General Knowledge Quiz
1. When did Queen Victoria succeed to the throne? A 1827 B 1847 C 1837 D 1857 2. Which US singer released an album entitled Blood On The Dancefloor in 1997? A Puff Daddy B Dr Dre C Michael Jackson D Jon Bon Jovi 3. Which actor played Al Pacino’s unhinged lawyer in crime drama Carlito’s Way? A Sean Penn B Sean Astin C Val Kilmer D Ed Norton 4. Which dynastic family ruled in Brandenberg-prussia from 14151918? A Hohenzollern B Junker C Richtenberg D Romanov 5. What is the star Sirius better known as? A The pole-star B Venus C The wandering-star D The dog-star 6. Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal play a couple whose marriage is falling apart in which new film directed by Paul Dano? A Wildfire B Wildlife C Wilderness D Wildcard 7. Who created the character Violet Elizabeth Bott? A A.A. Milne B Enid Blyton C Robert Louis Stevenson D Richmal Crompton 8. What is the Italian word for ‘scratched drawings’? A Spaghetti B Fusilli C Graffiti D Tagliatelle 9. What was the name of Jodie Foster’s feature-length directorial debut, in which she also appeared? A Flora Plum B Little Man Tate C Sommersby D Flightplan 10. Which nut comes from the South American tree Bertholletia excelsa? A Pistachio nut B Pecan nut C Kashew nut D Brazil nut 11. Which Shakespeare work contains a farcical play about Pyramus and Thisbe performed by rustics? A Much Ado About Nothing B The Winter’s Tale C The Taming of the Shrew D A Midsummer Night’s Dream 12. The Lev is the national currency of which country? A Argentina B Bulgaria C Chile D Denmark 13. Which English poet wrote the prose romance Arcadia? A Sir Philip Sidney B Percy Bysshe Shelley C Mathew Arnold D Alfred Lord Tennyson 14. What was the profession of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe? A Aircraft pilot B Military general C Explorer D Architect 15. Who wrote the opera Boris Godunov? A Peter Tchaikovsky B Modest Mussorgsky C Mikhail Glinka D Alexander Borodin