General Knowledge Quiz
1. What is the national currency of Syria?
A Kwacha
B Pound
C Shekel
D Dollar
2. How were the Nicaraguan right-wing guerrillas of the 1980s known?
A Contras
B Khmer Rouge
C PLO
D ETA
3. Which star of The Singing Detective played Maigret?
A Michael Briar
B Michael Phillips
C Michael Johnson
D Michael Gambon
4. Which Royal once wrote that the English language has sunk into a “dismal wasteland of banality, cliche and casual obscenity”?
A The Queen Mother
B Prince Andrew
C Prince Charles
D Queen Elizabeth
5. What sort of creature is a basenji?
A A cat
B A snake
C A dog
D A lizard
6. Which Irish band had a 2019 single entitled The Last Time?
A The Play
B The Script
C The Essay
D The Notes
7. In the medieval painting technique tempera what is mixed with coloured powder to form paint?
A Egg yolk
B Urine
C Tree sap
D Water
8. Which British composer wrote the film scores for Far from the Madding Crowd and Murder on the Orient Express?
A Robert Richards Beal
B Ronny Roberts Black
C Rupert Ronny Roberts
D Richard Rodney Bennett
9. By which name do we know the aquatic rodent Castor fiber?
A Beaver
B Otter
C Duck-billed platypus
D Vole
10. John Cusack and Cameron Diaz enter which actor’s body in Spike Jonze’s surreal directorial debut?
A Jon Voight
B John Malkovich
C John Candy
D John Wayne
11. Which Italian composer of sacred music is best known for his Miserere?
A Gregorio Sticatto
B Gregorio Albertini
C Gregorio Allegri
D Gregorio Martini
12. In what year was NATO established?
A 1949
B 1929
C 1969
D 1919
13. Which Channel 4 series investigating the paranormal was presented by Father Lionel Fanthorpe?
A The X-Files
B Fortean TV
C Visitors from Beyond
D Another World
14. What was the pen name of Marie Louise de la Ramee, the author of Under Two Flags?
A Kanga
B Georgia
C Ouida
D Resta
15. Which upcoming fantasy film stars Milla Jovovich as a member of a United Nations military team that falls into a portal to a dangerous alternative universe?
A Beast Fighter
B Beast Catcher
C Monster Killer
D Monster Hunter