General Knowledge Quiz

1. Which French dramatist and poet wrote The Satin Slipper? A Albert Camus

B Eugène Ionesco

C Paul Claudel

D Molière

2. Who was the lead singer of Happy Mondays?

A Shaun Ryder B Liam Gallagher C Bono

D Marilyn Manson

3. Who starred as Sam Malone in TV’s Cheers?

A Woody Harrelson

B Ted Danson

C Danny DeVito

D Christopher Walken

4. Who was elected Ireland’s ninth president in 2011?

A Mary Robinson

B Gerry Adams

C Michael D. Higgins

D Bertie Ahern

5. Which English county cricket team has their ground at The Oval?

A Middlesex

B Surrey

C Hampshire

D Essex

6. Craig Revel Horwood joined which fellow dancer, judge, presenter and choreographer in a series of Great British Road Trips? A Bruno Tonioli

B Anton Du Beke

C Oti Mabuse

D Shirley Ballas

Craig Revel Horwood See Question 6

7. Who wrote The Vicar of Wakefield and She Stoops to Conquer?

A George Eliot

B William Thackeray

C Oliver Goldsmith

D Charles Dickens

8. In which Anglo-Saxon epic poem does the hero slay the monster Grendel and become king of the Geats?

A Beowulf

B Ethelbert

C Hrothgar

D Hygelac

9. Who wrote the original Borrowers stories upon which the film of the same name is based?

A Emily Dickinson

B Beatrix Potter

C Enid Blyton

D Mary Norton 10. Which British PM said: “I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me”?

A Ramsay MacDonald

B Winston Churchill

C Lord Salisbury

D Benjamin Disraeli

11. Which Pride and Prejudice character was played by Jennifer Ehle in the 1995 TV series?

A Elizabeth Bennet

B Jane Bennet

C Lydia Bennet

D Catherine de Bourgh

12. Who played Bradley Hardacre in Brass?

A Timothy Burton

B Timothy Easton

C Timothy West

D Timothy Dalton

13. Which daytime soap does the character Toadfish belong?

A Home and Away

B Doctors

C Neighbours

D Days of Our Lives

14. Which little cartoon character said: ‘I tawt I taw a puddy tat!’?

A Jerry

B Roadrunner

C Foghorn Leghorn

D Tweety

15. Who wrote Jane Eyre, published in 1847?

A Jane Austen B Emily Brontë C Charlotte Brontë D Elizabeth Gaskell