This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1085 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1085 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Singer Katie Melua is a naturalised British subject. Where was she born? A) Republic of Georgia. B) Vietnam. C) Hong Kong. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republic of Georgia. 2. Which of these tunes is from the 1937 animated Disney movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" ? A) Whistle Down the Wind. B) Give a Little Whistle. C) I Whistle a Happy Tune. D) Whistle While You Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whistle While You Work. 3. Who was a British political reformer, writer and politician, noted for her long-standing championship of the Single Transferable Vote system of elections who is the author (1974) of "How Democracies Vote", a standard reference work on electoral systems? A) Enid Lakeman. B) Joan Fry Lakeman. C) Atalie Colman. D) Natalie Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enid Lakeman. 4. The Volga Delta, at the mouth of the Volga River, is on the shore of what? A) Sea of Azov. B) Black Sea. C) Lake Baikal. D) Caspian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caspian Sea. 5. The volcanic Gaua Island is part of what Pacific country? A) Japan. B) New Zealand. C) Vanuatu. D) Papua New Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vanuatu. 6. Complete the title of this James Bond film: "Diamonds Are ..... ''? A) A Girl's Best Friend. B) Forever. C) Quite Shiny. D) Made of Coal. Really!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forever. 7. Vocal music in mediaeval Christian Latin liturgy is often called what kind of chant? A) Decani. B) Julian. C) Papal. D) Gregorian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gregorian. 8. Who was the main character in the Who's rock opera "Tommy", the boy traumatised by the murder of his mother's lover? A) Tommy Trinder. B) Tommy Tucker. C) Tommy Walker. D) Tommy Hilfiger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tommy Walker. 9. Which Irish-born novelist wrote the satire "Gulliver's Travels" ? A) W. B. Yeats. B) Oscar Wilde. C) George Bernard Shaw. D) Jonathan Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jonathan Swift. 10. What is korma? A) Glue. B) Syrup. C) A type of mild curry. D) Dye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A type of mild curry. 11. What name was given to the original owner of the skull found in Sussex in 1911 that was believed at the time to be from one of the oldest human race in Europe? A) Nanjing Man. B) Neanderthal Man. C) Piltdown Man. D) Peking Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Piltdown Man. 12. For someone on a gluten-free diet, which of these would be a possible ingredient in a meal? A) Couscous. B) Semolina. C) Tapioca. D) Wheat germ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tapioca. 13. What is the symbol for a 30th wedding anniversary? A) Lace. B) Pearl. C) Silver. D) Pottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl. 14. The young female animal called a filly is what type of animal? A) Dog. B) Horse. C) Cat. D) Pig. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horse. 15. The coasts of which two countries are farthest apart? A) Angola and Tanzania. B) Egypt and Mozambique. C) Somalia and Nigeria. D) Libya and Namibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Libya and Namibia. 16. What was the first National lottery held in England intended to raise money for? A) Building ships and developing ports to expand global exports. B) Munitions and war preparations. C) Building a memorial monument to Prince Albert. D) Rebuild London after the Great Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Building ships and developing ports to expand global exports. 17. Cocona, aguaje, bacaba, acai, maracuya and camu camu are fruit crops native to what area? A) Samoa. B) South America. C) Australia. D) The Philippines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South America. 18. Which people(s) are believed to have been the first to import metal artefacts and, possibly, use woven fabric in the British Isles? A) Beaker people. B) The Celts. C) Deverel-Rimbury people. D) Hallstatt and early La TΓ¨ne culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beaker people. 19. Which of these is a branch of health care devoted to the study, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle and lower leg? A) Podcasting. B) Pediatrics. C) Pedodontics. D) Podiatry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Podiatry. 20. Where is the Palazzo Farnese (the Farnese Palace), in which, in Puccini's opera "Tosca", the heroine confronts Scarpia, the malevolent Chief of Police? A) Rome. B) Venice. C) Vienna. D) Turin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rome. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books