This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1053 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1053 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the next in this series:Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Bob Weston, ..... ? A) Dave Mason. B) Rick Vito. C) Billy Burnette. D) Lindsey Buckingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lindsey Buckingham. 2. The opening sequence of the film "Airplane" (also entitled "Flying High") is a parody of which film? A) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. B) The Godfather II. C) Halloween. D) Jaws. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jaws. 3. What are Nestor, Gainsborough and the Black Maria? A) Early film studios. B) Lighthouses. C) Painters. D) Earth-like planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Early film studios. 4. What part of the human body is a linctus designed to help? A) Throat. B) Skin. C) Hair. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Throat. 5. How many cards are used for a game of canasta? A) 106. B) 108. C) 54. D) 53. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 108. 6. Molecules contain what? A) Cash. B) Moles. C) Protons. D) Energy drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protons. 7. What is honorificabilitudinity? A) Honourableness. B) The capacity to give a fee. C) Awe. D) Respectability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Honourableness. 8. What does the Japanese word "Kamikaze" mean? A) Close the door. B) Divine wind. C) Who did that?. D) Sit next to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divine wind. 9. What was the subject of the Mitchell Report to the Commissioner of Baseball in 2007? A) Gambling. B) Scoring systems. C) Use of hidden hand signals. D) Use of steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use of steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball. 10. The first goal in Football World Cup history was scored on 18 July 1930 by Lucien Laurent of France. France won 4-1. Who were they playing against? A) Mexico. B) USA. C) Belgium. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mexico. 11. In the use "to have done" something, what is the grammatical term for the "have" ? A) Auxiliary verb. B) Modal verb. C) Adverb. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auxiliary verb. 12. What is a point of significance about the summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Ecuadorean Andes? A) High deposits of sea shells. B) It is the lowest summit in the Andes mountains. C) It is the site of an important Aztec fortress. D) It is the point on the Earth's surface most distant from its centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is the point on the Earth's surface most distant from its centre. 13. The Leominster Rams have won more than 20 US National titles, including seven straight wins 2004 to 2010, in which sport? A) American Football. B) Ice Hockey. C) Basketball. D) Street hockey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Street hockey. 14. Which of these plays was written most recently? A) Shirley Valentine. B) Death of a Salesman. C) Look Back in Anger. D) Waiting for Godot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shirley Valentine. 15. Which of these is an actor who co-owns a top London restaurant called Langan's Brasserie? A) Nigel Hawthorne. B) Bill Wyman. C) Anthony Hopkins. D) Michael Caine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Michael Caine. 16. The MacRobertson International Shield is competed for by Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and the United States and known affectionately as "the MacRob", in which sport? A) Quoits. B) Tug o War. C) Rollerball. D) Croquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Croquet. 17. Which capital city was nearly destroyed by earthquake in 1972? A) Tegucigalpa, Honduras. B) Managua, Nicaragua. C) Sacramento, California. D) Wellington, New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Managua, Nicaragua. 18. What was the "Haymarket Massacre" in 1886? A) A bomb exploded in the New Zealand Embassy, in London. B) Rival gangs had a shoot out in New York streets. C) Chicago police fired on striking workers. D) A herd of 300 cows in Alberta, Canada, were poisoned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chicago police fired on striking workers. 19. Where are the pleurae, bronchi and alveoli? A) Lungs. B) On the Moon. C) Brain. D) Dogs' paws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lungs. 20. Which British 20th century author wrote "The Cruel Sea" and "The Tribe That Lost Its Head" ? A) C S Forrester. B) Herman Melville. C) Frederick Marryat. D) Nicholas Montserrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nicholas Montserrat. ← 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