Halifax Courier

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

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1 Who collaborat­ed with Lady Gaga on the 2009 hit single, “Telephone”?

A Beyonce

B Katy Perry

C Taylor Swift

2 Which Roman goddess associated with spring and flowers is considered to be the counterpar­t of the Greek nymph Chloris?

A Luna

B Juno

C Flora

3 Which Shakespear­ian character has famously been portrayed by Willard White, Laurence Fishburne and Lenny Henry?

A Othello

B Macbeth

C Hamlet

4 What nationalit­y is former F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen? A Finnish

B Norwegian

C Swedish

5 Which Scottish Loch contains the largest volume of water? A Loch Ness

B Loch Shiel

C Loch Lomond

6 James Norton and Jessica Brown Findlay are starring in which new ITV drama about two couples who discover that their toddlers were switched at birth? A Sharing Caring

B Playing Nice

C Switching Places

7 According to Greek mythology, which handsome youth loved by Aphrodite was killed by a boar? A Hercules

B Perseus

C Adonis

8 Which chemical element is represente­d by the symbol Pb? A Copper

B Lead

C Zinc 9 Which British athlete nicknamed the ‘Jarrow Arrow’ set world records in the 1500 metres, 2000 metres and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985?

A Mo Farah

B Sebastian Coe

C Steve Cram

10 Which X-Men character was portrayed by Frasier’s Kelsey Grammer in the third installmen­t of the film series?

A Beast

B Cyclops

C Wolverine

11 Her Fearful Symmetry is a 2009 novel by Audrey Niffenegge­r, but what is the title of her 2003 debut novel?

A The Lovely Bones

B The Time Traveler’s Wife C Life After Life

12 What type of animal is a zebu?

A Horse (equine)

B Cattle (bovine)

C Camel (camelid)

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James Norton See Question 6

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