General Knowledge Quiz
1. Who won the cricket World Cup in 1996?
A Pakistan
B Sri Lanka
C Australia
D India
2. Which conductor established the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1946?
A Samuel Mecon
B Daniel King
C Thomas Beecham
D Randall Thomas
3. Which song gave Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers a number one hit in 1956?
A Puppy Love
B Blue Moon
C Kissing at the Drive-In
D Why Do Fools Fall In Love
4. Richard Attenborough starred in which 1947 adaptation of a Graham Greene novel?
A The Third Man
B The Quiet American
C Private’s Progress
D Brighton Rock
5. What is a pixel?
A A computer sprite
B A line on a computer
C A circle on a computer
D A single dot on a computer
6. Keeley Hawes plays the titular widow in which recent ITV drama?
A Becoming Alice
B Still Alice
C Chasing Alice
D Finding Alice
7. Which Berkshire village is associated with the Royal Military Academy?
A Sandhurst
B Dunstable
C Guildford
D Basildon
8. Mork and Mindy starred which popular film actor and comedian?
A John Candy
B Mel Brooks
C Robin Williams
D Billy Crystal
9. Who starred as Mrs Boswell in Bread?
A Jean Boswell
B Jean Boht
C Jean Booth
D Jean Black
10. What is the busiest airport in France?
A Marseilles
B Orly
C Nantes
D Nice
11. Who wrote Les Fleurs du Mal?
A Yves Navarre
B Albert Camus
C Eugene Ionesco
D Charles Baudelaire
12. Of which country is Harare the capital?
A Kenya
B Zimbabwe
C Ethiopia
D South Africa
13. In which craft did Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space?
A Volga II
B Karnov IV
C Kirov III
D Vostok I
14. What imperial unit of power is equal to 550 foot-pounds per second?
A Watt
B Volt
C Horsepower
D Newton
15. Which actor received three Emmy nominations for his role as Dr Victor Ehrlich in St Elsewhere?
A Ed Begley Jr
B Paul Muni
C Yul Brynner
D Jack Nicholson