GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
2 3 1. What sort of creature is a lynx?
A A bird
B A wildcat C An insect D A fish
2. Clint Eastwood starred as ‘The Man With No Name’ in a trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns directed by which film-maker?
A John Ford B Joshua Logan C Sergio Leone D Don Siegel
3. In which seaside town do the mods and rockers wage war in The Who’s rock film Quadrophenia?
A Southend B Scarborough C Bournemouth D Brighton
4. With which composer is the German town of Bayreuth associated?
A Beethoven B Mozart C Bach D Wagner
5. The name of which extremists of the French Revolution means “without knee breeches”?
A Sans-pantalons B Sans-soleils C Sans-culottes D Sans-roulettes
6. What does the Sikh name ‘Singh’ mean?
A Lion B Soldier C Holy D Warrior 7. Emily Beecham and Aneurin Barnard are among the stars of which epic period science fiction drama on Netflix?
A 1709 B 1899 C 1559 D 1688
8. Which US TV series co-starred Twiki the helpful robot?
A Lost in Space B Mork and Mindy C Buck Rogers D Futurama
9. What was Robert Flaherty’s pioneering 1922 documentary film of Inuit life called?
A Inuit of the North
B Our Friends in the North C Norse Man
D Nanook of the North 10. How is a German shepherd dog otherwise known?
A Collie B Terrier C Alsatian D Poodle
11. Which British novelist wrote the story Cranford?
A Charlotte Bronte B Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell C Emily Bronte
D Jane Austen
12. Which former comedy writing partner of Denis Norden died in 1998 at the age of 77?
A Frank Thomas B Frank Badger C Frank Capra D Frank Muir
13. Of what country was Catherine the Great empress?
A Austria-Hungary B Turkey
C Russia
D Prussia
14. Oscar-winner Tom Hanks teamed up with a slobbering mastiff dog in which crime comedy?
A K-9
B See Spot Run C Turner & Hooch D Top Dog
15. Which British author wrote The Jungle Book?
A C.S. Lewis B A.A. Milne C Enid Blyton D Rudyard Kipling