General Knowledge Quiz

1. Of which English city is Sutton Coldfield a suburb?

A London

B Birmingham

C Manchester

D Liverpool

2. What sort of creature is a beagle?

A A cat

B A badger

C A dog

D A horse

3. In which year did Anthony Eden become prime minister?

A 1935

B 1945

C 1955

D 1965

4. Lars von Trier, who directed the films Dogville and The Idiots, is from which European country?

A Denmark

B Norway

C Germany

D Poland

5. Of which country was Brian Mulroney prime minister?

A Ireland B Australia C New Zealand D Canada

6. Which 1990s situation comedy, starred Dennis Waterman as a millionaire with a failed marriage and Joan Sims as his cook Mrs Wembley?

A To the Manor Born

B Born and Bred

C Stay Lucky

D On the Up 7. Which English poet wrote Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained?

A Lord Byron

B John Milton

C Lord Tennyson

D Percy Bysshe Shelley

8. What was Mahatma Gandhi’s first name?

A Madur

B Mahish

C Mohandas

D Mahendra

9. What was the artistic profession of 19th-century American Emily Dickinson? A Poet

B Novelist

C Painter

D Sculptor 10. What is the third planet from the sun?

A Earth

B Venus

C Mars

D Jupiter

11. Which British artist achieved notoriety in the 1970s when he admitted to faking old masters? A Tom Keating

B David Shepherd

C Ian Bishop

D David MacEwan

12. How are the Cistercians of the Strict Observance commonly known?

A Trappists

B Holy Rollers

C Quakers

D Diggers

13. Which dramatic and dangerous horse race is run in July and August in the Tuscan city of Siena?

A The Patio

B The Tasio

C The Palio

D The Mario

14. What is a hornbeam? A A bird

B A bee

C A tree

D A flower

15. Who played Rose the parlour maid in the 1970s TV series Upstairs, Downstairs?

A Jean Walters

B Jean French

C Jean Wood

D Jean Marsh