General Knowledge Quiz
1 Which British Indie band had their only UK top ten hit single in 1996 with You’re Gorgeous?
A Blur
B Oasis
C Babybird
2 Which London football club’s home ground is The Den?
A Millwall B Arsenal C Chelsea
3 Who played ballet teacher Sandra Wilkinson in the 2000 film Billy Elliot?
A Helen Mirren
B Julie Walters
C Maggie Smith
4 Who co-starred opposite Audrey Hepburn in the 1953 romantic comedy Roman Holiday?
A B C
Gregory Peck Jimmy Stewart Cary Grant
5 Tenon, hack, coping and fret are all types of which tool?
A Hammer
B Saw
C Spanner
6 Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard were among the stars of which 1973 coming-of-age film directed by George Lucas?
A American Graffiti
B The Last Picture Show C Quadrophenia
7 What is the name of the medieval monk-turned-detective in the books by Ellis Peters, played on TV by Derek Jacobi?
A Cadfael
B Father Brown
C Brother Francis
8 Which Hollywood icon starred as a young girl opposite Mickey Rooney in National Velvet?
A Marilyn Monroe
B Elizabeth Taylor
C Audrey Hepburn 9 The name for which rich pudding literally means ‘burnt cream’?
A Crème brûlée
B Panna cotta
C Tiramisu
10 Which Big Bang Theory character was played by Mayim Bialik, who played Blossom in the 1990s children’s series?
A Bernadette Thompson
B Amy Farrah Fowler
C Penny Johnson
11 What type of clothing items are brogues?
A Hats
B Shoes
C Shirts
12 Who played dodgy dealer Arthur Daley in ITV comedy drama Minder?
A David Jason B Dennis Waterman C George Cole 13 Explorer Ernest Shackleton led the ill-fated 1914 Endurance expedition across which continent? A South America
B Antarctica
C Arctic
14 Which 1980s supergroup featured Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and George Harrison?
A The Highwaymen
B Cream
C The Traveling Wilburys
15 What name is given to the senior female head of an elephant herd?
A Matriarch
B Alpha Female
C Queen Mother
16 What nationality is former Formula One champion Niki Lauda? A Austrian
B German
C Swiss
17 Which George Orwell novel begins “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”?
A Coming Up for Air
B Animal Farm
C Nineteen Eighty-Four
18 The band that had a 1954 hit with Shake, Rattle and Roll was called Bill Haley & his… what?
A Thunderbirds
B Comets
C Hurricanes
19 Who played James Bond in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service?
A George Lazenby
B Sean Connery
C Roger Moore
20 The Enid Blyton characters Moon-Face, Saucepan Man, and Silky lived in which magic tree?
A The Wishing Tree B The Magic Treehouse C The Faraway Tree