This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1046 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1046 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the name given to people who went to California to join in the goldrush in the mid 19th century? A) Carpetbaggers. B) 49ers. C) Blade runners. D) Huguenots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 49ers. 2. In the United Kingdom, what is "The Solent" ? A) A bay. B) An island. C) A desert. D) A strait. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A strait. 3. What is the medical term for stuttering or stammering? A) Dysphemia. B) Dysphasia. C) Dysphagia. D) Dysplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dysphemia. 4. Which of these is the name of someone who has been the Archbishop of Cape Town? A) Richmond Crinoline. B) Raymond Skirt. C) Elton Culotte. D) Desmond Tutu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desmond Tutu. 5. What nationality is Richard O'Brien, the writer of the stage musical "The Rocky Horror Show" ? A) British/New Zealander. B) Chinese. C) North Korean. D) Swiss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British/New Zealander. 6. The highest peaks of the Atlas Mountains, the highest being 4, 167 metres (13, 671 ft), are in what country? A) Afghanistan. B) Kazakhstan. C) Morocco. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morocco. 7. Formula One racing has officials called what? A) Marshals. B) Sir. C) Umpires. D) Linesmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marshals. 8. A World Cup for which sport, which ran annually from 1979 to 1990 and occasionally from then on, featured teams of three players representing their country against other such teams, but with individual 1st, 2nd, etc., places? A) Darts. B) Tennis. C) Table tennis. D) Snooker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snooker. 9. A species of gold marigold, with maroon accents radiating from the centre, is named for what musical? A) Jubilee. B) Careless Rapture. C) Naughty Marietta. D) Nymph Errant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naughty Marietta. 10. Consecutive drought years in which of these countries is forecast to take global soybean stocks in 2022 down to levels not seen since 2015/16? A) Brazil and Argentina. B) USA and Paraguay. C) Peru and Colombia. D) Chile and Peru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brazil and Argentina. 11. In which century was the prison fortress known as the Bastille stormed and taken by revolutionary Parisian crowds? A) 16th. B) 19th. C) 17th. D) 18th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18th. 12. What name was given to the civil war in England during the reign of Stephen? A) The Rising. B) The Anarchy. C) The Storm. D) The Seven Days' War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Anarchy. 13. What is the traditional name for a Spanish white wine made near Cadiz, popular varieties of which are Manzanilla, Amontillado, Vino Fino, Olorosa and Montilla? A) Ouzo. B) Pinot Noir. C) Sherry. D) Shiraz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sherry. 14. Cannes is a resort in which country? A) Monaco. B) Estonia. C) France. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) France. 15. What is the name for the fitting together of the masticating surfaces of the upper and lower teeth in biting? A) Occlusion. B) Osculation. C) Obfuscation. D) Orientation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occlusion. 16. Which of these is a name given to sheet metal that is stamped or rolled into parallel ridges and furrows? A) Corrugated iron. B) Bumpy aluminium. C) Potholed brass. D) Iron filings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corrugated iron. 17. British artist Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), history painter and sergeant painter to George I and George II, was related by marriage to which other artist? A) John Flamsteed. B) William Hogarth. C) Christopher Wren. D) Grinling Gibbons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Hogarth. 18. Which of these is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky? A) The Rite of Winter. B) The Rite of Spring. C) The Rite of Summer. D) The Rite of Autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Rite of Spring. 19. What is the evening prayer service in the Western Catholic, Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches? A) Vestiges. B) Vespers. C) Vagaries. D) Viggomortensen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vespers. 20. Australian author, actor and journalist Helen Lyndon Goff, OBE, wrote a series of books centring round which character? A) Hairy Maclary. B) Skippy, the bush Kangaroo. C) Blinky Bill. D) Mary Poppins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary Poppins. ← 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