General Knowledge Quiz
1. What name did Jean Dubuffet give to the art of schizophrenics and prisoners? A Art Deco B Art Brut
C Art Povera D Art Nouveau 2. What name is given to nonflowering plants of a division that comprises mosses and liverworts?
A Pratensis B Bryophytes C Trifolium D Salicaria 3. Which literary prize is awarded for first novels published by Commonwealth citizens under 35?
A The Betty Trask Award
B The Whitbread Literary Awards C The Nobel Prize for Literature D The Booker Prize 4. Who directed the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead?
A Wes Craven B Lucio Fulci C William Friedkin D George A Romero 5. Which British tennis player beat Michael Chang and Andre Agassi to reach the final of the 1997 Sybase Open?
A Tim Henman B Jeremy Bates C Pete Sampras D Greg Rusedski 6. Matthew Beard and Jürgen Maurer starred in which recent three-part BBC TV drama based on the Liebermann Papers series of books by Frank Tallis?
A Death in Vienna B Burnt Vienna C Vienna Blood D Viennese Whirl 7. Which Caribbean country qualified for football’s World Cup for the first time in 1998?
A Cuba B Jamaica C Haiti D Puerto Rico 8. Which island country in the West Indies was invaded by US troops in 1983?
A Grenada B Puerto Rico C Martinique D Guadeloupe 9. In which royal residence in Norfolk did both George V and George VI die?
A Buckingham Palace B Sandringham C Hampton Court D Balmoral 10. In which year was the US Declaration of Independence issued?
A 1756 B 1736 C 1776 D 1796 11. Which television presenter was sent the stolen Enigma code machine through the post?
A Trevor MacDonald B Jeremy Paxman C Paul Merton
D Ian Hislop 12. Which word, Italian for air, is used to describe a solo song with instrumental accompaniment in opera?
A Aero B Airo C Aira D Aria 13. Nessun Dorma, adopted as the 1990 World Cup theme, was written by which opera composer?
A Bizet B Rossini C Puccini D Bellini 14. What name is given to a religious painting or mosaic used as an aid to devotion in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church?
A Mimic B Icon C Symbol D Motif 15. What name is given to the art of dwarfing trees and shrubs?
A Bonsai B Banzai C Binsoi D Bunsoa