This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1062 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1062 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Under whose papacy was the Inquisition introduced into Spain? A) Clement VII. B) Sixtus IV. C) Paul III. D) Alexander VI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sixtus IV. 2. Which game has been played in England since Tudor Times, with the earliest reference being in 1744 in "A Little Pretty Pocketbook" where it is called Baseball? A) Skittles. B) Rounders. C) Softball. D) Parcheesi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rounders. 3. What was the name of two tyrants who ruled Syracuse in the 2nd century BCE? A) Mars. B) Jupiter. C) Dionysius. D) Quirinus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dionysius. 4. In 1893 idealists from which country founded a short-lived settlement in Paraguay? A) England. B) Australia. C) Germany. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia. 5. Where is the ancient game of senet traditionally played? A) On a boat. B) In a field. C) In a pool. D) On a board. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On a board. 6. What sound announces the start of the performance of a play in France? A) Three pops. B) Three knocks. C) Three whistles. D) Three sung notes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three knocks. 7. Around 1910, the White Star Line was building three sister ships:The Titanic, The Gigantic (later named the Britannic) and which other? A) The Olympic. B) The Awesome. C) The Monolithic. D) The Terrific. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Olympic. 8. If an artist discusses canon, collage, call and response, and retrograde, what are they most likely to be talking about? A) Embroidery. B) Mediaeval poetry. C) Techniques of cubist painting. D) Compositional forms of choreography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compositional forms of choreography. 9. What name is given by scholars to the first 6 books of the Old Testament of the Bible? A) Originals. B) Hexateuch. C) Dead Sea Scrolls. D) Da Vinci Papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hexateuch. 10. A madeleine, originating in France, is a type of what? A) Cake. B) Stew. C) Quiche. D) Pie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cake. 11. Which of these is a medieval wind instrument related to the trumpet? A) Clavichord. B) Cetra. C) Oud. D) Clarion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clarion. 12. What fruit is mentioned in the official nickname of the US state of Georgia? A) Pomegranate. B) Pear. C) Plum. D) Peach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peach. 13. In which 1973 thriller film directed by Nicolas Roeg was there an explicit sex scene between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie? A) A Clockwork Orange. B) Out of Sight. C) The Railway Station Man. D) Don't Look Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't Look Now. 14. In September 2010 Lady Gaga attracted attention by posing in a bikini for the cover of Japan's Hommes Vogue magazine and appearing on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards wearing a dress made of what? A) Glass. B) Silk. C) Feathers. D) Meat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meat. 15. What is the scientific term used when something is moving from a solid to a gas without passing through a liquid state? A) Subject. B) Sublimation. C) Submarine. D) Simplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sublimation. 16. Which entertainment American cable TV network is owned by Time Warner Inc.? A) Discovery. B) Aspire. C) Animal Planet. D) Adult Swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adult Swim. 17. Olof Palme was assassinated in 1986 when he was Prime Minister of which country? A) Greece. B) Russia. C) UK. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweden. 18. Guarani is one of the two official languages of which country? A) Chile. B) Paraguay. C) Ecuador. D) Uruguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraguay. 19. What vehicle was driven by Starsky and Hutch in the US TV programme? A) Dodge Charger. B) Ford Torino. C) Chevrolet Corvette. D) Pontiac Trans Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ford Torino. 20. What party overthrew the government of Iraq in 1968? A) Taaps. B) Baasin. C) Shoower. D) Baath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baath. ← 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