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General Knowledge Quiz

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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

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