This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1070 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1070 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was name of the last British monarch from the House of Hanover? A) Victoria. B) Edward. C) William. D) George. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victoria. 2. What is Whitcombe Judson credited with inventing in 1893? A) Nylon. B) Linoleum. C) Plastic. D) Zip fastener. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zip fastener. 3. In 2005 Karina Hollekim performed what, the first woman to do so? A) Jet-powered wingsuit flight. B) Wingsuit flight of more than 30 km. C) A ski-BASE. D) BASE jumping from Mt Everest's north face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A ski-BASE. 4. Wilhelm von Humboldt, Robert Cawdrey, Joseph Wright and James A Murray were all famous what? A) Lexicographers. B) Ocean explorers. C) Authors. D) Politicians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lexicographers. 5. Which of these is a European capital on the River Spree? A) Amsterdam. B) Paris. C) Berlin. D) Budapest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Berlin. 6. What has been a feature of the skies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, for over a week in early October since 1972? A) Waterspouts. B) Mass migration of cicadas. C) Aerial dances of the sandhill cranes. D) Hot air balloons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hot air balloons. 7. What is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition? A) Paradigm. B) Paragon. C) Paradox. D) Paradiddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 8. The symptoms for which poisoning include violent stomach pains, retching, excessive saliva production, vomiting, a sense of dryness and tightness in the throat, thirst, hoarseness, difficulty of speech, diarrhea, clammy sweats and delirium? A) Arsenic. B) Cyanide. C) Strychnine. D) Carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arsenic. 9. Where could springs be found in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA? A) Colorado Springs. B) Manitou Springs. C) Glenwood Springs. D) Pagosa Springs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manitou Springs. 10. Where were the more than 4, 000 years old Tarim mummies excavated in the 20th century? A) Tierra del Fuego, Chile. B) Nubia, Sudan. C) Xinjiang, northern China. D) Perth, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xinjiang, northern China. 11. In about 1000 CE, it is believed that explorer Leif Ericson discovered North America and named it what? A) Vinland. B) Amerigo. C) Valhalla. D) Fyn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vinland. 12. Maria Theresa (1717-1780) is associated with which of these countries? A) Sweden. B) Netherlands. C) Austria. D) Bavaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Austria. 13. Burt Munro set the current land speed record for motorcycles under 1000cc in 1967 on what make of motorcycle? A) Kawasaki. B) Harley-Davidson. C) Triumph. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian. 14. Which well-known singer, dancer, actor, and choreographer caught the eye of The Jacksons as choreographer (and performer) with The Laker Girls? A) Taylour Paige. B) Emily Harper. C) Paula Abdul. D) Tina Yothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paula Abdul. 15. Where is the native habitat of the bonobo, or "pygmy" chimpanzee? A) Southern Senegal. B) Botswana and South Africa. C) Areas round Lake Chad. D) South of the Congo River and north of the Kasai River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South of the Congo River and north of the Kasai River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 16. Who left the satiric poem "Don Juan" unfinished after his death in 1824? A) Betjeman SP. B) Wordsworth. C) Keats. D) Byron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Byron. 17. Which city, established in 1849 as a protective Army outpost situated on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River, is the home of a NASCAR track called The Texas Motor Speedway? A) Fort Lauderdale. B) Fort Knox. C) Fort Sumter. D) Fort Worth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fort Worth. 18. Until 1869 where was the city known as Edo? A) Russia. B) Poland. C) Japan. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan. 19. Which of these animals is native to South America? A) Lion. B) Tiger. C) Leopard. D) Jaguar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jaguar. 20. What was INSTEX, established 31 January 2019, designed to ease? A) Capacity to hold social media to account. B) Operations of small business. C) Capacity to hold banks to account. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade. ← 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