GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1 Which actress played the role of Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the mini series The Serpent?

A Olivia Colman B Jenna Coleman C Emilia Clarke D Sienna Miller

2 Which group had hits in the sixties with Kon-Tiki, Foot Tapper and Atlantis, among others?

A The Shadows

B The Beatles

C The Monkees D The Rolling Stones

3 Which British novelist wrote Room at the Top?

A John Galsworthy B E.M Forster C John Braine D Anthony Powell

4 Which car manufacturer makes the model Ka?

A Fiat B Ford C Renaut D Peugeot

5 Which British author wrote the allegorical novel The Pilgrim’s Progress?

A James Bunyan B Jimmy Brown C John Bunyan D Justin Bunyan

6 Which 2021 ITV television drama series stars Anna Maxwell Martin and Rachael Stirling as sisters grappling with the potential crime of their children?

A Wisteria Lane B Hollington Drive C Baker Street D Ridley Road

A Robbie Fowler B Grant Mitchell C Joe Wicks D David Wicks

8 Of which food fish is sockeye a variety?

A Trout

B Haddock

C Salmon

D Tuna

9 Which Oscar-winning actor directed Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in the 1980 comedy Stir Crazy?

A Clint Eastwood B Sidney Poitier C Michael Caine D Paul Newman

A Thomas Hardy B George Eliot C Mrs Gaskell D Jane Austen

11 Who presented The Antiques Show on TV?

A Francine Cook

B Francine Singer

C Francine McGrath

D Francine Stock

12 In which war was the Battle of Borodino?

A The Crimean War B The Great War

C The Second Crusade D The Napoleonic War

13 What is the largest known frog?

A Goliath frog B Giant frog C Titan frog D Bull frog

14 What was Richard Griffiths’s character in BBC 1’s Pie in the Sky called?

A Henry Crabbe B Harold Crabbe C Henry Salmon D Horace Cray

15 Who wrote the opera Taverner?

A George Lloyd

B Sir Harrison Birtwistle C William Boyce

D Peter Maxwell Davies

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