General Knowledge Quiz
1. What sort of creature is a nyala?
A A lion
B An antelope C A tiger
D An ox
2. Which former silver-mining town in Arizona is famous for the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881?
A Tombstone B Tucson C Winslow D Phoenix
3. During which Crimean War Battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
A Sevastopol B Balaclava C Inkerman D Alma
4. In which study was philosopher Jeremy Bentham widely regarded as an expert in 1748-1832?
A Astronomy B Law C Mathematics D Chemistry
5. What was the name of Leslie Nielsen’s clumsy cop charcater in the Naked Gun films?
A Frank Drebin B Ed Hocken C John Mcclane D Axel Foley
6. Maurice Chevalier and Hayley Mills starred in which 1962 adventure film about the search for a shipwrecked sea captain?
A Lost!
B Going Overboard
C Swept Away
D In Search of the Castaways
Hayley Mills See Question 6
7. What is the name of the American actor who played ‘Jaws’ in two Bond movies?
A Richard Prior B Richard Burton C Richard Kiel D Richard Wallace
8. Which poet is buried in a country churchyard in Stoke Poges?
A Thomas Gray
B Sir John Betjemen C Sylvia Plath
D Lord Tennyson
9. Which English Restoration dramatist wrote The Man of Mode?
A Sir James Ether
B Sir Randall Mode C Sir William Ether D Sir George Etherege 10. What is the best selling single of all time?
A Bing Crosby’s I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
B Meat Loaf’s Bat out of Hell C Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody D Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You
11. Who wrote the novel Fair Stood the Wind for France?
A H.E. Bates
B Jane Austen C William Thackeray D W.H. Auden
12. Which organ produces insulin?
A Pancreas B Heart C Brain D Kidney
13. Which composer wrote the operettas Orpheus in the Underworld and La Vie Parisienne?
A Wagner B Offenbach C Puccini D Bizet
14. In which year was the first walk in space?
A 1960 B 1965 C 1968 D 1957
15. Which saucy play followed Horner in his quest for women?
A A Midsummer Night’s Dream B The Revenger’s Tragedy C Measure for Measure
D The Country Wife