GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Which Shakespeare play is partly based on Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde?
A The Tempest
B King Lear
C As You Like It
D Much Ado About Nothing
2 Who presented the children’s art programme Vision On?
A Tony Hart
B Rolf Harris C David Shepherd D Zoe Ball
3 What sort of creature is a flying fox?
A Fox B Bird C Bat D Squirrel
4 Which US author wrote Poor White and Winesburg Ohio?
A Pearl S Buck
B John Steinbeck C Mark Twain D Sherwood Anderson
5 In which year did Marilyn Monroe marry Arthur Miller?
A 1946 B 1956 C 1950 D 1961
6 Which BBC crime drama series returned in 2021 with Emilia Fox, David Caves and new member Jason Wong?
A Baptiste
B Line of Duty C Silent Witness D Hope Street
7 What were the forenames of WH Auden?
A Wystan Hugh
B Wallace Howard
C William Horace
D Weston Harry
8 What name is given to the underground stem base of plants such as the crocus and gladiolus?
A Corm
B Frumi
C Lomu
D Rani
9 Against which team did goalkeeper Paul Robinson score a goal?
A Watford
B Reading
C Arsenal
D Everton
10 Which Scotland defender scored an own goal against Brazil at the 1998 World Cup finals?
A Colin Hendry
B Ally McCoist
C Tommy Boyd
D Jim McGrath
11 What was John Wayne’s nickname?
A Duke
B Guv’nor
C Chief
D Boss
12 Which Shakespeare play contains the line “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods”?
A Macbeth
B Othello
C King Lear
D Hamlet
13 Of which province of China is Changsha the capital?
A Hunan
B Chongqing
C Qinghai
D Nanjing
14 What is the collective noun used to describe a group of crows?
A Murder
B Flock
C Gaggle
D Moot
15 Which carbohydrate is also known as milk sugar?
A Lactose
B Sucrose
C Glucose
D Fructose