This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1063 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1063 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister of what country from 1972 to 1975? A) Fiji. B) New Zealand. C) Australia. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 2. By the end of the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships which country held the top all-time Championships medal count? A) Cuba. B) Spain. C) USA. D) South Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Korea. 3. The professional basketball team which started in 1961 as the Chicago Packers is called what in 2022? A) Cleveland Guardians. B) Washington Nationals. C) Washington Wizards. D) Seattle Mariners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washington Wizards. 4. What building, built between 1754 and 1790 as a church to St Genevieve, was set aside as a mausoleum for famous Frenchmen in 1792? A) The Pantheon. B) The Louvre. C) The Moulin Rouge. D) Montmartre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pantheon. 5. Which of these is a plant cultivated for its flowers, which are often tinted with purple, maroon, cerise, pink or red, that attaches itself to structures by tendrils? A) Sweet William. B) Sweet flag. C) Sweet potato. D) Sweet pea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweet pea. 6. What 1983 Scottish film, starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi and Burt Lancaster, was directed by Bill Forsyth with music by Mark Knopfler? A) Mrs. Brown. B) Whisky Galore!. C) Braveheart. D) Local Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Local Hero. 7. In the term "CE", for years called "AD" in Christian terminology, what does the "C" stand for? A) Christian. B) Common. C) Combined. D) Collective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Common. 8. In the English legal system, what does a lawyer become when he or she "takes silk" ? A) JP. B) KC. C) PM. D) MP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) KC. 9. If competitors are told to "nock", what sport are they competing in? A) Archery. B) Lawn bowls. C) Clay pigeon shooting. D) Curling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archery. 10. In the 19th century, in 1831-2, 1848-9 and 1853-4, London in the UK suffered major epidemics of what disease? A) Plague. B) Whooping cough. C) Measles. D) Cholera. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cholera. 11. Which Irish philanthropist founded houses for destitute children in Stepney in 1870? A) Calouste Gulbenkian. B) Charles Perrins. C) Henry Wellcome. D) Thomas Barnardo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Barnardo. 12. In 1933 Richard Hollingshead in the USA patented what idea? A) Drive-in theatre, including ramped viewing sites, exclusively for people in vehicles. B) Wheelchair. C) Jukebox. D) Machine operated domestic meat grinder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drive-in theatre, including ramped viewing sites, exclusively for people in vehicles. 13. "Service" is the way the ball is put into play in which game? A) Baseball. B) Rugby. C) Hockey. D) Tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tennis. 14. Which of these is a port on Cyprus? A) Limasol. B) Marsaxlokk. C) Messina. D) Cagliari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limasol. 15. Which country decided to switch to driving on the left from mid September 2009? A) Fiji. B) Samoa. C) Iceland. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samoa. 16. Whose top hat and other belongings fetched nearly half a million euros at auction in May 2009? A) Marcel Marceau. B) Charlie Chaplin. C) Fred Astaire. D) Neville Chamberlain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcel Marceau. 17. Hudson Bay, Canada, is directly north of which other bodies of water? A) Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika. B) The Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Labrador Sea. C) The Great Lakes. D) The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Lakes. 18. What colour is the alb worn by some Christian clerics? A) White. B) Cream. C) Green. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White. 19. What items are in lots of 52 as standard, each with a unique combination of numbers and symbols? A) Birthday cards. B) Credit cards. C) Score cards. D) Playing cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Playing cards. 20. According to Greek legend, which sorceress helped Jason to find the golden fleece and became his wife? A) Circe. B) Medea. C) Megaera. D) Hera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medea. ← 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