GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 With which instrument is Heinz Holliger associated?
A Piano B Oboe C French horn D Trumpet 2 Which all-girl group released an album entitled Before The Rain?
A Eternal
B The Spice Girls C The All Saints D TLC 3 Who wrote the plays An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere’s Fan?
A Oscar Wilde
B DH Lawrence
C Tom Stoppard D George Bernard Shaw 4 Who succeeded Cecil Parkinson in 1983 as Conservative party chairman?
A Norman Lamont B John Selwyn Gummer C Douglas Hurd
D Gillian Shephard 5 What is a sudden change or the reverse of the expected called in drama?
A Periphrasis B Peripeteia C Phoneme D Pleonasm 6 Patrick Stewart and Alison Pill are among the cast of which Star Trek spinoff, currently in its third season on Prime Video?
A Star Trek: Kirk B Star Trek: Journey C Star Trek: Picard D Star Trek: Voyage 7 What sort of creature is a smew?
A Rat B Mollusc C Duck D Fish 8 With which instrument is Sir Yehudi Menuhin associated?
A Violin B Piano C Cello D Trumpet 9 Which legendary Spanish libertine inspired works by Moliere, Mozart, Byron and George Bernard Shaw?
A Don Juan B Zorro
C Don Quixote D El Desporado 10 Which paramedical speciality deals with the care of the feet?
A Physiopherapy B Cardiology C Chiropody D Piedopody 11 Which Irish-born composer created the piano nocturne?
A James Field B John Dyke C John Field D James Dyke 12 Which relief agency was founded by the Geneva Convention of 1864?
A International Red Cross B United Nations
C Green Peace
D Medicins Sans Frontieres 13 What is the name for the flap of cartilage that prevents food and fluid from entering the windpipe during swallowing?
A Tonsils B Oesophagus C Aorta D Epiglottis 14 Who had a top ten hit single in 1969 with Hello Suzie?
A Amen Girls B Amen Boys C Amen Choir D Amen Corner 15 Which fish can be alevins, parr, smolts and grilse at various stages in their life cycle?
A Trout B Salmon C Whale D Dolphin