Puzzles Weekly General Knowledge Quiz
1. To what sort of animal does the adjective ovine relate?
A Cat
B Sheep
C Dog
D Snake
2. Who was described as the last of the five good Roman emperors after his death?
A Marcus Aurelius
B Nero
C Julius Caesar
D Magnus Maximus
3. In which African country is the town of Timbuktu?
A B C D
Nigeria Ethiopia Mali Zaire
4. Who played Georgina in Upstairs, Downstairs?
A Jennifer Saunders B Julie Walters C Lesley-anne Down D Stephanie Hawk
5. In the Simpsons what is the name of the local bar owner? A Barney
B Mr Burns
C Moe
D Smithers
6. What was the title of Emma Bunton’s only solo Number One hit, in 2001?
A Tell Me
B Look at Me
C When You’re Gone
D What Took You So Long?
7. Who is the patron saint of travellers?
A St David
B St Christopher
C St James
D St Patrick
8. What sort of creature is a lynx? A A bird
B A wildcat
C An insect
D A fish
9. Clint Eastwood starred as ‘The Man With No Name’ in a trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns directed by which film-maker?
A John Ford
B Joshua Logan
C Sergio Leone
D Don Siegel
10. In which seaside town do the mods and rockers fight in The Who’s rock film Quadrophenia?
A Southend
B Scarborough
C Bournemouth
D Brighton 11. With which composer is the German town of Bayreuth associated?
A
B
C Bach
D Wagner
12. The name of which extremists of the French Revolution means “without knee breeches”?
A
Beethoven
Mozart
Sans-pantalons
B Sans-soleils
C Sans-culottes
D
13. What does the Sikh name ‘Singh’ mean?
A
B
C
D
Sans-roulettes
Lion
Soldier
Holy
Warrior
14. Which US TV series costarred Twiki the helpful robot?
A Lost in Space
B Mork and Mindy
C Buck Rogers
D
Futurama
15. What was Robert Flaherty’s pioneering 1922 documentary film of Inuit life called?
A Inuit of the North
B Our Friends in the North
C Norse Man
D Nanook of the North