General Knowledge Quiz

1. Of which Dickens novel is Pip the central character?

A Bleak House

B Oliver Twist

C A Tale of Two Cities

D Great Expectations

2. Who plays man-mad Dorien in the TV comedy Birds of a Feather? A Lesley Joseph

B Pauline Quirke

C Jenny Richards

D Dina Kemp

3. Which feuding family was Romeo a member of?

A Capulet

B Endymion

C Montague

D Capone

4. Which horror actor was born William Henry Pratt? A Christopher Lee

B Barry Andrews

C Timothy Spall

D Boris Karloff

5. With what sort of music are Joan Baez and Woody Guthrie associated?

A Folk

B Classical

C Disco

D Country and Western

6. Patrick Stewart and Alison Pill are among the cast of which Star Trek spinoff, currently in its third season on Prime Video?

A Star Trek: Archer

B Star Trek: Janeway

C Star Trek: Kirk

D Star Trek: Picard

Patrick Stewart See Question 6.

7. Which French army officer was sent to Devil’s Island when falsely accused of betraying military secrets to Germany in 1894?

A Claude Dreyfus

B Alfred Dreyfus

C Michel Dreyfus

D Jean Dreyfus

8. What is the central part of an atom called?

A Molecule

B Iota

C Core

D Nucleus

9. Which city became France’s capital for four days in World War Two? A Nice

B Nantes

C Tours

D Orleans

11. Which giant planet takes approximately 165 Earth years to orbit the sun?

A Neptune

B Saturn

C Uranus

D Jupiter

12. Which metric unit of volume is equal to one cubic decimetre? A Two litres

B Ten litres

C One litre

D Half a litre

13. Which director and actor provided the voice for Jedi Master Yoda in the Star Wars films?

A George Lucas

B Frank Oz

C Steven Spielberg

D David Prowse

14. Which actor played Captain Mainwaring in Dad’s Army?

A Ian Lavender

B Clive Dunn

C John Le Mesurier

D Arthur Lowe

15. In what year was Bob Geldof given an honorary knighthood?

A 1976

B 1996

C 2000

D 1986