This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 107 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 107 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kazakhstan was the home country of which fictional eponymous film character? A) Boring. B) Boron. C) Boxon. D) Borat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Borat. 2. By the 15th century, coffee was known in the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. It first arrived in Europe in the area covered by what modern day country? A) Portugal. B) Germany. C) France. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italy. 3. Who is the king of the title of "The Return of the King" ? A) Aragorn. B) Legolas. C) Gimli. D) Sauron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aragorn. 4. Which of these is a daily British newspaper? A) The Guardian. B) The Sentry. C) The Protector. D) The Aegis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Guardian. 5. "The Fighting 69th" (1940) starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and George Brent centres on a regiment in which war? A) World War I. B) World War II. C) American Civil War. D) English Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World War I. 6. In what number system would the statement "1 + 1 = 10" be true? A) None. B) Quadratic. C) Tertiary. D) Binary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Binary. 7. What mythical monster in Greek mythology with the face of a woman and the body of a vulture stole food and was an agent of punishment, abducted people and tortured them? A) Minotaur. B) Harpy. C) Hydra. D) Valkyrie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harpy. 8. The 300 strong Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite force in the 4th century BCE Theban army, was composed of what or whom? A) Unmarried women over 5'6" (167 cm) in height. B) The youngest sons of every Theban aristocratic family. C) 150 pairs of lovers. D) Elephants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 150 pairs of lovers. 9. What is the capital of Mongolia, on the Tuul River? A) Uwill Baton. B) Ulan Bator. C) Ulaangom. D) Ulaankhus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulan Bator. 10. When in trouble, which of these characters might successfully make a hypnotic gesture? A) Mandrake. B) Wonder woman. C) Batman. D) Homer Simpson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandrake. 11. What were Operation Plumbbob, Operation Nougat, Operation Plowshare, Operation Sunbeam and Operation Dominic II? A) International Boy Scout Jamborees. B) Allied operations in World War II. C) Allied operations in World War I. D) Nuclear test series carried out in the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear test series carried out in the USA. 12. Which of these words means a style of ornamentation prevailing in France during the first half of the reign of Louis XV? A) Impressionist. B) Gothic. C) Doric. D) Rococo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rococo. 13. Who voiced E.T. in the 1982 film of the same name? A) John DiMaggio. B) Patricia Welsh. C) Daran Norris. D) Julie Kavner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patricia Welsh. 14. What is a unit of spatial measurement that is 10 to the power of-9 of a meter, or one billionth of a meter? A) Nanometre. B) Fermi. C) Angstrom. D) Picometre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nanometre. 15. Which of these was a British-born American costume designer who had a career as costumier for the Dallas Opera, and worked for Covent Garden, La Scala, the Old Vic, the Vienna State Opera, the American Ballet Theater, the Metropolitan Opera & the New York City Opera? A) Edith Head. B) Peter J Hall. C) Busby Berkeley. D) Cecil Beaton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter J Hall. 16. What is the name of Janet Jackson's (deceased) superstar brother? A) Michael. B) Pollock. C) Stonewall. D) Browne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael. 17. According to Greek legend, which of the 9 Muses was the muse of Choral poetry? A) Erato. B) Polymnia. C) Terpsichore. D) Melpomene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polymnia. 18. What species does the orf virus commonly affect? A) Deer. B) Elephants. C) Sheep and goats. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sheep and goats. 19. In music, which of these is the name for the fourth note of the ascending major or minor scale? A) Tonic. B) Subdominant. C) Dominant. D) Minor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subdominant. 20. How is a Venetian gondola propelled? A) The operator stands and uses a pole. B) The operator sits and uses an oar. C) The operator stands and uses an oar. D) The operator sits and uses an outboard motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The operator stands and uses an oar. ← 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