrison Birtwistle

C William Boyce

D Peter Maxwell Davies

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