General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Russian goldsmith was famous for his jewelled Easter eggs which were given by the tsars to the tsarinas?
A Maurice Lecroix B Peter Carl Faberge C Christian Dior D Jean Cartier
2. Which controversial policy of the European Union is abbreviated to CAP?
A Common Agricultural Policy B Common Armament Policy C Creative Arts Programme D Cultural Alignment Policy
3. Which English poet wrote Sonnets from the Portuguese?
A Percy Bysshe Shelley B Lord Tennyson C Lord Byron D Elizabeth Barrett Browning
4. Who was the faithful wife of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey?
A Pandora B Miranda C Helena D Penelope
5. Which author wrote The Trial and The Castle?
A Edgar Alan Poe B Richard Adams C Jon Grisham D Franz Kafka
6. Which TV sketch comedy ran from 1969 to 1974 and featured comedians including Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam?
A Not the Nine O’Clock News B Monty Python’s Flying Circus C The Goodies D Rutland Weekend Television
7. What was the name for a Roman marketplace that was the civic centre of a town?
A Piazza B Forum C Ampitheatre D Colosseum
8. What is the name of the alphabet used for writing modern Slavic languages such as Russian?
A Russo alphabet B Slavian alphabet C Cyrillic alphabet D Eastern alphabet
9. Which purple-black halogen is represented by the symbol I? A Indium B Iodine C Iridium D Iron
10. Who Which wrote cousin the and music son-in-law and lyrics of Mohammed for the film was The the Sound fourth of Music? caliph of Islam?
A Rodgers Ali and Hammerstein Lionel Bart B Shanawaz C Richard and Robert Sherman C Tariq D Leonard Bernstein D Patel
11. In which country is the city of Wagga Wagga?
A Columbia B Australia C Sri Lanka D India
12. What name is given to the art of decorating cloth with a needle and thread of which the Bayeux Tapestry is an example?
A Embroidery B Patching C Sewing D Knitting
13. Who was the second president of the US?
A Thomas Jefferson B John Adams C George Washington D James Monroe
14. Who starred in the title role in the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia?
A Peter O’Toole B Anthony Quinn C Spencer Tracy D Laurence Olivier
15. Which one of the teenage mutant ninja turtles wore an orange head scarf and was ‘a party dude’?
A Michelangelo B Raphael C Leonardo D Donatello