This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1074 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1074 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Andreas Thorkildsen set a new Olympic record at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing for throwing what? A) Paper aeroplane. B) Javelin. C) Tantrum. D) Wobbly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Javelin. 2. What collection includes 3 King's crowns. 3 Queen's crowns, 5 sceptres, 2 orbs, St Edward's staff, 5 swords and 2 bracelets? A) Britain's Crown Jewels. B) The loot from Britain's Great Train Robbery in 1963. C) Elvis Presley's museum at Graceland. D) The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Britain's Crown Jewels. 3. What are Tashkent Tower, Uzbekistan, and Dragon Tower in Harbin, People's Republic of China? A) Defensive towers built by Genghis Khan. B) Ice towers built annually for Ice Festivals. C) Freestanding steel lattice radio towers. D) Tube slides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freestanding steel lattice radio towers. 4. The newest distinct territory in Canada, Nunavut, is contiguous or very nearly with how many other Canadian provinces or territories? A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 5. What is a marriage called where one of the parties does not enjoy the privileges of rank of the other, nor inherit the possessions of the partner? A) Polyandry. B) Annulled marriage. C) Wedlock. D) Morganatic marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morganatic marriage. 6. The fictional story teller Uncle Remus narrates stories about what character? A) Br'er Rabbit. B) Asterix. C) Tintin. D) Winnie the Pooh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Br'er Rabbit. 7. Which horse race is held at Churchill Downs? A) 1, 000 Guineas. B) Kentucky Derby. C) Melbourne Gold Cup. D) Oaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kentucky Derby. 8. Who had the title role in the 2003 film 'Sylvia" ? A) Gwyneth Paltrow. B) Catherine Zeta-Jones. C) Kate Winslet. D) Cate Blanchett. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gwyneth Paltrow. 9. What was Beethoven's last symphony? A) 5th. B) 15th. C) 6th. D) 9th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9th. 10. Inflammation of the knee is associated with what occupation? A) Chambermaid. B) Teasmaid. C) Tailormade. D) Housemaid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Housemaid. 11. What is the name of the most famous art gallery in Paris? A) The Louvre. B) The Bay. C) The Sash. D) The Oriel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Louvre. 12. A novel by General Lew Wallace published in 1880 was made into which films in 1926 (a silent movie) and 1959 (produced by William Wyler)? A) The Ten Commandments. B) Ben Hur. C) Barabbas. D) Exodus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ben Hur. 13. In which New York borough is the district of Harlem? A) Staten Island. B) Queens. C) Brooklyn. D) Manhattan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manhattan. 14. Which 1934 novel by American author James Cain has been adapted in 7 films, 2 plays, and an opera in variously France, Germany, Hungary, Malaysia, Russia, and the USA? A) Mildred Pierce. B) The Postman Always Rings Twice. C) When Tomorrow Comes. D) Girl in the Cadillac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Postman Always Rings Twice. 15. What is the name of the multi-sport event for athletes with physical and visual disabilities, including athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy, that are held every 4 years, following the Olympic Games? A) The Hop Step and Roll. B) The Paralympic Games. C) The Pentathlon. D) The Disabled Olympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Paralympic Games. 16. What 2009 hit record by Lily Allen concerns her boyfriend's performance in the bedroom? A) Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow. B) Poor Tom. C) Not Fair. D) Shame For You. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not Fair. 17. In what could a molossus be found? A) In poetry. B) In any of these. C) Among dog breeds. D) In Greek mythology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In any of these. 18. Which strong man appears in the Bible in the Book of Judges? A) Luke. B) Samson. C) John the Baptist. D) Gilgamesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samson. 19. Swahili is NOT one of the two official languages of which of these countries? A) Ethiopia. B) Kenya. C) Tanzania. D) Uganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethiopia. 20. Which of these people is a composer of film music? A) Esther Williams. B) John Williams. C) Frank Williams. D) Hank Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Williams. ← 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