This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1045 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1045 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In astrophysics and physical cosmology, what is Olbers's paradox, named after the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers (1758-1840)? A) The dark night sky paradox. B) The faint young Sun paradox. C) The paradoxical reaction of a comet's tail as it passes a star. D) The heat death paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dark night sky paradox. 2. The eponymous main character both in the British crime drama TV series "Professor T." (first screened in 2021) and the Belgian series which inspired it (first screened in 2015) is a Professor of what? A) Anthropology. B) Forensic Science. C) Criminology. D) Mathematics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Criminology. 3. The Broads, a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes, are mainly in which English county? A) Essex. B) Norfolk. C) Cornwall. D) Devon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norfolk. 4. What is kulintang? A) An ancient music, performed now in an ensemble of gongs and a drum. B) A Mindanao martial art. C) A dragon kite. D) A computer virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An ancient music, performed now in an ensemble of gongs and a drum. 5. Who is the youngest actor to receive an Oscar for the Best Actor in a Leading Role? A) Marlon Brando. B) Adrien Brody. C) Richard Dreyfuss. D) Nicholas Cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adrien Brody. 6. The Oromo people much of whose area was taken over by Abyssinia, modern Ethiopia, use a calendar based on what? A) The movements of Venus and Mars. B) The Moon and the sun. C) The Moon. D) The Moon, together with eight star groups or stars outside the solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Moon, together with eight star groups or stars outside the solar system. 7. Where was the 1825 Decembrist Uprising? A) China. B) Russia. C) France. D) UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russia. 8. Which of these created a popular detective character with the first name of "Jane" ? A) Agatha Christie. B) P D James. C) Patricia Cornwell. D) John le Carré. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agatha Christie. 9. In which sport did Andre Agassi's father Mike Agassi compete in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, representing Iran? A) Boxing. B) Swimming. C) Tennis. D) Wrestling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boxing. 10. What kind of animal is the desert-dwelling jird? A) Rodent. B) Bird. C) Insect. D) Arachnid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rodent. 11. Which TV comedy series featured agents 86 and 99 and "Chief" ? A) The FBI. B) I Spy. C) The Untouchables. D) Get Smart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get Smart. 12. According to Brand Finance's Most Valuable Brands Index, which was the most valuable brand in the world in 2016 and 2017? A) Amazon. B) Apple. C) Google. D) Microsoft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Google. 13. What is the name for the phenomenon that occurs, e.g., in magnetic and ferromagnetic materials and in the elastic, electric, and magnetic behaviour of materials, in which a lag occurs between the application or the removal of a force or field and its subsequent effect? A) Retardation. B) Emesis. C) Reluctance. D) Hysteresis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hysteresis. 14. Which Tennessee city has the same name as the ancient Egyptian city named after King Menes? A) Cairo. B) Memphis. C) Nubia. D) Thebes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memphis. 15. The Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan became internationally known during what hostilities? A) Six-Day War of 1967, and Yom Kippur War of 1973. B) World Wat II. C) World War I. D) Deir Yassin massacre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Six-Day War of 1967, and Yom Kippur War of 1973. 16. Songwriter Jack White (vocals, guitar and piano) and Meg White (drums and occasional vocals) make up which American rock duo who produced three Grammy Award (Best Alternative Music Album) winning albums ("Elephant", "Get Behind Me Satan" & "Icky Thump")? A) The White Stripes. B) The Red Chevrons. C) The Blue Checks. D) The Purple Plaids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The White Stripes. 17. Which Canadian-born bandleader and violinist formed The Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor? A) Paul Whiteman. B) Guy Lombardo. C) Charles "Buddy"Bolden. D) Benny Goodman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guy Lombardo. 18. Which country has hosted the greatest number of world curling championships since the first in 1959? A) USA. B) Denmark. C) Canada. D) Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canada. 19. What is the meaning of the longest word in the English language which dictionaries have the space to include? A) The estimation of something as valueless. B) Lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica or quartz dust. C) Opposition to withdrawing government support of a church or religion. D) Things impossible to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica or quartz dust. 20. Paul Galdone illustrated a series of children's books written by Eve Titus about a mouse called what? A) Ratatouille. B) Anatole. C) Fievel. D) Mrs Brisby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anatole. ← 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