General Knowledge Quiz
1. In which country is the Roman Catholic shrine and pilgrimage centre of Fatima?
A Italy
B Spain
C Portugal
D Argentina
2. Which character did Richard Grieve play in Home and Away?
A Lachie B Lassie C Loopy D Lance
3. Which rap star appeared in the 1993 Robin Williams film Toys?
A LL Cool J B Ice Cube C Ice-T D Chuck D
4. Which method of painting literally means “fool the eye”? A Optical Illusionary Painting B Trompe l’oeil
C Surrealism
D Dadaism
5. In the 1987 film The Golden Child, a social worker played by Eddie Murphy is sent to which part of Asia?
A Tibet
B India
C China
D Iran
6. Which 2021 action thriller film stars Karen Gillan as a young assassin who must team up with her estranged assassin mother played by Lena Headey?
A Gunpowder Milkshake
B Ava
C Sweet Girl
D Jolt
7.Which bird of the crow family has the Latin name Pica pica? A Magpie
B Raven
C Blackbird
D Jackdaw
8. From which country did the notorious wartime traitor Vidkun Quisling come?
A Sweden
B Denmark
C Iceland
D Norway
9. Which 16th-century regent of France is traditionally considered to have been largely responsible for the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre?
A Jean Racine
B Catherine de’ Medici C Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet D Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon 10. What visual method of communication involves the use of two flags?
A Morse
B Pinafore
C Semaphore
D Waving
11. Who had a top ten hit single in 1975 with There Goes My First Love?
A The Drifters
B The Pretenders
C Fleetwood Mac
D The Mamas and the Papas
12. Which lanthanide element is represented by the symbol Lu?
A Lithium B Lanthanum C Lawrencium D Lutetium
13. Belmopan is the capital city of which Central American country?
A Belize
B El Salvador C Honduras D Nicaragua
14. Who wrote the Minute Waltz?
A Manuel de Falla B Edvard Grieg C Frédéric Chopin D Josef Hauer
15. Which Irish province includes the counties of Dublin and Kilkenny?
A Connacht B Leinster C Munster D Ulster