General Knowledge Quiz
1. What sort of creature is a grebe?
A A rodent
B A bird
C A lizard
D A snake
2. What sort of creature is a fulmar?
A A bird
B A rodent
C A fish
D A dog
3. Richard Dreyfuss received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in which 1995 film, directed by Stephen Herek? A Silent Fall
B Mr Holland’s Opus
C What About Bob?
D Holy Man
4. What was the name of the last ruling dynasty of Russia?
A Markovs
B Romanovs
C Molotovs
D Stalins
5. Which famous Scottish king was son of Findlaech?
A Malcolm (Canmore)
B Macbeth
C Duncan I
D Donald Ban
6. Paul Gascoigne and Chris Eubank are among the celebrities taking part in which 2023 Channel 4 reality show?
A Scared of the Dark
B The Traitors
C I’m a Celebrity... South Africa D The Masked Singer
Chris Eubank See Question 6 7. With which instrument is Heinz Holliger associated?
A Piano
B Oboe
C French horn
D Trumpet
8. Which all-girl group released an album entitled Before The Rain?
A Eternal
B The Spice Girls
C The All Saints
D TLC
9. Who wrote the plays An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere’s Fan?
A Oscar Wilde
B DH Lawrence
C Tom Stoppard
D George Bernard Shaw 10. Who succeeded Cecil Parkinson in 1983 as Conservative party chairman?
A Norman Lamont
B John Selwyn Gummer
C Douglas Hurd
D Gillian Shephard
11. What is a sudden change or the reverse of the expected called in drama?
A Periphrasis
B Peripeteia
C Phoneme
D Pleonasm
12. What sort of creature is a smew?
A A rat
B A mollusc
C A duck
D A fish
13. With which instrument is Sir Yehudi Menuhin associated?
A Violin
B Piano
C Cello
D Trumpet
14. Which legendary Spanish libertine inspired works by Moliere, Mozart, Byron and George Bernard Shaw?
A Don Juan
B Zorro
C Don Quixote
D El Desporado
15. Which paramedical speciality deals with the care of the feet?
A Physiopherapy
B Cardiology
C Chiropody
D Piedopody