General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which song has been a hit for Buddy Holly, Showaddywaddy, and Nick Berry?
A Great Balls of Fire
B Heartbeat
C Unchained Melody
D Blue Moon
2. What is the name of the pub that becomes infested with zombies in the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead?
A The Red Lion
B The Black Swan
C The Dorchester
D The Winchester
3. What sort of creature is an onager?
A A fish
B An insect
C A wild ass
D A dog
4. To which modern mammal is the mammoth related?
A Elephant
B Zebra
C Hippopotamus
D Walrus
5. What sort of flowers could be classified as hybrid teas or floribundas?
A Hyacinths
B Roses
C Lilies
D Marigolds
6. What was the name of Adele’s 2021 comeback single?
A Easy Listening
B Easy Does It
C Easy On Me
D Easy Come Easy Go 7. Which river joins the Tigris in Iraq to form the Shatt al-arab? A Sakarya
B Suez
C Surgato
D Euphrates
8. Which Italian-born US gangster was imprisoned for tax evasion in 1931?
A All Capone
B Don Coorrleleoonnee
C Vjoiteo Dgeimnoavgegsioe
D Asel tptiamcoin‘obig Sam’ Accardi
9. Which long-running show has been presented by the late Magnus Magnusson, and John Humphrys?
A Mastermind
B Crossroads
C The Sky at Night D Gamesmaster 10. Who starred as James Kavanagh QC on TV?
A John Frost
B John Snow
C John Thaw
D John Dew
11. Which pop group had a hit single with Suicide Blonde?
A R.E.M.
B INXS
C Blondie
D Oasis
12. Who hosted the satirical quiz show Have I Got News For You from 1990 until 2002?
A Paul Merton
B Angus Deayton
C Ian Hislop
D Clive Anderson
13. What genre of short horror play is named after a Paris theatre at which such plays were first performed?
A Grand Noir
B Grand Horreur
C Grand Guignol
D Rouge-noir
14. Whom did George I succeed as monarch?
A William III
B Charles II
C Queen Anne
D James II
15. Which actor and theatre manager founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art?
A Sir Cuthbert Seerholm Tree B Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree C Sir Richard Randall Tree D Sir Brian Blessed Tree