This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1065 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1065 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which 1967 song begins with "And now the end is near and so I face the final curtain" ? A) Moonlight In Vermont. B) Come Fly With Me. C) My Way. D) Tea For Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My Way. 2. Which of these tunes is from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I" ? A) Give a Little Whistle. B) I Whistle a Happy Tune. C) Whistle Down the Wind. D) Whistle While You Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I Whistle a Happy Tune. 3. Portree is the principal town on which island? A) Skye. B) Cyprus. C) Isle of Man. D) Malta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skye. 4. What was the last time that a British King led his troops into battle? A) Battle of the Ancre, 1916. B) Battle of Waterloo, 1815. C) Normandy Landings, 1944. D) Battle of Dettingen, 1743. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Battle of Dettingen, 1743. 5. On British television, John Steed and Emma Peel were known collectively as what? A) The Feebles. B) The Avengers. C) Bill and Ben. D) The Ropers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Avengers. 6. Which of these words means "an incontrovertible truth" ? A) Clue. B) Hint. C) Red herring. D) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fact. 7. Which of these people have won the Indianapolis 500 less than 4 times? A) A.J. Foyt. B) Al Unser. C) Rick Mears. D) HΓ©lio Castroneves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HΓ©lio Castroneves. 8. What book was published by Immanuel Kant in 1781? A) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. B) Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. C) The Critique of Pure Reason. D) Meditations on First Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Critique of Pure Reason. 9. When was the first iPhone sold? A) 2007. B) 2005. C) 2000. D) 2010. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2007. 10. What is the sum of the two numbers 4 and 2? A) 16. B) 8. C) 6. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 11. In Britain, when did the Lord Chamberlain's office lose the power to censor performances of plays, a right granted in the 18th century? A) 1936. B) 1843. C) 1950. D) 1968. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1968. 12. In September 2003, who was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open wicker basket beneath a hot air balloon? A) Steve Fossey. B) David Hempleman-Adams. C) Richard Branson. D) Ralph Fiennes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) David Hempleman-Adams. 13. What purpose do a shark's dermal denticles serve? A) To increase its ability to hold prey once seized. B) To strengthen and protect its skin against injury, and aid in streamlining. C) To ward off parasites. D) To increase buoyancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To strengthen and protect its skin against injury, and aid in streamlining. 14. The word "Droogies" was coined in which novel, made into a film directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick in 1971? A) A Clockwork Orange. B) 1984. C) Brave New World. D) The Time Machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Clockwork Orange. 15. What shape are the 4 faces of a tetrahedron? A) Hexagons. B) Squares. C) Pentagons. D) Triangles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triangles. 16. To travel directly from Bolivia to Suriname, which country needs to be crossed? A) Peru. B) Brazil. C) Panama. D) Ecuador. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brazil. 17. At which Olympic Games were there new events including BMX (men and women), swimming marathon (10 km), and for the first time, women competed in the steeplechase and some team fencing events? A) 1992, Barcelona. B) 2008, Beijing. C) 2004, Athens. D) 2000, Sydney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2008, Beijing. 18. Adansonia, a genus of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees, better known as Baobab, Upside-down tree, or Tree of Life, is native to where? A) Mongolia. B) Argentina. C) India. D) Madagascar and mainland Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madagascar and mainland Africa. 19. What is it called when a surfer falls off the surfboard while riding a wave? A) Wipeout. B) Break. C) Striker. D) Bully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wipeout. 20. After the League of Nations was set up by covenant in 1919 to promote collective security, arbitration of international disputes, reduction of armaments and open diplomacy, it had some success but was weakened, particularly, how? A) The USA refused to ratify the covenant. B) The countries in the League continued to confront one another. C) It could not be funded. D) Peace was well established and the perceived reasons for the League faded. 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