General Knowledge Quiz

Actor Steve Pemberton. See Question 15.

1. Who won the 1996 Solheim Cup?

A Great Britain B Brazil C USA D France

2. Who played the title role in the 50’s TV series Ivanhoe?

A Sean Connery B Roger Moore C John Wayne D Clint Eastwood

3. Which sleep disorder is also called somnambulism?

A Nightmares B Insomnia C Bed wetting D Sleepwalking

4. Who wrote the opera Madama Butterfly?

A Mozart B Beethoven C Puccini D Bizet

5. Which group of British painters included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt?

A The Impressionists B The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood C The Surrealists D The Post-Raphaelite Brotherhood

6. Which member of the Jackson family released the album The Velvet Rope?

A Michael Jackson B LaToya Jackson C Jimmy Jackson D Janet Jackson

7. Whose only opera was Fidelio?

A Mozart B Puccini C Beethoven D Bizet

8. What was the title of the 1991 number one hit for Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff?

A Giddy B Dizzy C Woozy D Silly

9. Who wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue?

A H.P. Lovecraft B Stephen King C Clive Barker D Edgar Allen Poe

10. Which hexagonal musical instrument similar to the accordion was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone?

A Concertina B Xylophone C Glockenspeil D Harpsichord

11. What sort of creature is a rail?

A A snake B A bird C A lizard D A mammal

12. What is the name for the decay caused by fungi attacking wood with a high moisture content?

A Dry rot B Fungi rot C Wet rot D Moss rot

13. Which female vocalist released an album entitled Drag?

A Shania Twain B Annie Lennox C Toni Braxton D kd lang

14. From the roots of which climbing plant is the insecticide rotenone obtained?

A Honeysuckle B Derris C Ivy D Clematis

15.Which dark comedy anthology series on BBC2, starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, has returned for a third series?

A Inside No. 9 B Inside No. 10 C Insider No. 9 D Insider No. 10