This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1018 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1018 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of Ecuador is completely surrounded by ocean? A) Galapagos Islands. B) Trinidad and Tobago. C) Guernsey. D) Corsica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Galapagos Islands. 2. In February 1984, Egypt, British Virgin Islands, Monaco, Puerto Rico and Senegal participated for the first time in what? A) Australian Open tennis tournament. B) A Winter Olympic Games. C) World Chess Championship. D) World Championships for swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Winter Olympic Games. 3. What gambling game, requiring only two coins to play, was popular with Australian and New Zealand soldiers in World War II? A) Cobbers. B) Roulette. C) Numismatics. D) Two up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two up. 4. In the 7th to 9th century, which kingdom of England was between the Thames and the Trent? A) Anglia. B) Wessex. C) Mercia. D) Sussex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercia. 5. Pétanque, boules, bocce, bolas criollas are all related games involving what? A) A whip and linked balls. B) Balls and a marked target point. C) Balls, and a target jack or piglet. D) A ball, and moving puppets with open mouths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balls, and a target jack or piglet. 6. Where was the trial, which became popularised as the 1956 Treason Trial, held? A) Edinburgh. B) Johannesburg and Pretoria. C) Munich. D) Rabat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johannesburg and Pretoria. 7. The Bill of Rights was passed by the Parliament of England in which century? A) 17th century. B) 20th century. C) 18th century. D) 19th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17th century. 8. In which country, which was neutral in World War II, was there a revolution which deposed the monarchy in 1910, then a military coup d'état in 1926, followed by a right-wing dictatorship? A) Portugal. B) Spain. C) Great Britain. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portugal. 9. Which of these was a vertical take-off aircraft that entered service in the RAF in 1969? A) Skyhawk. B) Phantom. C) Lightning. D) Harrier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harrier. 10. What is barding for a war horse? A) Body armour. B) An extra cushioning layer under the saddle. C) Blinkers. D) The colours of the rider. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body armour. 11. The founding of Precept Software in 1995 sparked what in the USA? A) The Prism service. B) The founding of Kingston Communications, a UK communications and IT services provider. C) Zaap TV. D) Development of IPTV (internet protocol TV). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Development of IPTV (internet protocol TV). 12. Where was a peace agreement signed between the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian government on 26 September 2016? A) Cartagena, Colombia. B) Bogotá, Colombia. C) San José, Costa Rica. D) Punta Galinas, Colombia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartagena, Colombia. 13. How many different people were Prime Minister of New Zealand in the first 100 years after it became a Dominion in 1907? A) 30. B) 15. C) 25. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 21. 14. The forces of which country were defeated at the Battle of Marengo in 1800? A) France. B) Austria. C) Spain. D) Prussia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Austria. 15. What was the Mississippi State Penitentiary formerly called? A) San Quentin. B) Alcatraz. C) Sing Sing. D) Parchman Farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parchman Farm. 16. Prolonged deep-sea diving was first made possible in Europe by the invention of a diving bell in what century? A) 18th. B) 17th. C) 19th. D) 16th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16th. 17. What was the name of the live-in cook for Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe Cartwright in a long running TV series? A) Hop Sing. B) Alice Nelson. C) Monica Geller. D) Benson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hop Sing. 18. Between 2000 and 2010, how many times had Venus and Serena Williams met in a Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Final? A) 4. B) 5. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 19. Which of these uses the literary technique of alliteration? A) I am a citizen of no mean city. B) Brexit means Brexit. C) I have a dream. D) Veni, vidi, vici. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Veni, vidi, vici. 20. Which is a potentially serious disease of cattle, sheep, deer, goats, llamas and alpacas (but not horses)? A) Scrapie. B) Facial eczema. C) Orf. D) West Nile virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facial eczema. ← 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