General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Channel 4 series investigating the paranormal was presented by Father Lionel Fanthorpe?
A The X-files
B Fortean TV
C Visitors from Beyond
D Another World
2. How were the Nicaraguan right-wing guerrillas of the 1980s known?
A Contras
B Khmer Rouge
C PLO
D ETA
3. Which star of The Singing Detective played Maigret?
A Michael Briar
B Michael Phillips
C Michael Johnson
D Michael Gambon
4. In what year was NATO established?
A 1949
B 1929
C 1969
D 1919
5. What was the pen name of Marie Louise de la Ramee author of Under Two Flags?
A Kanga
B Georgia
C Ouida
D Resta
6. Which 2018 movie starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali won the Academy Award for Best Picture?
A Green Room
B Green Man
C Green Lantern
D Green Book
7. In the medieval painting technique tempera what is mixed with coloured powder to form paint?
A Egg yolk
B Urine
C Tree sap
D Water
8. Which Royal has claimed that the English language has sunk into a “dismal wasteland of banality, cliche and obscenity”?
A The Queen Mother
B Prince Andrew
C The Prince of Wales
D Queen Elizabeth
9. By which name do we know the aquatic rodent castor fiber?
A Beaver
B Otter
C Duckbilled Platypus
D Vole
10. John Cusack and Cameron Diaz enter which actor’s body in Spike Jonze’s surreal directorial debut?
A Jon Voight
B John Malkovich
C John Candy
D John Wayne
11. Which Italian composer of sacred music is best known for his Miserere?
A Gregorio Sticatto
B Gregorio Albertini
C Gregorio Allegri
D Gregorio Martini
12. Which British composer wrote the film scores for Far from the Madding Crowd and Murder on the Orient Express?
A Robert Richards Beal
B Ronny Roberts Black
C Rupert Ronny Roberts
D Richard Rodney Bennett
13. What is the national currency of Syria?
A Kwacha
B Pound
C Shekel
D Dollar
14. What sort of creature is a basenji?
A A cat
B A snake
C A dog
D A lizard
15. Which Rugby Union team won the 1997 Five Nations Championship?
A Britain
B Wales
C Scotland
D France