This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1007 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1007 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The name of which cheese describes its method of manufacture, of being "cooked again" ? A) Mozzarella. B) Ricotta. C) Gorgonzola. D) Wensleydale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ricotta. 2. Prior to the coming of William the Conqueror in 1066 where was the capital of England situated? A) Chichester. B) London. C) Dorchester-on-Thames. D) Winchester. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winchester. 3. What is a Russian Blue? A) Gerbil. B) Parrot. C) Cat. D) Pig. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cat. 4. Which music magazine edited by Geoff Barton, first published in 1981 as a one-off supplement to "Sounds" newspaper, was devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of other hard rock acts such as AC/DC, who appeared on its first cover? A) Classic Rock. B) Shout!. C) Mojo. D) Kerrang!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerrang!. 5. In the term "taxi-cab", the word cab" is an abbreviated form of what word? A) Cabriolet. B) Cabin. C) Cabana. D) Cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cabriolet. 6. The Japanese Koto is what type of musical instrument? A) Percussion. B) Brass. C) Woodwind. D) String. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) String. 7. Which of these was written by Anthony Powell? A) Tremor of Intent:An Eschatological Spy Novel. B) A Dance to the Music of Time. C) Of Human Bondage. D) Time's Arrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Dance to the Music of Time. 8. Which US President spent his term of office in a wheelchair? A) Ronald Reagan. B) Theodore Roosevelt. C) Franklin D Roosevelt. D) Ulysses S Grant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Franklin D Roosevelt. 9. The modern British period of history called "The Winter of Discontent" began when? A) 1987. B) 1978. C) 1982. D) 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1978. 10. Since 1947 the FIVB has been engaged in governing what sport? A) Volleyball. B) Beach volleyball. C) Indoor cycling. D) Fives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volleyball. 11. The chemical messenger that transports signals from one cell to another, called phytohormone in plants, is called what in animals? A) Calcium. B) Hormone. C) Pheromone. D) Antibody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hormone. 12. What is the name of the Jewish New Year festival? A) Yom Kippur. B) Hanukkah. C) Rosh Hashanah. D) Ramadan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosh Hashanah. 13. What does the "U" stand for in "UEFA" ? A) Unkind. B) United. C) Union. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Union. 14. Which piece of music was composed by Tchaikovsky to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon I? A) The Marseillaise. B) 1812 Overture. C) Moonlight Sonata. D) Brandenburg Concerto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1812 Overture. 15. Who created the comic strip "The Far Side" ? A) Garry Trudeau. B) Jim Davis. C) Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. D) Gary Larson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gary Larson. 16. In the early 1960s, Albert DeSalvo was given what nickname by the media? A) The Oklahoma Bomber. B) The Boston Strangler. C) The Yorkshire Ripper. D) Freddy Krueger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Boston Strangler. 17. Which of these was an 18th century English furniture maker? A) Timothy Wedgewood. B) Thomas Chippendale. C) Wiliam Waterford. D) Michael Tudor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Chippendale. 18. Which of these countries has land lying on the equator? A) Equatorial Guinea. B) Borneo, Indonesia. C) India. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Borneo, Indonesia. 19. In October 2018 a tomos was signed, and then formalised three months later in Istanbul, to do what? A) Recognise the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as independent of the Russian Orthodox Church. B) Classify the Hagia Sophia as a mosque. C) Co-operate with Europe to control the flow of migrants. D) Give the key of Istanbul to Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recognise the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as independent of the Russian Orthodox Church. 20. Who identified and named alpha, beta and gamma radiation? A) Albert Einstein. B) Ernest Rutherford. C) Max Planck. D) Marie Curie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ernest Rutherford. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books