GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 In which Middle Eastern country is the port of Acre?
A Iran
B Iraq
C Israel
D Yemen
2 Which legendary Trojan leader is the central character in Virgil’s Aeneid?
A Aeneas
B Theseus
C Achilles
D Ajax
3 Of which great orchestra was James Galway a member from 1969 to 1975?
A Berlin Philharmonic
B New York Philharmonic
C London Philharmonic
D Paris Philharmonic
4 How is a harmonica commonly known?
A Lip organ
B Tongue organ
C Tooth organ
D Mouth organ
5 In which Irish county is the castle that contains the famous Blarney Stone?
A Kilkenny
B Wexford
C Donegal
D County Cork
6 Scarlett Johansson and Tom Hanks are among the stars of which new science fiction film set at a Junior Stargazer convention in 1955?
A Space Town
B Asteroid City
C Star Metropolis
D Comet Village
7 In which war was the Battle of Marston Moor fought?
A The American Civil War
B The War of the Roses
C The English Civil War
D The Anglo-Roman Wars
8 What is the lowest-pitched musical instrument of the violin family?
A Cello
B Viola
C Double bass
D Guitar
9 Which planet is approximately 150 million kilometres from the sun?
A Jupiter
B Saturn
C Earth
D Pluto
10 Which British yachtsman was the first to sail alone around the world nonstop?
A Robin Hops-James
B Richard Randall-Smith
C Robin Knox-Johnston
D Thomas Love-Williams
11 What is a description in prose with a hidden or moral meaning called?
A Ambiguity
B Anacoluthon
C Alliteration
D Allegory
12 Which British novelist and poet wrote Jude the Obscure?
A Arthur Wing Pinero
B Thomas Hardy
C Rudyard Kipling
D W Somerset Maugham
13 Which former chancellor to Henry VIII was canonised in 1935?
A Sir Henry Moore
B Sir Phillip Snowden C
Sir Thomas Mellchett
D Sir Thomas More
14 Which word is used for the 21 books of the New Testament that were written as letters?
A Epistles
B Numbers
C Genesis
D The Gospels
15 Which actor starred as Officer Mahoney in the first four Police Academy films?
A Eddie Murphy
B Tom Hanks
C Robin Williams
D Steve Guttenberg