General Knowledge Quiz
1. What is the lowest-pitched member of the oboe family?
A Bassoon B Shawm C Heckelphone D Cor anglais
2. How is Holy Innocents’ Day also known?
A Childermas B Good Friday C Christmas Day D All Saint’s Day
3. Which British novelist and playwright wrote The Bottle Factory Outing and The Dressmaker?
A Beryl Bainbridge B Beryl Stevenson C Beryl Bruce D Beryl Robinson
4. What sort of creature is a flying phalanger?
A Marsupial B Reptile C Bird D Insect
5. Which Italian criminologist put forward the theory that criminals could be recognised by certain physical characteristics?
A Cesare Puccini B Cesare Lombroso C Cesare Rossi D Cesare Camanelli
6. Which team won the Super Bowl 2019?
A The Denver Broncos
B The New England Patriots C Philadelphia Eagles
D Los Angeles Rams
7. In which film do Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne play a couple considering adopting three siblings?
A All Change B Instant Family C Fast Forward D Hasty Household
8. How is the whale Orcinus orca that has been known to prey on other whales better known?
A Killer whale B Dolphin C Humpback whale D Blue whale
9. Blur’s Damon Albarn contributed to the soundtrack for which chilling tale of cannibalism in 1999?
A Alive
B Face
C Cannibal Holocaust D Ravenous
10. Which element has the chemical symbol K?
A Calcium B Kryptonite C Potassium D Carbon
11. What was the name of Jane Fonda’s then-husband who directed her in the kitsch sci-fi romp Barbarella?
A Michelangelo Antonioni B Roger Vadim
C Bob Rafelson
D Mark Rydell
12. Which impressionist played Spock in TV’s Preston Front?
A Rory Bremner B Alistair McGowan C Harry Enfield D Michael Mitchell
13. Which US athlete won four gold medals at the 1984 Olympics?
A Linford Christie B Florence Griffith Joyner C Carl Lewis
D Michael Jordan
14. What is it called when a writer uses more words than is necessary?
A Metaphor B Instress C Hendiadys D Pleonasm
15. Which 1988 film starred Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as a recently-deceased couple haunting their former home?
A The Frighteners B Beetlejuice C Hocus Pocus D Stay Tuned