GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 In which country is the Roman Catholic shrine and pilgrimage centre of Fatima? A Italy
B Spain
C Portugal
D Argentina
2 Which character did Richard Grieve play in Home and Away?
A Lachie
B Lassie
C Loopy
D Lance
3 Which rap star appeared in the 1992 Robin Williams vehicle Toys?
A LL Cool J
B Ice Cube
C Ice T
D Chuck D
4 Which method of painting literally means “fool the eye” ? A Optical Illusionary Painting B Trompe l’oeil
C Surrealism
D Dadaism
5 Social worker Eddie Murphy is sent to which part of Asia to find The Golden Child?
A Tibet
B India
C China
D Iran
6 Which bird of the crow family has the Latin name Pica pica? A Magpie
B Raven
C Blackbird
D Jackdaw
7 Who wrote the Minute Waltz?
A Manuel de Falla B Edvard Grieg C Chopin
D Josef Hauer 8 Which 2021 BBC1 prison drama by Jimmy McGovern starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham? A Porridge
B Slammer
C Clink
D Time
9 Which 16th century regent of France is considered to have been largely responsible for the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre?
A Jean Racine B Catherine de’ Medici C Jacques Benigne Bossuet
D Francoise Marquise de
Maintenon 10 What visual method of communication involves the use of two flags?
A Morse
B Pinafore
C Semaphore
D Waving
11 Who had a top ten hit single in 1975 with There Goes My First Love?
A The Drifters
B The Pretenders
C Fleetwood Mac
D The Mamas and the Papas
12 Which lanthanide element is represented by the symbol Lu? A Lithium
B Lanthanum
C Lawrencium
D Lutetium
13 In which town in Northern Ireland did the IRA bomb a Remembrance Day service in 1987?
A Enniskillen
B Ballymoney
C Coleraine
D Armagh
14 From which country did the famous wartime traitor Vidkun Quisling come?
A Sweden
B Denmark
C Iceland
D Norway
15 Which Irish province includes the counties of Dublin and Kilkenny?
A Kilkenny
B Leinster
C County Cork
D Anrtrim