This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1097 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1097 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the highest mountain peak, measured above sea level, in the Americas? A) Alaska. B) Western Canada. C) Chile. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argentina. 2. Thomas Becket was murdered in which English Cathedral? A) Notre Dame. B) Westminster. C) Canterbury. D) St Paul's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canterbury. 3. Which of these musical entertainments was written by a writer more usually known in another partnership, with composer Frederic Clay? A) The Prodigal Son. B) The Bohemian Girl. C) Ages Ago. D) The Emerald Isle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ages Ago. 4. What does "hooly" imply? A) Careful or gentle. B) A boisterous celebration. C) Sanctified. D) A gymnastic hoop exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Careful or gentle. 5. In 1949, in the last stages of the Chinese Civil War, Mao Zedong announced the creation of the People's Republic of China in which newly named capital of the Republic? A) Xanadu. B) Guangzhou. C) Taipei. D) Beijing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beijing. 6. Which nation tested the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated? A) Israel. B) United States. C) China. D) Soviet Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soviet Union. 7. Which of these is by Tchaikovsky? A) 1812 Overture. B) When I'm 64. C) Take Five. D) The Magic Flute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1812 Overture. 8. Tico Torres is the drummer for which band? A) Aerosmith. B) Def Leppard. C) The Who. D) Bon Jovi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bon Jovi. 9. What marks a horse's graduating to join the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in the UK? A) The rump is branded with a crown and the initials RHA. B) The horse's mane is shaven. C) It is paraded with other graduates down the Mall. D) It is given a stall in the Royal Mews. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The horse's mane is shaven. 10. What is a gregorian chant? A) Church music. B) Football match shout. C) A specialised blowing pipe for bagpipes. D) Lullaby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Church music. 11. Freestyle swimming means ..... ? A) Front crawl. B) Any style for individuals, any style but breaststroke, butterfly, or backstroke for medley relays. C) Dog paddle. D) Backstroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any style for individuals, any style but breaststroke, butterfly, or backstroke for medley relays. 12. Where is a crannog found? A) In a bakery. B) In or on inland waters. C) Growing on a mountain summit. D) Nesting in cliffs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In or on inland waters. 13. Who wrote the play "Mrs Warren's Profession" which was twice refused a licence to be performed in London and was closed down in New York when the actors were charged with offences against public decency? A) George Bernard Shaw. B) Oscar Wilde. C) Noel Coward. D) Arthur Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Bernard Shaw. 14. Which of these is a novel by Oliver Goldsmith? A) The Curate from the Baskervilles. B) The Padre from Pittsburgh. C) The Vicar of Wakefield. D) The Priest of the D'Urbervilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Vicar of Wakefield. 15. How does an anaconda produce young? A) Live birth. B) Eggs hatched in an earth mound. C) Eggs hatched underwater in a tunnel. D) Binary fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Live birth. 16. What is the correct size of balls used in the sport of flyball? A) Standard table tennis ball. B) Standard tennis ball. C) The size which fits the individual dog's mouth comfortably. D) Standard ball for beach volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The size which fits the individual dog's mouth comfortably. 17. Nimbus clouds have what characteristic? A) They appear only in the early morning. B) They are bright and isolated. C) They are high and thin. D) They are dense with water and produce precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are dense with water and produce precipitation. 18. What is the estimate of standard blood pressure in giraffes? A) 190 mg Hg. B) About 100 mg Hg. C) 120 over 80 mg Hg. D) Up to 300 mg Hg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up to 300 mg Hg. 19. When did Canada have a female Prime Minister? A) 1993-2003. B) It has not had one. C) 2006-15. D) 1993. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1993. 20. Mastitis affects what part of the body? A) Breast. B) Hand. C) Jaw. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breast. ← 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