General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Brazilian footballer managed Peru at the 1970 World Cup?
A Didi
B Pele
C Dodi
D Popo
2. Which former weather girl copresented Gladiators?
A Suzanne Charlton B Denise van Outen C Anthea Turner D Ulrika Jonsson
3. Who was the eldest son of Adam and Eve?
A Abel B Cain C Ishmael D Abraham
4. Which American author wrote The Anatomy Lesson and Portnoy’s Complaint?
A Philip Roach
B Philip Ross
C Philip Roth
D Philip Read
5. Who hosted the quiz show Today’s the Day?
A Mel Smith B Martyn Lewis C Clive Anderson D Jonathan Ross
6. What was the title of US singer LeAnn Rimes’s only UK Number One hit, in November 2000?
A Can’t Fight the Moonlight
B How Do I Live?
C Life Goes On
D Blue
7. Who painted Dedham Vale and The Haywain?
A Turner B Constable C Monet D Picasso
8. In Arthurian legend who was Sir Galahad’s father?
A Arthur
B Merlin
C Tristram
D Lancelot
9. Who wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol?
A George Bernard Shaw B James Joyce
C Oscar Wilde
D T.S. Eliot
10. Which organisation founded in 1873 registers dog breeds in the UK?
A Battersea Dog Registry
B Crufts
C The Kennel Club
D The GBDR 11. Which singer-songwriter released an album entitled Nine Objects Of Desire?
A Suzanne Vega
B Alanis Morissette
C Kirsty MacColl
D Tina Turner
12. Which French composer wrote the opera Pelleas et Melisande?
A Bizet
B Dvorak
C Debussy
D Verdi
13. Which rugby team scored a record 60 points against Wales in the Five Nations Championship in 1998?
A England
B Ireland
C Scotland
D France
14. Which motif symbolising abundance is depicted as a horn spilling over with fruit and flowers?
A Horn of greed
B Horn of health
C Horn of nature
D Horn of plenty
15. Sherilyn Fenn and Isabella Rossellini are among the stars of which new film about the final days of actor Rudolph Valentino? A Hollywood Life
B Film Life
C Silent Life
D Quiet Life