This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1036 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1036 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these National Parks was created last? A) Yellowstone, USA. B) Kakadu, Australia. C) Peak District, UK. D) Pyrénées, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kakadu, Australia. 2. What shape is the ground which has been home to the Surrey County Cricket Club since 1845? A) Oval. B) Pear shaped. C) Diamond. D) Oblong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oval. 3. Which film from 1942 contains the lines "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine" and "Here's looking at you, kid" ? A) Casablanca. B) Mrs Miniver. C) The Thirty-Nine Steps. D) As Time Goes By. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Casablanca. 4. The Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (Op. 55) by Ludwig van Beethoven is known as what? A) Choral. B) The Pastoral Symphony. C) The Eroica. D) Ode to Joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Eroica. 5. Why did Larry Doby become famous in the history of baseball when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947? A) He had never played baseball before. B) He was the first to hit a home run every time in a season. C) He was the first recruit from the West Coast. D) He was the first black player in the American League. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was the first black player in the American League. 6. U Thant (Myanmar), Kurt Waldheim (Austria) and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru) successively held the same office; what was the office? A) Negotiator supporting the Armistice Agreements between Israel and Palestine. B) Secretary-General of the United Nations. C) Supreme Allied Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. D) President of the World Bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secretary-General of the United Nations. 7. US TV personality Jerry Springer was once mayor of which city? A) Cincinnati. B) Mexico City. C) New York. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cincinnati. 8. What was an armillary sphere designed to do? A) Enable astronomers to calculate the position of stars with respect to the horizon and the meridian. B) Represent kingship in the pommel of a royal sword. C) Determine latitude and longitude. D) Demonstrate the principal circles of the heavens, in an earth-centred or sun-centred universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demonstrate the principal circles of the heavens, in an earth-centred or sun-centred universe. 9. According to the World Resources Institute which country has the longest coastline? A) Mexico. B) USA. C) Canada. D) Cuba. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canada. 10. Who provides the voice for Gromit in the "Wallace and Gromit" series of TV shows? A) David Jason. B) Peter Sallis. C) No-one. D) Richard Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No-one. 11. What is the word for a textual expression representing the face of a writer's mood or facial expression, such as:-), :-(, and:-D, used in e-mails and text messages? A) Satyricon. B) Pantechnicon. C) Rubicon. D) Emoticon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emoticon. 12. Where is John Cameron Mitchell's 2016 film of Neil Gaiman's "How To Talk To Girls At Parties" set? A) Aurelian. B) Richmond, Virginia, USA. C) Faerie land. D) Croydon, UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Croydon, UK. 13. Bergamot provides the distinctive flavour of which of these? A) Falafel. B) Eggs Benedict. C) Earl Grey tea. D) Chardonnay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earl Grey tea. 14. What does the Latin root of the word "meticulous" mean? A) Fear. B) Care. C) Exactitude. D) Caution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear. 15. What numbers are on the two red pool balls? A) 3 and 11. B) 1 and 9. C) 6 and 14. D) 2 and 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 and 11. 16. What was the last armed conflict between nations to be fought on the soil of the British Isles? A) The Battle of Vinegar Hill, 1798. B) The Battle of Fishguard, 1797. C) Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. D) Battle of Culloden, 1746. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Battle of Fishguard, 1797. 17. Who invented the saxophone in 1840? A) Andrew Sachs. B) Gunther Sachs. C) Adolphe Sax. D) Goldman Sachs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adolphe Sax. 18. Where in the USA is the Smithsonian Institution based? A) Washington, DC. B) New York City. C) Cambridge, Massachusetts. D) New Haven, Connecticut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washington, DC. 19. Which is the last major military engagement of the American Civil War? A) Battle of Five Forks. B) Battle of Nashville. C) Battle of Cedar Creek. D) Siege of Petersburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battle of Five Forks. 20. What shape are honeycomb cells? A) Triangles. B) Pentagons. C) Squares. D) Hexagons. 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