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General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who played Joey in TV’S Friends?
A Mathew Perry
B Matt Leblanc
C David Schwimmer
D George Clooney
2. Who wrote the novel Doctor Zhivago?
A Boris Kamenev
B Boris Zinoviev
C Boris Pasternak
D Boris Tolstoy
3. What sort of creature is a taipan?
A A monkey
B A salamander
C A snake
D A spider
4. Which poet and artist wrote The Book of Nonsense and popularised the limerick?
A C.S. Lewis
B Rudyard Kipling
C Dylan Thomas
D Edward Lear
5. Which great Greek dramatist wrote the plays Medea, Electra and The Trojan Women?
A Homer
B Aeschylus
C Euripides
D Sophocles
6. Which ITV talent show was hosted by Harry Hill in 2015 before being axed?
A I Can See Your Voice
B Pop Idol
C Fame Academy
D Stars in Their Eyes
7. Which Neighbours character was played by Eliza Szonert?
A Lucy Robinson
B Libby Kennedy
C Hannah Martin
D Danni Stark
8. Which breed of dog has border and bearded varieties?
A Alsatian
B Dalmatian
C Collie
D Spaniel
9. What was the title of the last album released by the Australian rock band INXS before the death of their lead singer Michael Hutchence?
A Beautifully Wilted
B Delicately Falling
C Elegantly Wasted
D Finely Balanced 10. Who painted the Rokeby Venus?
A Hals
B Lebrun
C Mantegna
D Velazquez
11. In Greek mythology which nymph was in love with the mortal Acis?
A Vesta
B Tithonus
C Galatea
D Eurus
12. Which British composer wrote The Midsummer Marriage and The Knot Garden?
A William Schwenck Gilbert
B Michael Tippett
C Arthur Sullivan
D Andrew Lloyd Webber
13. What is the name of Mario’s green brother in Nintendo’s popular computer game?
A Wario
B Ricardo
C Pablo
D Luigi
14. What is the general name for a fungus that forms a thin white coating on plants?
A Fairy mist
B Cuckoo spit
C Mildew
D Ragwort
15. Who wrote the wartime elegy For the Fallen?
A Laurence Mignon
B Laurence Lee
C Laurence Binyon
D Laurence Blake