GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Which composer wrote the symphonic poem Finlandia?
A Mendelssohn B Sibelius C Ligeti D Prokoflev 2 What type of creature is the mudskipper?
A Fish B Insect C Marsupial D Bird 3 Which Russian chess player lost the World championship to Bobby Fischer in 1972?
A Spassky B Kasparov C Krushchev D Kamenev 4 What name is given to sweetened alcoholic drinks such as Benedictine; Cointreau and Drambuie?
A Spirits B Aperitifs C Liqueurs D Cordials 5 Director Kevin Smith appeared as which character in his debut feature Clerks?
A Silent Bob B Jay C Randal D Dante 6 Alexander Skarsgard and Cleopatra Coleman play a couple whose holiday goes wrong in which new sci-fi horror film?
A Neverending Lake B Infinity Pool C Everlasting River D Boundless Sea 7 By which process do plants produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide?
A Carbonisation B Photosynthesis C De-oxidisation D Carbohydration 8 Who played Diana in Waiting for God?
A Patricia Routledge B Stephanie Cole C Sheila Hancock D Wendy Richard 9 In which year did the author Enid Blyton die?
A 1948 B 1988 C 1968 D 1998 10 What is the national currency of Pakistan?
A Lev B Rupee C Kyat D Dirham 11 Which director did Wizard of Oz star Judy Garland marry?
A Alfred Hitchcock B John Huston C Jean Cocteau D Vincente Minnelli 12 What name is given to the period of European history from 20 March when
Napoleon returned from exile to 28 June 1815?
A The Hundred Days B The Napoleonic Days C The Rejuvenation D The Days of Doom 13 In which year did the Japanese attack a US fleet in Pearl Harbor?
A 1939 B 1940 C 1941 D 1942 14 Michael Clarke Duncan played which larger than life character in The Green Mile?
A Paul Edgecomb B Andy Dufresne C John Coffey D Abraham Curtis 15 Which Labour MP resigned in 1912 to fight for votes for women?
A Keir Hardie
B Arthur Henderson C George Lansbury D Ramsay MacDonald