General Knowledge Quiz
1 Which US jazz trumpeter released the 1959 album Kind of Blue?
A Dizzy Gillespie B Miles Davis C Chet Baker
2 Who wrote the novels Gaudy Night and The Nine Tailors which feature upper-class sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey?
A P.D. James B Dorothy L. Sayers C Agatha Christie
3 A cream tea consists of a pot of tea served with which sweet treats?
A Cookies B Scones C Croissants
4 Acapulco is a resort city on the Pacific coast of which country?
A Spain B Brazil C Mexico
5 What name is given to the tail of a monkey or an elephant’s trunk that is adapted for grasping or holding?
A Prehensile B Adhesive C Dextrous
6 What was the title of actress and singer Martine McCutcheon’s only No.1 hit, in 1999?
A Perfect Moment B Perfect Day C Perfect Peace
7 What was the superhero alter ego of cartoon schoolboy Eric, who lived at 29 Acacia Road?
A Superman B Bananaman C Spider-Man
8 Who had a 1979 hit with Boogie Wonderland, featuring The Emotions?
A Earth, Wind and Fire B ABBA C Bee Gees
9 What type of animal is a corn bunting?
A A butterfly B A bird C A fish
10 According to John’s Gospel, Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding feast in which town?
A Jerusalem B Nazareth C Cana
11 Who wrote the novels White Teeth and On Beauty?
A Ali Smith B Zadie Smith C David Foster Wallace
12 In which decade did Lord Lucan disappear after supposedly murdering his children’s nanny?
A 1970s B 1960s C 1980s
13 Who wrote the 1874 novel Middlemarch?
A Charlotte Bronte B Jane Austen C George Eliot
14 Which country is the setting for Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s sequel to their comedy restaurant tour series The Trip?
A Italy B Spain C France
15 Which 1986 action drama film featured characters called Maverick, Goose, and Iceman?
A Top Gun B Die Hard C The Terminator
16 What name for a male honey bee can also mean a monotonous tone, low humming noise or pilotless aircraft?
A Worker B Buzz C Drone
17 Which English football club’s home ground is the Stadium of Light?
A Sunderland B Manchester United C Newcastle
18 Who is the eponymous Barber of Seville in Rossini’s opera, whose marriage is the subject of a Mozart opera?
A Don Giovanni B Figaro C Count Almaviva
19 Which eccentric Turner Prizewinning ceramic artist has an alterego named Claire?
A Tracey Emin B Grayson Perry C Damien Hirst
20 Which Pink Floyd song includes the lyrics “We don’t need no education, we don’t need no thought control”?
A Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) B Shine On You Crazy Diamond C Comfortably Numb