General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which basketball team won the Classic Cola Cup in 1996? A The Nottingham Panthers B The Manchester Tigers C The Birmingham Bullets D The London Towers 2. The Schilling was once the national currency of which European country? A Germany B Austria C Hungary D Iceland 3. Which British author wrote Pastors and Masters and Brothers and Sisters? A Dame Ivy Roger-Billington B Dame Ivy Dennis-Hammerton C Dame Ivy Thomas-Brown D Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett 4. Which filmmaker took control of the improvising actors in the 2006 comedy Confetti? A Noah Baumbach B Ian Benson C Debbie Isitt D Christopher Guest 5. What was Fleetwood Mac’s 1997 album release? A Lord of the Dance B Dancing in the Wind C Dining and Dancing D The Dance 6. Who played Mary in TV’s Rab C Nesbitt? A Ellen C. Nesbit B Elizabeth C. McDonald C Elaine C. Roberts D Elaine C. Smith 7. Which island nation in the Indian Ocean has the capital city Victoria? A Mauritius B Madagascar C Seychelles D Maldives 8. Which non-metallic chemical element is represented by the symbol S? A Sulfur B Selenium C Silicon D Strontium 9. Which BBC One daytime series saw Dominic Littlewood taking on dangerous and demanding jobs on the other side of the pond? A Danger Dom B Dom Does America C Seeing Stars D Dom Goes Stateside 10. Who played legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie in the 1976 biopic Bound for Glory? A Elliott Gould B David Carradine C Harvey Keitel D Ed Begley Jnr 11. Which duo had a 1992 number one hit with Stay? A Shania Twain and Bruce Springsteen B Janet and Michael Jackson C Simon and Garfunkel D Shakespears Sister 12. Which blues legend released an album entitled Don’t Look Back? A John Lee Hooker B Johnny Ross C John ‘The Boss’ Roberts D John Lee Ray 13. In which country did the Romans build the Antonine Wall? A Scotland B Wales C France D England 14. Who wrote the novel Under the Volcano? A Malcolm Lowry B Ray Bradbury C Jules Verne D C.S. Lewis 15. Which former winner of the show has joined Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon on the judging panel for the new series of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent? A Paul Potts B Ashley Banjo C Lee Ridley D Jai McDowall