This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1004 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1004 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which city was Tempelhof airport? A) Salzburg. B) Berlin. C) Rome. D) Amsterdam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Berlin. 2. Which of these activities is assisted by having the art of legerdemain? A) Cooking. B) Sewing. C) Performing magic tricks. D) Playing a stringed instrument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Performing magic tricks. 3. The SS Great Eastern which set sail on 13 July 1866 carrying the second (and the first successful) transatlantic telegraph cable, was under what kind of power? A) Steam-driven paddles and propeller. B) Sail. C) Diesel. D) Steam turbine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steam-driven paddles and propeller. 4. Evel Knievel is mostly associated with which activity? A) Black magic. B) Motor cycle stunt riding. C) Acting in horror films. D) Gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor cycle stunt riding. 5. Which US doctor and poet wrote the "Breakfast Table" series, "Over The Teacups" and "Elsie Venner" ? A) Oliver Wendell Holmes. B) William Cullen Bryant. C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. D) James Russell Lowell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oliver Wendell Holmes. 6. What was the stage name of Brenda Mae Tarpley, an American singer of rockabilly, pop and country music who had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s (a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis) and was best known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry" ? A) Brenda Lee. B) Mae West. C) Bonny Tyler. D) Loretta Lynn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brenda Lee. 7. Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" is set in which country? A) France. B) Australia. C) Spain. D) Hungary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 8. "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act" and "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind" is ascribed to which novelist and critic? A) George Orwell (1903-50). B) John Steinbeck (1902-68). C) Toni Morrison (1931-2019). D) Joseph Heller (1923-99). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Orwell (1903-50). 9. Artists Chuck Close, Henri-Edmond Cross, John Roy, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Paul Signac, Maximilien Luce and Vincent van Gogh painted in what style? A) Pointillism. B) Art Deco. C) Abstract expressionism. D) Landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pointillism. 10. ETA, an armed nationalist and separatist organization, is based in which country? A) Palestine. B) Pakistan. C) Algeria. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spain. 11. What does the 13, 29 km (8.26 mi) President Costa e Silva Bridge cross? A) Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. B) Malleco River valley, Chile. C) Orinoco River, Venezuela. D) Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 12. What did the Treaty of Falaise in 1174 state explicitly for the first time? A) Alliance between the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, and the Pope. B) The Third Crusade was ended. C) The kingdom of Scotland was subject to the English crown. D) Portuguese independence from the Kingdom of LeΓ³n. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kingdom of Scotland was subject to the English crown. 13. What sport is featured in the musical "The Beautiful Game" by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton? A) Netball. B) Basketball. C) Soccer. D) Chess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soccer. 14. The musical "South Pacific" was based on the book "Tales of the South Pacific" by which author? A) John Steinbeck. B) F Scott Fitzgerald. C) James A Michener. D) Ernest Hemingway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James A Michener. 15. The Canadian animated educational children's television series (1997-2019) based on books by HΓ©lΓ¨ne Desputeaux, focuses on the questions and imagination of a 4 year old boy named what? A) Lau Lau. B) Anatole. C) Napkin Man. D) Caillou. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caillou. 16. If something is described in US politics as "gubernatorial" what or who does it refer to? A) A campaign aide. B) Miscellaneous advertising. C) Circumspection. D) A State governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A State governor. 17. What direction does one travel to go from Antarctica to New Zealand? A) North. B) East. C) West. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North. 18. What ocean borders the US state of Georgia? A) Atlantic. B) Pacific. C) Indian. D) Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atlantic. 19. Which mountain chain runs along the border between France and Spain? A) Passionfleas. B) Passthemplease. C) Pyrenees. D) Manganese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pyrenees. 20. Which one of these flightless birds would be most likely to be tall enough to be able to walk over the others? A) Takahe. B) Kiwi. C) Cassowary. D) Ostrich. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ostrich. 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