General Knowledge Quiz
1. Clark Gable played Rhett Butler in which classic film, released in
1939?
A The Misfits
B It’s a Wonderful Life C Gone with the Wind D Citizen Kane
2. Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans?
A Mark Twain
B Bernard Cornwell C Ernest Hemingway D James Fenimore Cooper
3. Johnny Depp made his bigscreen debut in which horror film?
A The Omen
B A Nightmare On Elm Street C The Exorcist
D The Howling
4. How is the Christian festival of Pentecost otherwise known?
A Good Friday B Ascension Day C Whit Sunday D Shrove Tuesday
5. Which poet laureate wrote The Life of Nelson?
A Robert West B Robert Northcliffe C Robert Southey D Robert Easton
6. What is the title of the new ITV series with celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh?
A Grow for Britain
B The Great British Growdown C Grow Your Own at Home D Grow Big or Grow Home
7. What is the official language of Brazil?
A Spanish
B Portuguese
C English
D Italian
8. Which rock group has included Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones in its lineup?
A The Beatles
B The Rolling Stones
C The Who
D The Kinks
9. Which British architect is famous for his design of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851?
A Sir Joseph Paxton
B Sir Christopher Wren
C Sir Charles Barry
D Sir Basil Spence 10. Which poet won the Whitbread Book Award with his Tales from Ovid?
A Dylan Thomas
B Ted Hughes
C Seamus Heaney
D Douglas Dunn
11. Which Dutch painter’s works include Broadway BoogieWoogie?
A Rene Magritte
B Piet Mondrian
C Franz Marc
D Amedee Ozenfant
12. What was the pen name of Danish writer Karen Blixen?
A Imak Kahn
B Iqbal Hussein
C Isaac Jahnesenn
D Isak Dinesen
13. What is the capital city of Ecuador?
A Lima B Santiago C Asuncion D Quito
14. Which sci-fi series starred Gary Conway and Don Marshall?
A Lost in Space B Land of the Giants C Star Trek D Babylon 5
15. Which new action thriller film stars Michael Keaton and Maggie Q as two of the world’s premiere assassins?
A The Asset
B The Help
C The Service
D The Aid