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General Knowledge Quiz

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1. What branch of the arts is associated with Jean Ingres?

A Painting B Poetry C Scuplture D Composer

2. In which sport do the Los Angeles Kings play?

A American football B Baseball C Basketball

D Ice hockey

3. What number is represente­d by the Roman numeral L?

A 50 B 100 C 10 D 40

4. Which Dorset town was known as Casterbrid­ge in Thomas Hardy’s novels?

A Dorchester B Poole C Weymouth D Yeovil

5. The gourde is the national currency of which country?

A Morocco B Haiti C Egypt D France

6. Which Latin poet wrote the Ars amatoria and the Metamorpho­ses?

A Euclid B Livy C Ovid D Plato

7. Which of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wore a blue mask and was the leader?

A Leonardo B Raphael C Donatello D Michelange­lo

8. Which period drama on Alibi stars Kate Phillips as a woman taking on her father’s private eye business after his sudden death?

A Mrs Peacock and the Reverend B Miss Scarlet and the Duke

C Mrs White and the Professor D Colonel Mustard and the Revolver

9. With which football team did Sir Stanley Matthews begin and end his playing career?

A Manchester City B Manchester United C Stoke City

D West Ham United

10. What was the title of the album released by U2 in 1997?

A Pop B Bang C Crackle D Snap

11. Of which 80s pop group was Morrissey lead singer?

A The Levellers B The Pretenders C The Smiths

D The Stone Roses

12. Which US boxer did Prince Naseem Hamed defeat in 1997 to add the IBF featherwei­ght title to his WBO title?

A Tom Jones

B Tom Johnson C Tomas Johansson D Tom Priar

13. By what name is the constellat­ion Crux also known?

A Little Bear B Southern Cross C Leo

D Northern Cross

14. Who was the female member of Three of a Kind?

A Tracey Paxman B Tracey Slater C Tracey Fuller D Tracey Ullman

15. Gary Oldman and Evangeline Lilly are among the stars of which new film telling three interweavi­ng stories set during an opioid epidemic?

A Crisis

B Blood, Sweat, and Lies C War

D Poppies

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