This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1064 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1064 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the capital of which group of islands? A) Galápagos. B) Jamaica. C) Tonga. D) Tristan da Cunha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tristan da Cunha. 2. The Bay of Bengal is bounded by India, Bangladesh and which other country? A) Nepal. B) Kampuchea/Cambodia. C) Vietnam. D) Burma/Myanmar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burma/Myanmar. 3. What car manufacturer was the first to design a car using a wind tunnel, the first to sell a car with a monocoque chassis, the first to offer a 5 speed gearbox as an option and the first to sell a car fitted with a V6 engine? A) Ford. B) Lancia. C) Jaguar. D) Citroën. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lancia. 4. The same person links the 1960 film "Pollyanna" and which other 1959 film? A) Gidget. B) The Mouse That Roared. C) The Diary of Anne Frank. D) Tiger Bay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tiger Bay. 5. What 2003 film was about a murdered Irish journalist played by Cate Blanchett? A) The Pelican Brief. B) Run Lola Run. C) Veronica Guerin. D) Sylvia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veronica Guerin. 6. The first novel by Scottish-American fashion designer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize in 2020. What is the theme of the book? A) A young boy growing up in the fashion industry in New York. B) Growing up "poor and queer" in 1980s working-class Glasgow, Scotland. C) A relationship between an unloved daughter and her elderly, failing mother. D) The emotional costs for a young driven scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing up "poor and queer" in 1980s working-class Glasgow, Scotland. 7. The craisin is the dried fruit of which of these? A) Strawberry. B) Date. C) Blackberry. D) Cranberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranberry. 8. Which of these is not a weapon used in fencing? A) Sabre. B) Cutlass. C) Foil. D) Epee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutlass. 9. Johann Friedrich GutsMuths and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn created exercises for boys and young men on apparatus they had designed, that led to what is considered modern gymnastics. When was this? A) 16th century. B) 18th century. C) 17th century. D) Late 18th / early 19th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Late 18th / early 19th century. 10. In the American War of 1812 against Great Britain the ship now known as Old Ironsides defeated five British warships (HMS Guerriere, HMS Java, HMS Pictou, HMS Cyane and HMS Levant). She is still afloat. What name was she commissioned under? A) USS Chesapeake. B) USS United States. C) USS Constitution. D) USS Constellation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) USS Constitution. 11. What word is used to describe someone within an organisation who leaks information? A) Mole. B) Groundhog. C) Hamster. D) Gerbil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mole. 12. The Kalahari Desert is on which continent? A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Africa. 13. Where does the small nocturnal, tree-dwelling insectivorous marsupial, the only surviving member of the Microbiotheria, live? A) Tasmania, Australia. B) Northwestern Australia. C) Brazil. D) Argentina and Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argentina and Chile. 14. Benjamin Franklin once wrote that nothing was certain in this world except death and what? A) Women. B) Birth. C) Taxes. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxes. 15. Which of these is a horse racing team, based in Dubai? A) Godolphin. B) Gandalf. C) Gudgeon. D) Gargantuan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Godolphin. 16. What is the southernmost national capital city in the world? A) Buenos Aires, Argentina. B) Cape Town, South Africa. C) Santiago, Chile. D) Wellington, New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wellington, New Zealand. 17. How many films have been made in the Harry Potter series? A) 2. B) 8. C) 20. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 18. What weapon is associated with Darth Vader? A) Light sabre. B) Hunting knife. C) Musket. D) Bow and arrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light sabre. 19. In 1920 the League of Nations set up its headquarters in which city? A) San Francisco. B) Stockholm. C) Geneva. D) Brussels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geneva. 20. When was the word "jargon" first used in the English language? A) 14th century. B) 19th century. C) 20th century. D) 18th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14th century. ← 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