General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which group had hits in the Sixties with Kon-Tiki, Foot Tapper and Atlantis, among others?
A The Shadows
B The Beatles
C The Monkees
D The Rolling Stones
2. Which British novelist wrote Room at the Top?
A John Galsworthy B E.M. Forster C John Braine D Anthony Powell
3. Which car manufacturer makes the model Ka?
A Fiat B Ford C Renaut D Peugeot
4. Which English author wrote the allegorical novel The Pilgrim’s Progress?
A Daniel Defoe
B Henry Fielding
C John Bunyan
D Jonathan Swift
5. Which EastEnders character was played by Paul Nicholls?
A Robbie Fowler
B Grant Mitchell
C Joe Wicks
D David Wicks
6. Starring Catherine Tate, which Netflix comedy is set in the fictional HMP Woldsley?
A Hard Lines
B Hard Times
C Hard Cell
D Hard Cheese
7. Of which food fish is sockeye a variety?
A Trout B Haddock C Salmon D Tuna
8. Which Oscar-winning actor directed Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in the 1980 comedy Stir Crazy?
A Clint Eastwood
B Sidney Poitier
C Michael Caine
D Paul Newman
9. Who preceded Fiona Bruce as presenter of The Antiques Roadshow?
A Angela Rippon
B Jill Dando
C John Craven
D Michael Aspel 10. What was the pen name of novelist Mary Ann Evans?
A Thomas Hardy
B George Eliot
C Mrs Gaskell
D Jane Austen
11. In which war was the Battle of Borodino?
A The Crimean War
B The Great War
C The Second Crusade
D The Napoleonic War
12. On which soap did the alsatian dog Well ‘Ard feature?
A Brookside
B Emmerdale
C EastEnders
D Coronation Street
13. What was Richard Griffiths’s character in the TV series Pie in the Sky called?
A Henry Crabbe
B Harold Crabbe
C Henry Salmon
D Horace Cray
14. Who wrote the opera Taverner?
A George Lloyd
B Sir Harrison Birtwistle C William Boyce
D Peter Maxwell Davies
15. Which wizard in The Lord of the Rings bred his own race from orcs and men before being defeated by the Ents?
A Sauron
B Gandalf
C Saruman
D Morgorth