General Knowledge Quiz
1. When did Queen Victoria succeed to the throne?
A 1827 B 1847 C 1837 D 1857
2. Which US singer released an album entitled Blood On The Dancefloor in 1997?
A Puff Daddy B Dr Dre C Michael Jackson D Jon Bon Jovi
3. Which actor played Al Pacino’s unhinged lawyer in crime drama Carlito’s Way?
A Sean Penn B Sean Astin C Val Kilmer D Ed Norton
4. Which dynastic family ruled in Brandenberg-prussia from 14151918?
A Hohenzollern B Junker C Richtenberg D Romanov
5. What is the star Sirius better known as?
A The pole-star B Venus C The wandering-star D The dog-star
6. Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal play a couple whose marriage is falling apart in which new film directed by Paul Dano?
A Wildfire B Wildlife C Wilderness D Wildcard
7. Who created the character Violet Elizabeth Bott?
A A.A. Milne B Enid Blyton C Robert Louis Stevenson D Richmal Crompton
8. What is the Italian word for ‘scratched drawings’?
A Spaghetti B Fusilli C Graffiti D Tagliatelle
9. What was the name of Jodie Foster’s feature-length directorial debut, in which she also appeared?
A Flora Plum B Little Man Tate C Sommersby D Flightplan
10. Which nut comes from the South American tree Bertholletia excelsa?
A Pistachio nut B Pecan nut C Kashew nut D Brazil nut
11. Which Shakespeare work contains a farcical play about Pyramus and Thisbe performed by rustics?
A Much Ado About Nothing B The Winter’s Tale C The Taming of the Shrew D A Midsummer Night’s Dream
12. The Lev is the national currency of which country?
A Argentina B Bulgaria C Chile D Denmark
13. Which English poet wrote the prose romance Arcadia?
A Sir Philip Sidney B Percy Bysshe Shelley C Mathew Arnold D Alfred Lord Tennyson
14. What was the profession of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?
A Aircraft pilot B Military general C Explorer D Architect
15. Who wrote the opera Boris Godunov?
A Peter Tchaikovsky B Modest Mussorgsky C Mikhail Glinka D Alexander Borodin