This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1026 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1026 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a more common name for the umbilicus? A) Loose skin at the back of the throat. B) Navel. C) Tonsil. D) Sweat gland under the arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navel. 2. Although AntΓ³nio de Oliveira Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, did not resign, was not deposed, and had not died, the President appointed Marcelo Caetano in his place in 1968. Why? A) He had dementia. B) He was deemed incapacitated by a brain haemorrhage after he fell in a bath. C) He married a 12 year old Muslim girl. D) He became a monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was deemed incapacitated by a brain haemorrhage after he fell in a bath. 3. Who became famous through three films made in 1955 and 1956, and died at the wheel of a Porsche in 1956? A) James Dean. B) Marilyn Munro. C) Anthony Perkins. D) Jim Morrison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Dean. 4. The Sabine River forms the border of Texas with what other area? A) Louisiana. B) Mexico. C) Oklahoma. D) Arkansas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Louisiana. 5. Which is a species of marmot, also called a groundhog, found in parts of the USA? A) Woodchuck. B) Beaver. C) Chipmunk. D) Gopher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woodchuck. 6. Where would Christian clerics, particularly in Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Methodist churches, usually wear an alb? A) On the head. B) Under a cassock, chasuble or daimatic. C) On the foot. D) On the hands as a glove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under a cassock, chasuble or daimatic. 7. Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, who commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during the Crimean War, was the 7th Earl of what? A) Sweater. B) Cardigan. C) Pullover. D) Jumper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardigan. 8. What information technology company was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page? A) E-Bay. B) Facebook. C) Google. D) Amazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Google. 9. The standard rosary, a string of beads used by Roman Catholics as an aid to memory during devotional exercises, has 59 beads. How many beads are there in the greater rosary used in religious orders? A) 100. B) 169. C) 75. D) 140. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 169. 10. The Forest of Arden appears in which Shakespearean play? A) Macbeth. B) As You Like It. C) Hamlet. D) A Midsummer Night's Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As You Like It. 11. Which of North America's Great Lakes has the same name as a state of the USA? A) Superior. B) Ontario. C) Michigan. D) Erie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michigan. 12. Latvia has a maritime border to the west with what country? A) Finland. B) Sweden. C) Denmark. D) Lithuania. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sweden. 13. Which British TV soap opera ran from 2 November 1964 to 4 April 1988 with minor changes of name, was revived on 5 March 2001, went into hiatus from August 2002 to January 2003, with the final episode broadcast on 30 May 2003? A) Crossroads. B) Heartbeat. C) Emmerdale. D) Brookside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crossroads. 14. What type of sentence is "pack my red box with five dozen quality jugs" ? A) Anagram. B) Pangram. C) Histogram. D) Palindrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pangram. 15. Who is credited with establishing the rules which differentiate North American Football, or gridiron, from other forms of ball games? A) Fielding Harris Yost. B) Thrift Burnside. C) Walter Chauncey Camp. D) John William Heisman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walter Chauncey Camp. 16. Clive Owen played "Dwight" in which 2005 film? A) 300. B) Timecop. C) Sin City. D) Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sin City. 17. In which country is the city and naval base of Cadiz? A) Spain. B) Tunisia. C) Bolivia. D) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spain. 18. What name was given to the one eyed giants in Greek fables? A) Cyclopes. B) Amazons. C) Gorgons. D) Trolls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyclopes. 19. Who opened the restaurants called PΓ©trus and Amaryllis in Britain? A) Marco Pierre White. B) Jamie Oliver. C) Gordon Ramsay. D) Julia Childs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gordon Ramsay. 20. What style of commercial vehicle body, incorporating an enclosed box body extended over the cab, takes its name from the town in Bedfordshire where the Bedford commercial vehicle plant was located? A) Grimsby. B) Boreham. C) Abingdon. D) Luton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Luton. 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