This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1000 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1000 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If someone is referred to as "ursine", what animal are they being compared to? A) Bear. B) Dog. C) Wolf. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bear. 2. Which of these would definitely not have been able to observe the rings of the planet Saturn through a telescope? A) Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). B) Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). C) Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). D) Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). 3. A range of devices including stick-on tattoos to be a password ID or hydration sensor, and a pill which when swallowed would emit a signal to communicate with external sensors and similar, was developed by which company? A) Motorola. B) Apple. C) Nokia. D) Blackberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motorola. 4. What has been seen as one of the intermediate vectors of the coronavirus, Covid-19, which appeared in 2020? A) Human use of pangolins. B) Cows. C) Octopus as a food. D) Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human use of pangolins. 5. What is another name for China clay? A) Bartle. B) Lanolin. C) Detritus. D) Kaolin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kaolin. 6. Which people (besides the Rolling Stones) appeared on the cover of "Their Satanic Majesties Request", a 1967 album by The Rolling Stones? A) Presenters from the children's TV programme "Blue Peter". B) Members of the British royal family. C) The Beatles. D) Some unnamed female fans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Beatles. 7. In 1858, why did Paul Broca name 5 skeletons "Cro-magnon Man" ? A) They were very large. B) They were large and colourful. C) He named them after his father. D) They were found in the Cro-magnon grotto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were found in the Cro-magnon grotto. 8. According to the Bible, who was the son of Isaac and Rebeckah, the twin brother to Esau, the husband of Leah and Rachel, and the father of Joseph? A) Joshua. B) Jacob. C) Judas. D) James. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jacob. 9. Which of these is a vinyl record that is smaller than an LP? A) DDT. B) DP. C) EP. D) NTSB. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EP. 10. What do the tampura, theorbo, vihuela and vina have in common? A) They are stringed musical instruments. B) They are root vegetables grown exclusively in Andalusia. C) They have a fine, silken under hair which is used for spinning particularly fine cloth. D) They are architectural systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are stringed musical instruments. 11. For what did its composer create the 1842 piece, the "Wedding March", which became a highly popular part of European and many other weddings after 1858? A) For a production of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". B) The wedding of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert in the UK. C) The wedding of Dorothy Carew and Thomas Daniel in Tiverton, UK. D) For a production of the opera "Lohengrin". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For a production of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". 12. In 1838, which steamship made the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, from Bristol to New York? A) The Lusitania. B) The Titanic. C) The Great Western. D) The Queen Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Western. 13. Bourbon is the usual basis for which of these cocktails? A) Rob Roy. B) Harvey Wallbanger. C) Americano. D) Mint julep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mint julep. 14. He clasps the crag with crooked claws is an example of what? A) Anagram. B) Hyperbole. C) Litotes. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. Which of these is not one of the primary users of the Airbus A380, a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner? A) Continental. B) Singapore Airlines. C) Emirates. D) Qantas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental. 16. Antoni Gaudi is responsible for the architecture of which building which is still being constructed to his original plans and drawings, 90 years after his death? A) Casa Mila. B) Sagrada Familia. C) Colegio Teresiano. D) GΓΌell Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagrada Familia. 17. Which film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger was about a young ballet dancer who defies the producer by being in love with a composer, and starred Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Marius Goring? A) Tales Of Hoffman. B) Stairway To Heaven. C) The Red Shoes. D) Spectre Of The Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Red Shoes. 18. Renee Zellweger played which author in a 2007 film? A) P D James. B) Enid Blyton. C) Agatha Christie. D) Beatrix Potter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beatrix Potter. 19. Which agency provided security for the 1980 Winter Olympics? A) Inter-Con Security. B) G4S. C) Federal Bureau of Investigation. D) Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pinkerton National Detective Agency. 20. Leni Riefenstahl made a still highly praised film released in 1938, which centred on what? A) Underwater cinematography. B) 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg. C) The 1936 Olympics. D) A 1903 opera by Eugen d'Alber, written by Rudolph Lothar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 1936 Olympics. β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books