Ruislip & Eastcote & Northwood Gazette
General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which TV series followed the further adventures of Trude Mostue and others after their graduation?
A Doctor, Doctor
B The Graduates
C Vets in Practice
D Airport
2. Who was the fourth wife of Henry VIII?
A Anne Boleyn B Anne of Cleves C Jane Seymour D Catherine Parr
3. What name is given to political party officials responsible for discipline?
A Swords
B Rapiers
C Spears
D Whips
4. Which pioneer of Pop Art died in New York in 1997?
A Richard Hamilton B Roy Lichtenstein C Andy Warhol D Jasper Johns
5. What is the national currency of Egypt?
A Pound B Peso C Shekel D Colon
6. Which new film stars Letitia Wright as the titular Nigerian woman seeking international protection in Ireland?
A Aisha
B Philomena
C Americanah
D Dún Laoghaire 7. Which large flightless bird of Mauritius was extinct by the end of the 17th century?
A Dodo
B Ostrich
C Penguin
D Bilbo
8. Who wrote the poem The Faerie Queene?
A Lord Tennyson
B Lord Byron
C Percy Bysshe Shelley D Edmund Spenser
9. Who had a top ten hit single in 1969 with The Tracks Of My Tears?
A The Beatles
B Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
C The Rolling Stones
D The Beach Boys 10. Who starred as Heathcliff in the 1939 adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights?
A Timothy Dalton
B Laurence Olivier
C Donald Crisp
D Richard Attenborough
11. Who invented the clerihew and wrote the detective story Trent’s Last Case?
A Colin Dexter
B E.C. Bentley
C Agatha Christie
D Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
12. Followers of which religion fast during Ramadan?
A Islam B Buddhism C Judaism D Hinduism
13. Which film-maker has directed Mel Gibson in the comedy western Maverick and in the Lethal Weapon films?
A Richard Linklater
B Steve Miner
C Ron Howard
D Richard Donner
14. How is paralysis agitans otherwise known?
A Polio
B Parkinson’s disease C Hodgkin’s disease D Tourette’s Syndrome
15. Of which city were the Medici a noble family?
A Dijon
B Turin
C Milan
D Florence