GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Who wrote White Christmas? A Irving Berlin
B Irving Rome
C Irving Paris
D Irving London
2 Which car manufacturer makes the model Elan? A Ferrari
B Porsche
C Fiat
D Lotus
3 With which form of abstract art was British painter Bridget Riley associated?
A Pop art
B Op art
C Abstract art
D NaÇve art
4 Who starred as Bridget Jones’s mum in the 2001 and 2004 films?
A Celia Imrie
B Judi Dench
C Gemma Jones
D Miranda Richardson
5 Which English Benedictine monk and missionary is known as the Apostle of Germany? A St Patrick
B St Benedict
C St Boniface
D St John
6 Which Sky Atlantic drama stars Bryan Cranston as a New Orleans judge whose son is involved in a hit and run incident?
A Your Word
B Your Honor
C Your Worship
D Your Move
7 Which US actress played Major ‘Hotlips’ Houlihan in M*A*S*H?
A Loretta Swit
B Gloria Swit
C Tracy Swit
D Rachel Swit
8 Who won four of the six women’s track events at the 1948 Olympics?
A Fanny Boris-Karloff B Fanny Blessed-Koot C Fanny Blankers-Koen D Fanny Briars-Keair
9 Which English explorer who made three attempts to discover the North-west Passage gave his name to a bay on Baffin Island?
A Sir Martin Frobisher
B Sir James Cook
C Sir Walter Raleigh
D Sir Francis Drake 10 Which TV comedy drama about the Territorial Army was set in Roker Bridge?
A Soldier, Soldier
B A Soldiers Life
C Preston Front
D The Northern Front
11 Which US state flag bears the legend ‘December 7th 1787’? A Kansas
B Delaware
C Nebraska
D Georgia
12 Which Asiatic people were led by Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan? A Chinese
B Indians
C Mongols
D Japanese
13 With which war is Florence Nightingale chiefly associated? A Crimean War
B The Great War
C The Zulu Wars
D The Napoleonic Wars
14 What is the name of a portable bridge built from interlocking sections invented in WW2 by a British engineer? A Haig bridge
B Monty bridge
C Bailey bridge
D Frankie bridge
15 For which fictional hero did Alexander Selkirk provide the model?
A Gulliver
B Robinson Crusoe
C Bilbo Baggins
D Lucky Jim