GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Eric Bristow is a former World Champion in which sport? A Rowing
B Darts
C Mountain biking
2 Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of which novel adapted into a 2010 film starring Keira Knightley?
A An Artist of the Floating World B Never Let Me Go
C The Buried Giant
3 The feathers of which duck have given their name to a type of quilt?
A Mallard
B Eider
C Pintail
4 Which George of the Jungle star played Rick O’Connell in The Mummy films?
A Hugh Jackman
B Paul Walker
C Brendan Fraser
5 Which jazz musician was known as Satchmo?
A Louis Armstrong
B Count Basie
C Duke Ellington
6 Which cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of London? A Salisbury
B St. Paul’s
C Westminster
7 Caviar is made from the eggs of which fish?
A Sturgeon
B Trout
C Salmon
8 The Cheshire Jets, Newcastle Eagles and Essex Pirates are all teams in which sport? A Basketball
B Rugby
C Hockey
9 Feste is a jester in which of Shakespeare’s comedies? A The Merchant of Venice B Twelfth Night
C As You Like It 10 Which actress is starring opposite David Duchovny in the new romantic comedy film What Happens Later, which she has also directed?
A Julianne Moore
B Gillian Anderson
C Meg Ryan
11 What was the name of the last surviving member of the Pinta Island tortoise, a subspecies of the Galapagos tortoise?
A Lonesome George B Lonely Larry
C Solo Sam
12 Which US band’s songs include “Mr. Jones”, “Accidentally in Love” and a cover of “Big Yellow Taxi”? A Counting Crows
B Red Hot Chili Peppers C Imagine Dragons 13 Who both preceded and succeeded Clement Attlee as British prime minister? A Edward Heath
B Harold Macmillan C Winston Churchill
14 Who slayed his brother Remus according to Roman mythology?
A Janus
B Romulus
C Caeculus
15 Which large flowering plant is often called the Butterfly Bush? A Buddleia
B Lavender
C Hydrangea
16 What nationality was Georges Bizet, the composer best known for his opera Carmen?
A Italian
B German
C French
17 To which British tennis player was former world number one Chris Evert married until 1987? A John Lloyd
B Bjorn Borg
C Ivan Lendl
18 Which major waterway known as the “Highway to India” was opened in 1869?
A Panama Canal
B Suez Canal
C Corinth Canal
19 The name of which pasta comes from the Italian for ‘seashell’?
A Farfalle
B Conchiglie
C Fusilli
20 Which prolific songwriter had a 1969 hit with “Sweet Caroline”?
A Neil Diamond
B Bob Dylan
C Elton John