General Knowledge 40

Question 1

Which 1952 film featured the song Do Not Forsake Me?

Answer 1

High Noon

Starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly

Question 2

Who played the title role in the 2016 film Florence Foster Jenkins?

Answer 2

Meryl Streep

Question 3

What is the surname of actor Sean, Sam in the Lord of the Rings films?

Answer 3

Astin

Question 4

In the 1997 film Batman & Robin, who played Mr Freeze?

Answer 4

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also starring George Clooney and Uma Thurman

Question 5

Which actor uttered the immortal line: ‘Infamy, infamy – they’ve all got it in for me!’?

Answer 5

Kenneth Williams

Question 6

‘It’s a big building with patients – but that’s not important right now’ is a line from which 1980 film?

Answer 6

Airplane!

Question 7

In which country is the 2003 film Lost in Translation set?

Answer 7

Japan

Question 8

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017?

Answer 8

Moonlight

Question 9

Who directed the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street?

Answer 9

Martin Scorsese

Question 10

Who played Mr Darcy in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice?

Answer 10

Matthew MacFadyen

Question 11

In which of his films did Quentin Tarantino appear as Mr Brown?

Answer 11

Reservoir Dogs

Question 12

Which actress starred as Viola de Lesseps in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love?

Answer 12

Gwyneth Paltrow

Question 13

The 1993 film Shadowlands tells the story of which writer?

Answer 13

CS Lewis

Question 14

The Power of Love was a hit song from which 1985 film?

Answer 14

Back to the Future

Question 15

Who starred in the 1967 film Half a Sixpence?

Answer 15

Tommy Steele

Question 16

The song Moon River is from which 1961 film?

Answer 16

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Question 17

Which 1964 film was subtitled How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb?

Answer 17

Dr Strangelove

Question 18

Who played Private Ryan in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan?

Answer 18

Matt Damon

Question 19

Which disaster movie was inspired by a 1999 book entitled The Coming Global Superstorm?

Answer 19

The Day after Tomorrow

Question 20

In which film did the following appear: ‘It was beauty killed the beast’?

Answer 20

King Kong

Question 21

In which leisure pursuit might you do a Turkey Trot or a Bunny Hug?

Answer 21

Ballroom dancing

Question 22

Which group sang Shang-a-Lang in the 1970s?

Answer 22

Bay City Rollers

Question 23

Who played Norma in the TV series The Royle Family?

Answer 23

Liz Smith

Question 24

In which country is the port of Livorno?

Answer 24

Italy

Question 25

What was the first name of The Goon Show character Seagoon?

Answer 25

Ned

Question 26

Which car company manufactures the Focus?

Answer 26

Ford

Question 27

Which Roman fountain featured in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita?

Answer 27

Trevi

Question 28

Other than plasma, what matter is neither solid nor liquid?

Answer 28

Gas

Question 29

On which Caribbean island is the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 29

Cuba

Question 30

Which band released the 1997 hit single Tubthumping?

Answer 30

Chumbawamba

Question 31

The adjective caprine relates to which type of animal?

Answer 31

Goat

Question 32

What was the name of Lacey’s partner in the title of a 1980s detective series?

Answer 32

Cagney

Question 33

What is the British equivalent of the American realtor?

Answer 33

Estate agent

Question 34

The precious stone sapphire is usually what colour?

Answer 34

Blue

Question 35

Pyrophobia is a fear of what?

Answer 35

Fire

Question 36

Which Amateur Association has the abbreviation AAA?

Answer 36

Athletics

Question 37

In which county is Beachy Head?

Answer 37

East Sussex

Question 38

What is a scout rally called?

Answer 38

Jamboree

Question 39

In bungee-jumping, what is a bungee?

Answer 39

A rope

Question 40

Which fruit provides the basis for Cumberland sauce?

Answer 40

Redcurrant