The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 2 3 1. Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs starred in which American sitcom?
A Friends
B The Big Bang Theory
C 2 Broke Girls
2 What type of geological feature is Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful?
A Geyser
B Volcano
C Mountain
3 Which musical set in and around the Paris Opera House features the songs Masquerade and Angel of Music?
A The Lion King
B Les Misérables
C The Phantom of the Opera
4 If someone has been defenestrated, what has happened to them?
A They have been woken up B They have been thrown out of a window
C They have been embarrassed in public
5 Which Welsh poet urged his dying father in a poem to “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”?
A Dylan Thomas
B R.S. Thomas
C Roald Dahl
6 Who co-wrote the 1988 The Four Tops hit ‘Loco in Acapulco’ with Lamont Dozier?
A Elton John
B Paul McCartney
C Phil Collins
7 What type of fictional TV characters are Robby, Twiki, Marvin, Bender and the skutters? A Robots
B Superheroes
C Aliens
8 If something has a soporific effect, what is it likely to induce? A Euphoria
B Sleep
C Hunger 9 Which comedy drama series starred Tim Healy, Kevin Whately and Jimmy Nail as Geordie builders working in West Germany?
A The Young Ones
B Auf Wiedersehen, Pet C Porridge
10 Which British driver was killed while trying to break the water speed record on Coniston Water in 1967?
A Donald Campbell
B John Cobb
C Malcolm Campbell
11 What type of creatures live in an apiary?
A Honey bees
B Silkworms
C Ladybirds
12 Which word means an archery target range, a large cask or the end of a cigarette?
A End
B Target
C Butt
13 According to the Marilyn Monroe song from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, what are a girl’s best friend?
A Diamonds
B Sapphires C Pearls
14 Who wrote the historical fantasy books Puck of Pook’s Hill and Rewards and Fairies? A Rudyard Kipling
B H.G. Wells
C J.M. Barrie
15 Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun? A Japan
B Korea
C China
16 Which Australian band had hits with “Weather with you”, “Don’t Dream it’s over” and “Four Seasons in One Day”? A INXS
B Crowded House
C Men at Work
17 Beehive, cornrow, crew and mop-top are all types of what? A Plant
B Dance
C Haircut
18 Which 19th-century duo wrote The Yeoman of the Guard, The Gondoliers and HMS Pinafore?
A Lerner and Loewe
B Gilbert and Sullivan
C Rodgers and Hammerstein
19 Which character in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has his head transformed into that of a donkey?
A Oberon
B Puck
C Nick Bottom
20 Which is the tallest living land animal in the world?
A Giraffe
B Rhino
C Elephant