GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Which nationality was the composer Carl Nielsen?
A Austrian B Hungarian C Danish D Swedish
2 Which British Formula One driver allowed his team-mate Mika Hakkinen to win the 1998 Australian Grand Prix?
A Michael Schumacher B David Coulthard C Damon Hill
D Eddie Irvine
3 Who directed The Fisher King starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges?
A Iain Softley B Spike Jonze C Terry Gilliam D Brad Anderson
4 Which German-born psychologist wrote The Sane Society and The Art of Loving?
A Sigmund Freud B Erich Fromm C Karl Marx D Reinhard Frei
5 After which Croatian-born electrical engineer was the SI unit of magnetic flux density named?
A Nikola Tesla B Nikola Watt C Nikola Flux D Nikola Volta
6 What is the title of the latest chart-topping album from US singer Miley Cyrus?
A Younger Now
B Can’t Be Tamedi
C Plastic Hearts
D Endless Summer Vacation
7 Which Russian novelist wrote Fathers and Sons?
A Ivan Turgenev B Maxim Gorki C Vladimir Nabokov D Anton Chekhov
8 Which singer starred alongside John Wayne in the acclaimed 1950s Western Rio Bravo?
A Frank Sinatra B Sammy Davis Jnr C Dean Martin D Glen Campbell
9 In which county in England could you walk up Sca Fell Pike?
A Northumberland B North Yorkshire C Derbyshire D Cumbria
10 Who played Rigsby’s longsuffering lodger in Rising Damp?
A Frances De La Tour B Sandy Mandelson C Patricia De La Roche D Arquette Harris
11 On which Radio 1 DJ’s show did The Faces; Led Zeppelin and David Bowie among others make their debut?
A John Peel
B Annie Nightingale C Tony Blackburn D Alan Freeman
12 From which tree is gum arabic obtained?
A Acacia B Oak C Poplar D Palm
13 Which Russian novelist wrote the autobiographical trilogy Childhood, In the World, and My Universities?
A Ivan Goncharov B Maxim Gorki C Vladimir Nabokov D Anton Chekhov
14 What name was given to a band of men employed to force men into the army or navy?
A Press gang B Conscriptors C Thugees D Bunglers
15 Who wrote The French Lieutenant’s Woman and The Magus?
A John Forks B John Fields C John Fowles D John French