GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. Which basketball team won the Classic Cola Cup in 1996?
A The Nottingham Panthers B The Manchester Tigers C The Birmingham Bullets D The London Towers
2. The Schilling was once the national currency of which European country? A Germany B Austria C Hungary D Iceland
3. Which British novelist wrote Pastors and Masters and Brothers and Sisters? A Dame Ivy Roger- Billington B Dame Ivy DennisHammerton
C Dame Ivy Thomas- Brown D Dame Ivy ComptonBurnett
4. Who wrote the novel Under the Volcano?
A Malcolm Lowry
B Ray Bradbury
C Jules Verne
D C. S. Lewis
5. What was Fleetwood Mac’s 1997 album release? A Lord of the Dance B Dancing in the Wind C Dining and Dancing
D The Dance
6. Who is co- hosting a new series of BBC2’ s Amazing Hotels: Life beyond the Lobby with Giles Coren?
A Angela Hartnett
B Delia Smith
C Nigella Lawson
D Monica Galetti
7. Which all- woman Cambridge college recorded the lowest ever score in University Challenge history? A Queen’s
B King’s
C New Hall
D Pembrooke
8. Which sailing ship, named after the witch in Burns’s poem Tam O’shanter, is preserved in dry dock at Greenwich? A Cutty Sark B Bismark C Marie Celeste D Mary Rose
9. Who played Mary in TV’S Rab C Nesbitt?
A Ellen C Nesbit
B Elizabeth C Mcdonald
C Elaine C Roberts
D Elaine C Smith
10. Who played folk singer Woody Guthrie in the 1976 biopic Bound for Glory?
A Elliott Gould
B David Carradine
C Harvey Keitel
D Ed Begley Jnr
11. Which duo had a 1992 number one hit with Stay?
A Shania Twain and Bruce Springsteen
B Janet and Michael Jackson C Simon and Garfunkel D Shakespears Sister
12. Which blues legend released an album entitled Don’t Look Back?
A John Lee Hooker B Johnny Ross
C John ‘ the Boss’ Roberts D John Lee Ray
13. In which country did the Romans build the Antonine Wall?
A Scotland
B Wales
C France
D England
14. Which film- maker took control of the improvising actors in the 2006 comedy Confetti?
A Noah Baumbach
B Ian Benson
C Debbie Isitt
D Christopher Guest
15. Which children’s comedy series starred crazy Barry and Paul Chuckle?
A Chuckle FM
B Chucklevison
C Chuckle TV
D Chuckle Time