General Knowledge Quiz

1. Which country won the 2019 men’s FIBA Basketball World Cup? A USA

B China

C France

D Spain

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 Dennis-Hammerton C Dame Ivy Thomas-Brown

D Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett

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 live album release?

A Lord of the Dance B Dancing in the Wind C Dining and Dancing D The Dance

6. Which 2021 Channel 5 drama series starred Charlie Brooks and Brett Tucker as a couple seeking a fresh start in Australia?

A Lie With Me

B Fly With Me

C Die With Me

D Sigh With Me

7. What is the name of Oxford’s newest college, established in 2019?

A Aidan

B Rylan

C Reuben

D Isaac

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 legendary 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 directed 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 Barry and Paul Chuckle?

A Chuckle FM

B ChuckleVision

C Chuckle TV

D Chuckle Time

Charlie Brooks See Question 6.