General Knowledge Quiz

1. Which actress played the role of Alex Wilton in the drama series Boon?

A Saskia Fjord

B Saskia Wickham

C Saskia Richards

D Saskia Pastor

2. Which group had hits in the sixties with Kon-Tiki, Foot Tapper and Atlantis, among others?

A The Shadows

B The Beatles

C The Monkees

D The Rolling Stones

3. Which British novelist wrote Room at the Top?

A John Galsworthy B E.M. Forster C John Braine D Anthony Powell

4. Which car manufacturer makes the model Ka?

A Fiat

B Ford

C Renaut

D Peugeot

5. Which British author wrote the allegorical novel The Pilgrim’s Progress?

A Jonathan Swift

B Geoffrey Chaucer

C John Bunyan

D Charles Dickens

6. Which ITV drama series stars Ben Miller as an eccentric but brilliant criminologist?

A Professor T

B Doc Martin

C Lewis

D Rebus

7. Which EastEnders character was played by Paul Nicholls?

A Robbie Fowler

B Grant Mitchell

C Joe Wicks

D David Wicks

8. Of which food fish is sockeye a variety?

A Trout

B Haddock

C Salmon

D Tuna

9. Which Oscar-winning actor directed Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in the 1980 comedy Stir Crazy?

A Clint Eastwood

B Sidney Poitier

C Michael Caine

D Paul Newman 10. What was the pen name of novelist Mary Ann Evans?

A Thomas Hardy

B George Eliot

C Mrs Gaskell

D Jane Austen

11. Who presented The Antiques Show on TV?

A Francine Cook B Francine Singer C Francine McGrath D Francine Stock

12. In which war was the Battle of Borodino?

A The Crimean War B The Great War

C The Second Crusade D The Napoleonic War

13. On which soap did the alsatian dog Well ’Ard feature?

A Brookside

B Emmerdale

C EastEnders

D Coronation Street

14. What was Richard Griffiths’s character in the TV series Pie in the Sky called?

A Henry Crabbe

B Harold Crabbe

C Henry Salmon

D Horace Cray

15. Who wrote the opera Taverner? A George Lloyd

B Sir Harrison Birtwistle

C William Boyce

D Peter Maxwell Davies

Ben Miller See Question 6