General Knowledge Quiz
1. What is the symbol of the element sodium?
A Na BK C Pa D So
2. Which country is also known as Eire?
A Northern Ireland B Scotland
C The Republic of Ireland D Wales
3. Who was appointed Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986?
A Desmond Tutu B Roger Tutu C Horace Tutu D Leonard Tutu
4. Who wrote I, Claudius and Claudius the God?
A Joshua Podro B T.E. Lawrence C Robert Graves D Allan Sillitoe
5. Who hosted the live BBC One sports chat show On Side?
A Barry Fry B Desmond Lynam C John Inverdale D Gary Lineker
6. Which Sky Atlantic drama, set in 1990s Boston, stars Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge as an unlikely crime-fighting duo?
A Suburb in a Valley B City on a Hill C Crime in a Street D Town on a River
7. Which author wrote the novel Manhattan Transfer and the U.S.A Trilogy?
A Anthony Burgess B Mervyn Peake C John Dos Passos D Chinua Achebe
8. Which comedy team had a 1956 Top Ten hit with I’m Walking Backwards for Christmas?
A Monty Python B The Geeks
C The Two Ronnies D The Goons
9. In which year was the classic Western High Noon, starring Gary Cooper, released?
A 1962 B 1952 C 1939 D 1948
10. Which philosopher wrote the influential work I and Thou?
A Martin Buber B Immanuel Kant C Edward Bouverie Pusey D Karl Marx
11. What is the fourth constellation of the Zodiac?
A Leo B Pisces C Libra D Cancer
12. Which mischievous fairy also called Robin Goodfellow appears in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
A Dogberry B Ariel C Prospero D Puck
13. Who was the Indian boy in Kipling’s Jungle Books?
A Tonto B Baloo C Shere Khan D Mowgli
14. Who played Bob in the classic comedy series The Likely Lads?
A Raymond Brewster B Richard Bowles C Roger Black D Rodney Bewes
15. What is the title of the 40th and latest studio album from Canadian singer Neil Young?
A Organic B Homegrown C Local
D Free Range