General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which band released an album entitled A Short Album About Love?
A The Divine Comedy
B The Bluetones
C Blur
D Ocean Colour Scene
2. Which Oxford group released an album entitled In It For The Money in 1997?
A Supergrass
B Blur
C Ocean Colour Scene D Portishead
3. Which period of human culture came between the Stone Age and Iron Age?
A Ice Age
B Space Age
C Bronze Age
D Middle Age
4. In which country was Israeli politician Menachem Begin born?
A Austria
B Poland
C Italy
D Czech Republic
5. Who is the patron saint of artists and doctors?
A St Luke
B St Mark
C St John
D St Matthew
6. What was the name of Basil’s wife in Fawlty Towers who was portrayed by Prunella Scales?
A Mabel
B Lilith
C Sybil
D Agatha
Prunella Scales See Question 6.
7. Which English poet and novelist wrote Novel on Yellow Paper and Not Waving But Drowning?
A Stevie Smith
B Stevie Jones
C Stevie Black
D Stevie Mathews
8. Which character seen in horror films is also known as a lycanthrope?
A Vampire
B Mummy
C Zombie
D Werewolf
9. Who was Hitler’s personal secretary who was sentenced to death in absentia at Nuremberg? A Heinrich Himmler
B Rudolph Hess
C Martin Bormann
D Josef Goebbels 10. Ferris Bueller enjoys the sights of which American city during his day off in the 1986 comedy starring Matthew Broderick?
A New York
B Washington DC
C Los Angeles
D Chicago
11. Who played Rachel in TV’s Friends?
A Courteney Cox
B Lisa Kudrow
C Jennifer Aniston
D Trudy Belmont
12. In what year was the Battle of Trafalgar?
A 1769
B 1805
C 1844
D 1694
13. Who played Tracey in the sitcom Birds of a Feather?
A Lucy Robson
B Tracy Robson
C Linda Robson
D Sharon Robson
14. What is New Year’s Eve called in Scotland?
A Burns Night B Galloway Night C Elgrin Night D Hogmanay
15. Who had a number one hit single in 1985 with Into the Groove?
A Madonna B Tina Turner C Kylie Minogue D Aretha Franklin