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Bon Vacances en France

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these describes a person with a stout body?

a)

Portly

b)

Ginly

c)

Vodkaly

d)

Rumly

2.

These men all celebrate a birthday today, but who is the eldest?

a)

Bill Clinton (US President 1993- 2001)

b)

Ian Gillan (Singer with Deep Purple 'Smoke on the Water' 1972)

c)

Billy J Kramer (Singer 'Little Children' 1964)

d)

Johnny Nash (Singer 'I Can See Clearly Now 1972)

3.

Which of these games depends on dice throws?

a)

Beggar My Neighbour

b)

Draughts

c)

Snakes and Ladders

d)

Bingo

4.

A traditional cream tea includes jam and cream spread on what?

a)

Scones

b)

Bread

c)

Toast

d)

Tea Cakes

5.

Which of these is the male of the red deer

a)

Stag

b)

Hog

c)

Pig

d)

Dog

6.

With which genre of music is Garth Brooks most closely associated?

a)

Country & Western

b)

Heavy Metal

c)

Chamber

d)

Sea Shanties

7.

Angela Rippon appeared with which of these comedy double acts?

a)

Abbot & Costello

b)

Morcambe & Wise

c)

Martin & Lewis

d)

Little & Large

8.

Which Country stretches for about 2,650 miles along the Pacific coast of South America?

a)

Argentina

b)

Chile

c)

Brazil

d)

Peru

9.

Which of the following played guitar in Derek & the Dominoes?

a)

Eric Clapton

b)

Keith Richards

c)

Jimi Hendrix

d)

Pete Townshend

10.

Which of these is a film written. produced and directed by The Coen Brothers?

a)

The Big Sleep

b)

The Big Easy

c)

The Big Red One

d)

The Big Lebowski

11.

What was the nationality of the pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung?

a)

Swiss

b)

Danish

c)

German

d)

Italian

12.

Monte Cervino is the Italian name for which mountain?

a)

Mont Blanc

b)

Eiger

c)

Matterhorn

d)

Jungfrau

13.

Who wrote the novel 'Jamaica Inn'?

a)

Susan Hill

b)

Iris Murdoch

c)

Daphne du Maurier

d)

Patricia Highsmith

14.

What do the initials CP stand for in the name of writer and physicist CP Snow?

a)

Charles Percy

b)

Courtney Powell

c)

Carlos Paulo

d)

Christopher Peter

15.

What type of animal was the now extinct aurochs

a)

Ox

b)

Eagle

c)

Monkey

d)

Lion

16.

What is another name for the plant known as the Scarlet Pimpernel?

a)

Farmer's Weatherglass

b)

Doctor's Weatherglass

c)

Shepherd's Weatherglass

d)

Boatman's Weatherglass

17.

Henrietta Maria was the wife of which English King?

a)

William I

b)

Henry I

c)

Charles I

d)

Edward I

18.

Which of these is an album by the Beach Boys?

a)

Pet Rumbles

b)

Pet Noises

c)

Pet Sounds

d)

Pet Shrieks

19.

What was the profession of Humphry Repton

a)

Landscape Gardener

b)

Scientist

c)

Executioner

d)

Highwayman

20.

Which of these is the title of a TV series starring Christopher Neame and David McCallum

a)

Tenko

b)

Hogan's Heroes

c)

Porridge

d)

Colditz

21.

Which of these is the capital city of Romania?

a)

Budapest

b)

Bucharest

c)

Belgrade

d)

Bratislava

22.

In which US State is Reno, once known as the divorce haven of the US?

a)

Oregon

b)

Utah

c)

Arizona

d)

Nevada

23.

Who is the most-capped footballer for Northern Ireland?

a)

George Best

b)

Jonny Evans

c)

Steven Davis

d)

Pat Jennings

24.

Which former test cricket captain is now the Prime Minister of Pakistan?

a)

Inzamam-ul- Haq

b)

Imran Khan

c)

Javed Miandad

d)

Wasim Akram

25.

What was the name of the treasure-hording dragon in The Hobbit

a)

Gamus

b)

Magus

c)

Smaug

d)

Asmug

26.

What, in France, is the SNCF?

a)

Parliament

b)

Art Gallery

c)

Rail Network

d)

Weather Centre

27.

In Greek Mythology, Priam was King of which City?

a)

Colchis

b)

Troy

c)

Carthage

d)

Syracuse

28.

The word 'rubaiyat' is a term most commonly used in which branch of the arts?

a)

Sculpture

b)

Classical Music

c)

Poetry

d)

Ballet

29.

Who, in 1671, attempted to steal the Crown Jewels?

a)

Thomas Gore

b)

Thomas Guts

c)

Thomas Blood

d)

Thomas Entrails

30.

Who wrote the 1779 play 'The Critic'?

a)

Oliver Goldsmith

b)

George Farquhar

c)

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

d)

William Congreve

31.

Which of these British swimmers was the first to win Olympic Gold?

a)

Duncan Goodhew

b)

Anita Lonsbrough

c)

Adrian Moorhouse

d)

David Wilkie

32.

Which of these athletes was born first?

a)

Roger Bannister

b)

Daley Thompson

c)

Harold Abrahams

d)

Darren Campbell

33.

Who was the first of these men to win the Formula One Championship?

a)

Nigel Mansell

b)

Damon Hill

c)

Jacques Villeneuve

d)

Michael Schumacher

34.

Which of these Michael Jackson singles was first to reach no 1 in the UK?

a)

Billie Jean

b)

Black or White

c)

Earth Song

d)

One Day In Your Life

35.

Which of these African Capital Cities is farthest west?

a)

Khartoum

b)

Accra

c)

Dakar

d)

Addis Ababa

36.

Which of these Johnny Depp films was the first to be released?

a)

Sleepy Hollow

b)

Donnie Brasco

c)

Edward Scissorhands

d)

What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

37.

Which of these Brontes was the first born?

a)

Charlotte

b)

Emily

c)

Anne

d)

Branwell

38.

What kind of creature is a bilby?

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibian

c)

Marsupial

d)

Insect

39.

What was the name of the Federal investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy?

a)

Operation Eagle

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Warren Commision

d)

Brady Board

40.

In which county are Pinewood Film Studios located?

a)

Hertfordshire

b)

Berkshire

c)

Surrey

d)

Buckinghamshire