Easy General Knowledge25 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's classic fictional detective. In 1978 comedy kings Peter Cook and Dudley Moore did a comedy version where Cook played Sherlock Holmes and Moore played both Watson's and Holmes' mother.

Answer: George Harrison

George Harrison was the former Beatles guitarist who was inspired by Eastern musicians and died of lung cancer on 29 Nov 2001 in Los Angeles. He was a film producer to 'Monty Python's Life Of Brian' (1979).

Answer: Lens

Answer: Mick

He featured with his future wife, Linda Kozlowski, as the bloke who carried a large knife. Paul was formerly married to Noelene Hogan, with whom he had four sons and a daughter. His thirty-year marriage ended in 1981. Linda Kozlowski became his wife in 1991.

Answer: Trollope

This British novelist worked for the General Post Office from 1834 until he retired in 1867.

Answer: Cesar Romero

Batman's 'arch enemies' included Frank Gorshin as 'The Riddler' and Burgess Meredith as 'The Penguin'.

Answer: Jinx

Modelling led to her first TV part in 1989 but she became the attention of Hollywood playing a crack addict in Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever'(1991).

Answer: Hal

After an impromptu hypnosis session, Hal Larsen sees the true inner beauty of women and his former pursuit of only supermodels and beauty queens ceases when he meets overweight Peace Corps volunteer Rosemary Shanahan, played by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Answer: St John's Wort

It was hung outside homes to ward off evil spirits and placed near the evidence box during witch trials so that the witch couldn't lie. In fortune-telling, a woman meeting a new man would pick a stem and leave it overnight. If the flowers were fresh in the morning the relationship would last.

Answer: Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris met his artist wife Alwen at City and Guilds Art School at Kennington, south London during the 1950's. They have a daughter called Bindi who was named after the town of Bindi Bindi in Western Australia. Aged 16, Rolf was junior backstroke champion of Australia.

Answer: Katharine Hepburn (actress)

Katharine Hepburn is American whereas actress Audrey Hepburn was born in Belgium. Other famous Belgians include writer Georges Simenon and saxophone inventor Adolphe Sax.

Answer: The Tooth Fairy

Will Graham, an ex-FBI agent, realizes that the best way to catch the Tooth Fairy is to get into his mind. He contacts the imprisoned Hannibal Lecter whose mind is as twisted as the Tooth Fairy's.

Answer: Malcolm McDowell

'A Clockwork Orange' (1971) was based on a novel by Anthony Burgess where gangs of young punks run amok while peaceful citizens are imprisoned in their own homes.

Answer: Bigfoot

Famous movie footage proving the existence of Bigfoot was really Ray Wallace's wife in fancy dress. His son Michael confessed that the film showing grainy images of an upright, apelike creature in woodland was nothing more than his mother joining in the fun.

The legend started in 1958 when Wallace had a friend carve 16 inch long false feet which his brother wore to create mysterious huge footprints in woods near his California home. Wallace died at the age of 84 along with his huge hairy monster legend.

Answer: Anne Rice

Anne Rice initially turned to drink because of her traumatic childhood and personal tragedy. She later used writing as a way to deal with her grief. Her first novel, 'Interview With The Vampire' was published in 1976 and turned into a movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

Answer: Tanzania

Answer: Diana Rigg

Jill St John married Robert Wagner in 1990, Denise Richards married Charlie Sheen and Barbara Bach married Ringo Starr.

Answer: Norman Wisdom

He featured as a naive department store worker in this 1953 comedy with Dame Margaret Rutherford.

Answer: The Man In The Iron Mask (1977)

I'm sure the date gave the game away. He starred in the 1998 version along with Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich and Gerard Depardieu and not the 1977 movie which featured Patrick McGoohan, Richard Chamberlain, Jenny Agutter and Ralph Richardson.

Answer: Michael Caine

The movie 'Dressed To Kill' was thought to be a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'. Other Brian De Palma movies include 'Carrie' (1976), 'The Untouchables' (1987) and 'Snake Eyes' (1998).

Answer: His brother

His brother, the Duke of York, became King George VI.

Answer: He married Jane Wilde with whom he has three children

Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th Jan 1942 and has a grandchild.

Answer: Charles Bronson

Actor Mel Gibson was born one of eleven children as was cricketer Brian Lara. Rocker Little Richard and Dolly Parton both came from large families and were one of 12 children. Celine Dion was one of fourteen children but Charles Bronson was one of 15 children born to Lithuanian immigrants. Because of his craggy and unconventional features, Charles Bronson once said that he looked like a rock quarry that someone had dynamited.

Answer: 12 years old

The former choirboy from Wales sang at Bob Geldof and Paula Yates' wedding in 1986.

Answer: Carey Lowell (Licence To Kill) 1989

She played 'Pam Bouvier' who was 007's ally in the fight against evil drug baron 'Franz Sanchez'. She had a son with Richard Gere called Homer James Jigme Gere born 6 February 2000 in New York City. 'Jigme' means 'fearless' in Tibetan. Hope you enjoyed the challenge.