GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1 Which TV series followed the further adventures of Trude Mostue and others after their graduation?

A Doctor, Doctor B The Graduates C Vets in Practice D Airport

2 Who was the fourth wife of Henry VIII?

A Anne Boleyn B Anne of Cleves C Jane Seymour D Catherine Parr

3 What name is given to political party officials responsible for discipline?

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A Swords

B Rapiers

C Spears

D Whips 3

4 Which pioneer of Pop Art died in New York in 1997?

A Richard Hamilton B Roy Lichtenstein C Andy Warhol D Jasper Johns

5 What is the national currency of Egypt?

A Pound B Peso C Shekel D Colon

6 Kenneth Branagh plays which public figure in the new Sky Atlantic miniseries This England?

A Winston Churchill B David Cameron C Boris Johnson D John Major 7 Which large flightless bird of Mauritius was extinct by the end of the 17th century?

A Dodo B Ostrich C Penguin D Bilbo

8 Who wrote the poem The Faerie Queene?

A Lord Tennyson

B Lord Byron

C Percy Bysshe Shelley D Edmund Spenser

9 Who had a top ten hit single in 1969 with Tracks Of My Tears?

A The Beatles

B Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

C The Rolling Stones

D The Beach Boys 10 Who starred as Heathcliff in the 1939 adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights?

A Timothy Dalton B Laurence Olivier C Donald Crisp D Richard Attenborough

11 Who invented the clerihew and wrote the detective story Trent’s Last Case?

A Colin Dexter

B Edmund Clerihew Bentley C Agatha Christie

D Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12 Followers of which religion fast during Ramadan?

A Islam B Buddhism C Judaism D Hinduism

13 Which film-maker has directed Mel Gibson in the comedy western Maverick and in the Lethal Weapon films?

A Richard Linklater B Steve Miner C Ron Howard D Richard Donner

14 How is paralysis agitans otherwise known?

A Polio

B Parkinson’s disease C Hodgkin’s disease D Tourettes Syndrome

15 Of which city were the Medici a noble family?

A Dijon B Turin C Milan D Florence