GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. Who wrote the play Popcorn? A Ben Elton B Rowan Atkinson C Stephen Fry D Alan Bennett
2. Which Scottish rock group released an album entitled Some Other Sucker’s Parade? A Garbage B The Bay City Rollers C Rod Stewart D Del Amitri
3. Which hobbit in The Lord of the Rings is given the ring only to find out that he must destroy it? A Bilbo B Sam C Frodo D Merry
4. Which Canadian novelist wrote The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz? A Mordecai Trisler B Mordecai Worcei C Mordecai Proslei D Mordecai Richler
5. What name is given to the Roman Catholic dogma stating that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from original sin? A The Perfect Birth B The Divine Conception C The Immaculate Conception D The Deic Implantation
6. Which new film stars Milla Jovovich as Captain Natalie Artemis, whose military force falls through a portal into a world inhabited by giant hostile creatures? A Monster Hunter B The Hunter C Monster’s Ball D Headhunters
Milla Jovovich See Question 6 7. Which Only Fools and Horses star played Blanco in the comedy series Porridge? A David Jackson B David Jason C David Johnson D David Jules 9. Which French general and prime minister signed an armistice with Germany in 1940? A Georges Clemenceau B Charles de Gaulle C Henri Philippe Petain D Albert Schweitzer 10. Which British music-hall comedian was known as “the prime minister of mirth”? A Sir Robert Phoney B Sir George Robey C Sir Edward Roberts D Sir Richard Miles
11. In cricket, what does lbw stand for? 12. Which dramatist, composer and actor wrote the plays Blithe Spirit and The Vortex? A Tennessee Williams B Oscar Wilde C George Bernard Shaw D Sir Noel Coward
13. What is the most commonly spoken language in Quebec? A English B Portugese C Spanish D French
14. Which British prime minister began privatising nationalised industries in the 1980s? A John Major B Tony Blair C Margaret Thatcher D Frank Dobson
15. On which date is the Christian feast of Epiphany celebrated? A February 18th B August 24th C January 6th D June 13th