General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which country house in Derbyshire is the seat of the Duke of Devonshire?
A Burghley
B Chatsworth
C Castle Howard
D Gatsworth
2. Who was the king of Kent who became ruler of England south of the Humber and received the Christian missionary Augustine? A Egbert
B Eadred
C Hardicanute
D Ethelbert
3. Who played J. R. Ewing in Dallas?
A Laurence Harry
B Larry Hagman
C Larry Horace
D Laurence Heal
4. Who became president of the Philippines when the Marcos regime came to an end in 1986? A Cory Aquino
B Mari Aquino
C Thomas Aquino
D Mali Aquino
5. What is the best known book written by Louisa May Alcott?
A Pride and Prejudice
B Sense and Sensibility
C Vanity Fair
D Little Women
6. Helena Bonham Carter narrated a recent Channel 4 adaptation of which Quentin Blake children’s book?
A Joker
B Clown
C Jester
D Fool
7. Which masked avenger was portrayed in the 1950s on the small screen by Guy Williams? A The Phantom
B Batman
C Zorro
D Spiderman
8. Who was Britain’s first Labour prime minister?
A Arthur Henderson
B Harold Wilson
C Ramsay Macdonald
D Clement Attlee
9. Which French town gives its name to an English translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate version used by Roman Catholics? A Le Havre
B Bordeaux
C Douai
D Montpellier 10. Who won the women’s race in the 1996 London Marathon?
A Liz Mccolgan
B Stephanie Mccolgan
C Rachel Mccolgan
D Sharon Mccolgan
11. What sort of creature is a Camberwell beauty?
A A lizard
B A butterfly
C A bird
D A fish
12. What is the principal chapel of the Vatican, whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo?
A St Michael’s Chapel
B The Benedictine Chapel
C Sistine Chapel
D St John’s Chapel
13. According to the book of Daniel, at whose feast did the guests see the Writing on the Wall?
A Bazaar
B Belshazzar
C Boocheeser
D Balthazar
14. What nationality was the painter Vincent Van Gogh? A German
B Italian
C Dutch
D French
15. Which Italian violinist and composer wrote the set of concertos known as The Four Seasons?
A Rossini
B Verdi
C Vivaldi
D Albinoni