General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who had a number one hit with Three Steps to Heaven in 1960?
A Eddie Cochran B Buddy Holly C Everly Brothers D Billy Fury
2. Which wooded plateau in France, Belgium and Luxembourg was the scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars?
A Massif Central B Mons C Westerwald D Ardennes
3. Which instrument is featured in Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez?
A Piano B Saxophone C Violin D Guitar
4. Who was the subject of the original ‘warts and all’ portrait?
A Elizabeth I B Isaac Newton C Jane Austen D Oliver Cromwell
5. Who might issue a bull or an encyclical?
A The King B The Queen C A librarian D The Pope
6. Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton are among the stars of which new film about the rise and fall of the first smartphone?
A Nokia
B Blackberry
C Palm Pilot
D Ericsson
7. Which poet wrote The Lake Isle of Innisfree?
A T.S. Eliot
B Rudyard Kipling C Gerard Manley Hopkins D W.B. Yeats
8. What sort of creature is a cassowary?
A A bird B A rodent C A lizard D A fish
9. Who composed the operas Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata?
A Giacomo Puccini B Henry Purcell C Giuseppe Verdi D Ludwig Van Beethoven 10. Which British novelist wrote The Go-between?
A David Hartley B L.P. Hartley C J.R. Hartley D Gabriel Harvey
11. In Sabrina the Teenage Witch what is the name of her sarcastic black cat?
A Salem B Lucifer C Satan D Merlin
12. Which former Burmese prime minister seized power in a 1962 coup?
A Ne Win B Cho Hin C Mao Kan D Li Wan
13. Which Channel 4 film review show celebrated its 100th programme in 1997?
A Movietime B Moviewatch C Cinetime D Filmwatch
14. What nationality was the clown Charlie Cairoli?
A Italian B Hungarian C French D Russian
15. Which US economist wrote Capitalism and Freedom?
A Maynard Keynes B Milton Friedman C Bill Freeman D Boris Kerensky