This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1011 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1011 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of work is Stephen Sondheim usually associated with? A) Fencing. B) Musical drama. C) Chemistry research. D) Manufacture of bicycles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Musical drama. 2. The German word "schloss" refers to what? A) Castle. B) Shoes. C) Mud. D) Over-done advertising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Castle. 3. Where in the Americas is the fertile Colchagua Valley? A) Central Chile. B) Eastern Argentina. C) Northern Peru. D) Central Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Chile. 4. When Denis Potter's "Brimstone and Treacle", originally a TV play starring Michael Kitchen, was made into a film and released in 1982, Kitchen's role was then played by whom? A) Jim Carter. B) John Simm. C) Jeremy Irons. D) Sting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sting. 5. In which country was there a civil war between 1861 and 1865, which was lost by the Confederate forces? A) Spain. B) England. C) Belgium. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 6. Which long-running TV series first aired on UK TV in 1963? A) Chancellor How. B) Professor Why. C) Mr What. D) Dr Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr Who. 7. Madonna sang over the closing credits of the film "A League of Their Own", which centres on women playing what sport? A) Rugby. B) Basketball. C) Soccer. D) Baseball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baseball. 8. Which group had hits with "You Really Got Me", "All Day And All Of The Night", "Waterloo Sunset" and "Lola" ? A) The Beatles. B) The Kinks. C) The Pretty Things. D) The Temptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Kinks. 9. When did the 21st century Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics take place? A) 2012. B) 2000. C) 2024. D) 2021. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2021. 10. A lynx called Sjogg was adopted as the mascot for which Olympic Games? A) 2014 Winter Paralympics. B) 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. C) 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. D) 2008 Summer Paralympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. 11. "Stationery" refers to what? A) A parked vehicle. B) Consumable office supplies. C) A type of spacecraft. D) The area around a railway terminus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumable office supplies. 12. How many players are most commonly involved in a present-day game of Snakes and Ladders? A) 6. B) 10. C) 12. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 13. Which of these pairs are homophones? A) "Bed" and "board". B) "Key" and "quay". C) "Tough" and "cough". D) "Do" and "done". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Key" and "quay". 14. What is the name of Foyle's driver/protΓ©gΓ© in the UK TV series "Foyle's War" (2002-2015)? A) Sam. B) Joe. C) Paul. D) Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam. 15. Which was the first Olympics to be held in a communist country? A) 1964 Winter Olympics. B) 1984 Winter Olympics. C) 1972 Summer Olympics. D) 1980 Summer Olympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1980 Summer Olympics. 16. "Shock Treatment" was the sequel to which musical? A) Aspects of Love. B) Hair. C) Rocky Horror Picture Show. D) Fiddler on the Roof. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rocky Horror Picture Show. 17. What does pentameter refer to? A) A measuring test tube. B) Measurement of the sides of an irregular pentagram. C) An archaic music scale. D) A line of verse containing five stressed syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A line of verse containing five stressed syllables. 18. The convention in the English language which means that there is "mish mash" and "zig zag" and not "mash mish" and "zag zig" is called what? A) Amredita. B) Syntactic doubling. C) Ablaut reduplication. D) Irreversible binomial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ablaut reduplication. 19. What is the surname of the American father and son actors Lloyd and Beau? A) Fonda. B) Sheen. C) Bridges. D) Carradine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bridges. 20. What name is given to the individual leaves of grass, gladioli and irises? A) EpΓ©es. B) Sabres. C) Blades. D) Cutlasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blades. 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