General Knowledge Quiz
1. What sort of creature is a Sealyham?
A A fish B A bird C A dog D A pig
2. Which actor played Al Pacino’s unhinged lawyer in crime drama Carlito’s Way?
A Sean Penn
B Sean Astin
C Val Kilmer
D Ed Norton
3. Which dynastic family ruled in Brandenburg-Prussia from 14151918?
A Hohenzollern
B Junker
C Richtenberg
D Romanov
4. The star Sirius is also known by what name?
A The Pole Star
B Venus
C The Wandering Star
D The Dog Star
5. Who created the character Violet Elizabeth Bott?
A A.A. Milne
B Enid Blyton
C Robert Louis Stevenson D Richmal Crompton
6. In which 2022 science fiction disaster movie does Halle Berry play the role of Jocinda ‘Jo’ Fowler?
A Moonfall
B Skyfall
C Don’t Look Up
D Don’t Look Down
7. Which English word is derived from the Italian for ‘a scratch’?
A Spaghetti
B Fusilli
C Graffiti
D Tagliatelle
8. What was the name of Jodie Foster’s feature-length directorial debut, in which she also appeared?
A Flora Plum
B Little Man Tate
C Sommersby
D Flightplan
9. Which nut comes from the South American tree Bertholletia excelsa?
A Pistachio nut
B Pecan nut
C Cashew nut
D Brazil nut
10. Which Shakespeare work contains a farcical play about Pyramus and Thisbe performed by rustics?
A Much Ado About Nothing B The Winter’s Tale
C The Taming of the Shrew
D A Midsummer Night’s Dream
11. The lev is the national currency of which country? A Argentina
B Bulgaria
C Chile
D Denmark
12. Which English poet wrote the prose romance Arcadia?
A Sir Philip Sidney
B Percy Bysshe Shelley
C Matthew Arnold
D Alfred, Lord Tennyson
13. What was the profession of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?
A Aircraft pilot B Military general C Explorer D Architect
14. Who wrote the opera Boris Godunov?
A Pyotr Tchaikovsky B Modest Mussorgsky C Mikhail Glinka D Alexander Borodin
15. Which US singer released an album entitled Blood On The Dancefloor in 1997?
A Puff Daddy
B Dr Dre
C Michael Jackson D Jon Bon Jovi