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. What sort of creature is a cassowary?
A A bird
B A rodent
C A lizard
D A fish
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 Victoria I
C Queen Elizabeth II
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. Which comedienne has been taking her friends, including Scarlett Moffatt, on an adventure around Britain in the Channel 4 show Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure?
A Sarah Pascoe
B Susan Calman
C Rosie Jones
D Aisling Bea
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. 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
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 LP Hartley
C JR 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