General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who is the author of the 1965 novel Dune?
A Jules Verne
B Terry Pratchett
C Isaac Asimov
D Frank Herbert
2. Which poet wrote The Revenge and Morte d’arthur?
A Shelley
B Yeats
C Byron
D Tennyson
3. Who played Harold Bishop in Neighbours?
A Ian Smith
B Frank Pale
C Norman Teal
D Troy Macdonald
4. Who wrote the book Mein Kampf?
A Joseph Stalin
B Adolf Hitler
C Heinrich Himmler
D Joseph Goebbels
5. Which American pioneer and folk hero colonised Kentucky? A Daniel Best
B Daniel Blake
C Daniel Badon
D Daniel Boone
6. Which US supernatural horror drama miniseries stars an ensemble cast featuring Michiel Huisman, Elizabeth Reaser, Oliver Jackson-cohen, Kate Siegel, and Victoria Pedretti?
A American Horror Story
B The Haunting of Hill House C Surrealestate
D A Discovery of Witches 7. What was the stage name of the American operatic soprano Maria Kalogeropoulos?
A Maria Callas
B Mary Costas
C Mary Kalgopolo
D Maria Poulos
8. Which American inventor patented the cotton gin, a device that separated cotton fibre from its seeds?
A Joseph Whitney
B Eli Whitney
C Buster Whitney
D Nixon Whitney
9. Under what name did singer Don Van Vliet find fame?
A Captain Beefheart
B Adam Ant
C Ziggy Stardust
D Billy Idol 10. Who played Barbara ‘Baz’ Hayes in the TV series Casualty? A Julia Watson
B Katherine Stewart
C Rachel Phillips
D Lucinda Green
11. Who voiced Sykes in the animated film Shark Tale?
A Martin Scorsese
B Robert De Niro
C Will Smith
D Al Pacino
12. Who played Ben Cartwright in the cowboy series Bonanza?
A James Drury
B Lorne Greene
C Clint Eastwood
D Clayton Moore
13. What is the name of the French national theatre which was founded in 1680?
A Comédie-française B Académie-française C Stadium-française
D Le Quai d’orsay
14. Who presented TV’S Heart of the Matter?
A Robert Bakewell
B Joan Bakewell
C Thomas Bakewell
D Rachel Bakewell
15. Which Danish writer is best known for fairy tales such as The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen?
A Roald Dahl
B Hans Christian Andersen C Jacob Grimm
D Charles Perrault