General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which TV series followed the further adventures of Trude Mostue and others after their graduation?
A Doctor, Doctor B The Graduates C Vets in Practice D Airport
2. Who was the fourth wife of Henry VIII?
A Anne Boleyn B Anne of Cleves C Jane Seymour D Catherine Parr
3. What name is given to political party officials responsible for discipline?
A Swords B Rapiers C Spears D Whips
4. Which pioneer of Pop Art died in New York in 1997?
A Richard Hamilton B Roy Lichtenstein C Andy Warhol D Jasper Johns
5. What is the national currency of Egypt?
A Pound B Peso C Shekel D Colon
6. Which upcoming horror-comedy sees Lupita Nyong’o and Josh Gad fighting off a zombie invasion on a school trip?
A Little Monsters B Little Horrors C Little Terrors D Little Demons
7. Which large flightless bird of Mauritius was extinct by the end of the 17th century?
A Dodo B Ostrich C Penguin D Bilbo
8. Who wrote the poem The Faerie Queene?
A Lord Tennyson B Lord Byron C Percy Bysshe Shelley D Edmund Spenser
9. Who had a top ten hit single in 1969 with Tracks Of My Tears?
A The Beatles B Smokey Robinson and the Miracles C The Rolling Stones D The Beach Boys
10. Who starred as Heathcliff in the 1939 adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights?
A Timothy Dalton B Laurence Olivier C Donald Crisp D Richard Attenborough
11. Who invented the clerihew and wrote the detective story Trent’s Last Case?
A Colin Dexter B E. C. Bentley C Agatha Christie D Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
12. Followers of which religion fast during Ramadan?
A Islam B Buddhism C Judaism D Hinduism
13. Which film-maker has directed Mel Gibson in the comedy western Maverick and in the Lethal Weapon films?
A Richard Linklater B Steve Miner C Ron Howard D Richard Donner
14. How is paralysis agitans otherwise known?
A Polio B Parkinson’s disease C Hodgkin’s disease D Tourettes Syndrome
15. Of which city were the Medici a noble family?
A Dijon B Turin C Milan D Florence