This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 106 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 106 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these keys on a computer keyboard has no function except in combination with another? A) Shift. B) Home. C) Enter. D) Num Lock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shift. 2. Who wrote children's books featuring Noddy and Big Ears, and the Famous Five? A) Margaret Brunton. B) Agatha Burton. C) Eunice Parton. D) Enid Blyton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enid Blyton. 3. What is the name for the protein which is the main constituent of hair, horns, nails, claws and hooves of mammals? A) Keratin. B) Kerogen. C) Carotene. D) Lanolin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keratin. 4. Who was the first US Secretary of the Treasury? A) George Washington. B) Alexander Hamilton. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) John F Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexander Hamilton. 5. What does the description "spinto" refer to? A) A particular quality of drumming. B) A type of singing voice. C) A blend of gooseberry and bacon icecream. D) The stringing of a classical guitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A type of singing voice. 6. Where is a strake usually found? A) In a boat, ship or aeroplane. B) In fungi. C) In the heart. D) As part of the flies in a theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a boat, ship or aeroplane. 7. Who, in 1955 and 1956, was the first British driver to win the Mille Miglia, the British Grand Prix at Aintree and the Monaco Grand Prix? A) Mike Hailwood. B) Stirling Moss. C) Jim Clarke. D) Jackie Stewart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stirling Moss. 8. The blend of tea known as Earl Grey was named after someone in what profession? A) Viceroy of India. B) International merchant. C) British Prime Minister. D) Governor of Hong Kong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British Prime Minister. 9. Where are the ancient Nazca Lines? A) Ecuador. B) Chile. C) Peru. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peru. 10. Gordonstoun School is famous mainly because of which past pupils? A) Prince Philip & his 3 sons. B) Elton John & Bernie Taupin. C) All British prime ministers between Harold Macmillan and Tony Blair. D) Margaret Thatcher and Madonna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Philip & his 3 sons. 11. Which company developed the 1991 video game Duke Nukem? A) Xtreme Software (now Insomniac Games). B) Nintendo. C) Apogee Software Ltd. (now 3D Realms). D) Capcom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apogee Software Ltd. (now 3D Realms). 12. The second largest bay in the world, after Bengal Bay, relatively shallow and considered an epicontinental sea, is ..... ? A) Guantamo Bay, Cuba. B) Baffin Bay, Canada/Greenland. C) Gulf of California. D) Hudson's Bay, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hudson's Bay, Canada. 13. What name is given to the death of tissue due to failure of the blood supply? A) Necrosis. B) Necrophilia. C) Necromania. D) Necromancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Necrosis. 14. Which of these is wine? A) Clarion. B) Claret. C) Carrion. D) Claxon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claret. 15. Which of these is a name for a dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic? A) Tiramisu. B) Lassi. C) Hummus. D) Vichyssoise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hummus. 16. The third part of trilogy of Hobbit movies, released at the end of 2014, is called what? A) The Hobbit of Hobbiton. B) The Hobbit:The Battle of the Five Armies. C) The Ring of the Hobbit. D) The Hobbit Waves Good-bye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Hobbit:The Battle of the Five Armies. 17. In which field has American sportsperson Allyson Felix gained medals? A) Kayaking. B) Running. C) Dressage. D) Shotput. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running. 18. The Danube flows into which body of water? A) Mediterranean Sea. B) Caspian Sea. C) Black Sea. D) North Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Sea. 19. Fibrous, synovial and cartilaginous are types of what? A) Fruit peel. B) Bone structure. C) Ear lobes. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 20. What is the official state religion in Nepal? A) Judaism. B) Islam. C) Buddhism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. ← 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