This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1041 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1041 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Danish artist Robert Storm Petersen (1882-1949), known as Storm P, was celebrated for his work in which field? A) Burlesque. B) Humorous cartoons and writing. C) Landscape painting. D) Murals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous cartoons and writing. 2. If you were studying a "lek" which of these would you NOT be looking at? A) A flirting space particularly one used by male birds. B) A one or two person steerable ice vehicle with specially hardened oak runners. C) A river in the Netherlands. D) A piece of Cardassian currency in Star Trek. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A one or two person steerable ice vehicle with specially hardened oak runners. 3. When the Royal Charter was granted to the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies" what was the area over which they were granted monopoly? A) China, Malaysia and the Philippines. B) India and the East Indies. C) All countries east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of the Straits of Magellan. D) The Middle East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All countries east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of the Straits of Magellan. 4. Why did the Spanish in the 2000 Paralympics subsequently lose gold medals won in the intellectually disabled basketball tournament? A) Some of the team failed doping tests. B) 10 out of 12 members of the team were found not to have a qualifying disability. C) They had deliberately harmed some of the opposing team before the final game. D) They surrendered the medals to the opposing team as a mark of respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10 out of 12 members of the team were found not to have a qualifying disability. 5. What became known as the "Phrygian cap" was an element of what ancient religion? A) The worship of Aten. B) Jainism. C) Yazidism. D) Mithras worship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mithras worship. 6. Where is the classic English horse race, the One Thousand Guineas for 3 year old fillies, run? A) Goodwood. B) Aintree. C) Ascot. D) Newmarket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Newmarket. 7. A 1999 film was entitled "Being John ..... " who? A) Malkovich. B) Travolta. C) Cusack. D) Wayne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malkovich. 8. In 2010, Usain Bolt talked of moving to which two sports after the 2012 London Olympic Games? A) Long jump & 400m. B) Triple jump & 200m. C) Long jump & 800m. D) Javelin and 200m. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long jump & 400m. 9. Which English cricketer, a left-handed batsman who was named one of the Five Batsmen of the Year by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1893, captained Somerset in the late 19th century and appeared for Oxford University and the Marylebone Cricket Club? A) Sebastian Coe. B) W G Grace. C) Shane Warne. D) Herbie Hewett. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbie Hewett. 10. What is a titfer? A) Hat. B) Small green-headed British bird. C) Plain scarf. D) Hoop used in croquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hat. 11. What is the second longest named river in the USA, which runs from Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico? A) Colorado. B) Missouri. C) Mississippi. D) Hudson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mississippi. 12. The Great Salt Lake, in the north of the US state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere. What is the approximate average salinity of its main basin, Gilbert Bay? A) 3.5%. B) 33.7%. C) 13%. D) 45%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13%. 13. What has been awarded to the winners of the Super Bowl since 1967? A) Guy Lombardo Trophy. B) Vince Lombardi Trophy. C) Lombard League Cup. D) Lombard RAC Trophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vince Lombardi Trophy. 14. What name was given to the night when Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses and synagogues in November 1938? A) Black Night. B) Night of the Long Knives. C) Crystal Night. D) Night of Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crystal Night. 15. What is the Dover Boat? A) Napoleonic warship, one of the largest wooden warships ever built. B) Approximately half of a Bronze Age boat. C) The first ship built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. D) A national art school and craft studio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Approximately half of a Bronze Age boat. 16. Where did poutine originate? A) The Dordogne, France. B) Brussels, Belgium. C) Quebec, Canada. D) Noumea, New Caledonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quebec, Canada. 17. Who was speaking at Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 10 May 2005, when Vladimir Arutyunian threw a live hand grenade (which did not detonate) toward the podium? A) George W. Bush. B) Vladimir Putin. C) Tony Blair. D) Paul McCartney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George W. Bush. 18. In 1939, how did German Erich Warsitz make history? A) Flew a jet plane. B) Assassinated Adolph Hitler. C) Became the first person in space. D) Discovered that truffles were good to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew a jet plane. 19. A courgette is a small variety of what? A) Bouquet. B) Carrot. C) Horse. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 20. What is the stapes bone known as? A) Anklebone. B) Stirrup. C) Jaw. D) Funnybone. 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