This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1013 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1013 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Solitaire is typically for how many players? A) As many as can be fitted around the board. B) One. C) One, plus two to hold the hoop. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One. 2. What fictional character is addicted to vicodin? A) Dr Gregory House. B) Sherlock Holmes. C) Don Quixote. D) Dr Faustus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr Gregory House. 3. What kind of window is made of one or more movable panels that form a frame to hold panes of glass where the glazed panels are opened by sliding vertically or horizontally? A) Dormer. B) Sash. C) Dado. D) Gable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sash. 4. What message did Benito Mussolini famously send to the Italian soccer team before the 1938 World Cup? A) We shall overcome. B) You've come, you've seen, now conquer!. C) To victory, for the blood of your forefathers. D) Win, or die. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Win, or die. 5. Who wrote a four book series based on the TV series "Death in Paradise", which he created? A) Robert Thorogood. B) Ben Miller. C) Julian Fellowes. D) Ronald D. Moore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Thorogood. 6. Royal mistress Nell Gwynn famously sold what items? A) Oranges. B) Table cloths. C) Steak knives. D) Home made jewellery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oranges. 7. Based on the number of players registered to clubs or leagues, the three most played sports worldwide are football (soccer), field hockey and which else? A) BASE jumping. B) Bandy. C) Badminton. D) Boxing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Badminton. 8. Where did the "Hindenburg disaster" take place? A) Germany. B) USA. C) England. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) USA. 9. What was the occupation of Samuel Ryder, after whom The Ryder Cup is named? A) Seed merchant. B) Butcher. C) Draper. D) Horse breeder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seed merchant. 10. Who created the character of Harold C. "Rabbit" Angstrom who appears in the stories "Rabbit, Run", "Rabbit Redux", "Rabbit Is Rich", "Rabbit at Rest" and "Rabbit Remembered" ? A) Len Deighton. B) Beatrix Potter. C) John Updike. D) Ernest Hemingway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Updike. 11. In January 2019 executive producers Alec Sulkin and Rich Appel, along with creator Seth MacFarlane, confirmed "Family Guy" would no longer write jokes against what? A) Donald Trump. B) Children with Down syndrome. C) The LGBT community. D) Sexual assault. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The LGBT community. 12. What is another name for the jawbone? A) Mandible. B) Tractable. C) Molar. D) Larynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandible. 13. When ex-professional basketballer Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in January 2020 what was his destination? A) Thousand Oaks. B) Oklahoma City. C) Sacramento. D) Miami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thousand Oaks. 14. What was the emblem for the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics? A) Britannica on a chariot. B) A wolf suckling two children. C) Olive wreath. D) Bald eagle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A wolf suckling two children. 15. In Greek mythology Argus Panoptes, guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant described as having multiple, often one hundred, what? A) Heads. B) Legs. C) Eyes. D) Ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eyes. 16. How many lanes are there in an Olympic-sized swimming pool? A) 12. B) 6. C) 10. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 17. In the acronym NTSC, used in the television industry, what does the "N" stand for? A) Natural. B) New. C) Notional. D) National. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National. 18. Who premièred the role of Anna in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, "The King and I", on Broadway in 1951? A) Patrice Munsel. B) Deborah Kerr. C) Gertrude Lawrence. D) Valerie Hobson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gertrude Lawrence. 19. Which of these countries has hosted the most of the modern Olympic Games? A) USA. B) Germany. C) Australia. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 20. What is the surname of Rebecca in the novel by Daphne du Maurier? A) De Gaulle. B) De Winter. C) De Bergerac. D) De Maupassant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) De Winter. ← 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