General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which Trainspotting star made a guest appearance on the medical drama show ER?
A Robert Carlyle B Michael McEwan C Ewan McGregor D Jimmy Nail
2. Which Canadian singer/ songwriter released a live album entitled Year of the Horse in 1997?
A Neil Young B Neil Diamond C Neil Richards D Neil Royce
3. What sort of creature is a fritillary?
A A bird
B A butterfly C A lizard D A lemur
4. What sort of creature is a chat?
A A bird
B A lizard C A rodent D An insect
5. Which Dublin-born dramatist wrote The Rivals and School For Scandal?
A George Bernard Shaw B Anthony Powell
C Richard Brinsley Sheridan D Samuel Beckett
6. Which new stop-motion animation show on ITV2 features Nicholas Hoult as the voice of Patrick, a wannabe knight made from a wooden peg?
A Mike the Knight B Crossing Swords C Sir Gadabout D Knightmare
7. Which French novelist wrote the play L’Arlesienne, for which Bizet composed incidental music?
A Albert Camus B Moliere
C Ionesco D Alphonse Daudet
8. Dendrochronology is the dating of past events by studying which natural phenomena?
A Volcanic ash
B Annual rings in trees C Glacial formations D Radioactivity of rocks
9. MCMLXXX is which year in Roman numerals?
A 1980 B 1990 C 1680 D 1880
10. What is an understatement that is made for the purpose of irony or emphasis called?
A Lexis B Litotes C Meiosis D Lampoon
11. What was the original surname of film producer Sam Goldwyn?
A Goldfish B Goldenstein C Goldberg D Goldman
12. Which ideal state is named from the Greek for ‘no place’?
A Utopia B Ethiopia C Mesopotamia D Cephalonia
13. Of which country is the Markka the basic unit of currency?
A Finland B Sweden C Norway D Denmark
14. Which Benedictine monk wrote Chronica majora, a history of the world from the Creation to 1259?
A Matthew Rome B Matthew London C Matthew Charles D Matthew Paris
15. Which adjective describes elements with a higher atomic number than uranium?
A Lanthanides B Alkalis C Inert Gasses D Transuranic