This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 1099 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1099 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is true of adders? A) They give birth to live young. B) They are non-venomous. C) They use snail shells as homes. D) They can erect a frill behind their head when alarmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They give birth to live young. 2. What is the title of the unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson? A) Paradise Revisited. B) The Mystery of Edwin Drood. C) The Weir of Hermiston. D) A Study in Scarlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Weir of Hermiston. 3. What was signed to end World War I? A) The Treaty of Kรถnigsberg. B) Magna Carta. C) The Treaty of Berlin. D) The Treaty of Versailles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Treaty of Versailles. 4. Who created the Daleks? A) Khan. B) Rani. C) Morbius. D) Davros. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Davros. 5. Which of these is a Thracian shepherd captured by Romans and trained as a gladiator, who escaped and became leader of an army of escaped slaves in the first century BC? A) Julius Caesar. B) Barabbas. C) Spartacus. D) Attila the Hun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spartacus. 6. By what name is Vincent Damon Furnier better known? A) Alice Cooper. B) Pope Paul VI. C) Matt Damon. D) Elton John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alice Cooper. 7. What is the name given to the silent electrical discharge between the atmosphere and, for example, trees, ships' masts, steeples and flagpoles? A) Aurora. B) Lightning. C) Tornado. D) St Elmo's Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) St Elmo's Fire. 8. Which American science fiction television series, first aired from 1993 to 2002, tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions and interest in conspiracy theories and spirituality, centring on efforts to uncover the existence of extraterrestrial life? A) The X-Files. B) Blakes Seven. C) Sapphire and Steel. D) The Avengers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The X-Files. 9. Which of these are dialects of the Inuit language spoken in the northern Northwest Territories of Canada? A) Inuvialuktun. B) Igloo. C) Pingu. D) Kayak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inuvialuktun. 10. What is the capital of Serbia? A) Copenhagen. B) Paris. C) Istanbul. D) Belgrade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belgrade. 11. Who sang, backed by U2, as the first song in the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London, in 2005? A) Mick Jagger. B) Elton John. C) David Bowie. D) Paul McCartney. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paul McCartney. 12. What was the name of his backing band for Bill Haley on the record "Rock Around the Clock" that was released in 1954? A) The Pacemakers. B) The Crickets. C) The Dakotas. D) The Comets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Comets. 13. A species of the plant artemisia used to be a main ingredient in what drink? A) Vermouth. B) Gin. C) Bitters. D) Poteen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vermouth. 14. Who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia? A) Greta Garbo. B) Jean Batten. C) Amy Johnson. D) Amelia Earhart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amy Johnson. 15. Which company designed the "safety pin dress" worn by Liz Hurley to a 1994 Los Angeles film premiere? A) Mary Quant. B) Armani. C) Dior. D) Versace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Versace. 16. How many million years ago (mya) is it estimated that the ancient supercontinent Pangaea started to break up? A) 600. B) 50. C) 990. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 200. 17. Which mammal(s) are covered in large scales? A) Echidna. B) Armadillos. C) Pangolins. D) Tenrecs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pangolins. 18. Which of these originated in Japan? A) Guinness. B) Kava. C) Sakรฉ. D) Pinjopo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sakรฉ. 19. A "parsec" is a measure of what? A) Speed. B) Distance. C) Acceleration. D) Luminance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distance. 20. Sir Peter Blake led a team which won what in 1995 and 2000? A) The America's Cup. B) Whitbread Round the World Race. C) The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. D) Formula One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The America's Cup. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books