General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Christian period of fasting and penance begins on Ash Wednesday?
A Pentecost
B Easter
C Lent
D Advent
2. Who wrote The Caretaker in 1960? A Arthur Miller B Sylvia Plath C Norman Mailer D Harold Pinter
3. Who wrote The English Constitution in 1867?
A Walter Bagehot
B William Wycherley C Queen Victoria
D Lord Salisbury
4. Which fruit from the tree Ficus carica is known for its laxative properties?
A Plum
B Pear
C Fig
D Apple
5. Which imported adult drama series was set in Wentworth Detention Centre? A Prisoner: Cell Block H B Scrubs
C Bad Girls
D Cons
6. Paddy Considine and Matt Smith are among the stars of which upcoming fantasy series, which will be a prequel to Game of Thrones?
A House of the Rising Sun B House of the Dragon
C The Night’s Watch
D King’s Landing
7. Which group had a number one hit single in 1980 with Super Trouper? A ABBA
B Bucks Fizz
C Blondie
D Duran Duran
8. Oscar winner Jamie Foxx starred as a hapless taxi driver in which thriller directed by Michael Mann? A Miami Vice
B Stealth
C Heat
D Collateral
9. Which Dominican monk who was head of the Spanish Inquisition was largely responsible for the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492?
A Diego de Torquemada
B Pablo de Torquemada
C Tomás de Torquemada D Fernando de Torquemada 10. What name is given to the nomadic peoples of the Syrian and Arabian deserts? A Shukran
B Lailan
C Anaizan
D Bedouin
11. The film Natural Born Killers was written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by which other filmmaker?
A Robert Rodriguez
B Kevin Smith
C Oliver Stone
D Spike Lee
12. Which crustacean is known for its habit of occupying empty snail shells?
A Spider crab
B Lobster
C Hermit crab
D Sand crab
13. What was the nickname of Pete Mitchell, the character played by Tom Cruise in Top Gun?
A Goose
B Iceman
C Maverick
D Cougar
14. Which star of Waiting For God was a regular in A Very Peculiar Practice?
A Graham Crowden B George Muckden C Jeremy Roberts
D Geoff Fisher
15. Who wrote the novel Daniel Deronda?
A Mrs Gaskell
B Charles Kingsley C George Eliot
D Anthony Trollope