This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1100 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1100 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is a German manufacturer of fountain pens and other writing, office and art equipment? A) Osmiroid. B) Pelikan. C) Waterman. D) Parker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelikan. 2. The last episode of 13 years of what popular US TV series was broadcast in 1991? A) Twin Peaks. B) 21 Jump Street. C) Full House. D) Dallas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dallas. 3. Who created the character of Miss Marple? A) Georges Simenon. B) Baroness Orczy. C) Agatha Christie. D) Guy de Maupassant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agatha Christie. 4. What are the main ingredients of a Snow White salad? A) Raw apples, celery, grapes & walnuts in mayonnaise. B) Potato, vegetables & meats bound in mayonnaise. C) Yoghurt and cucumber. D) Iceberg lettuce, tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled egg, avocado & Roquefort cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yoghurt and cucumber. 5. In 17th century England James Hind became notorious as what? A) Highwayman. B) Pirate. C) Privateer. D) Smuggler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highwayman. 6. In 2006, Stephen Harper became the Prime Minister of which country? A) New Zealand. B) Australia. C) Canada. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canada. 7. What type of land constitutes most of the country of Gabon on the west coast of Africa? A) Open savannah. B) Rainforest. C) Desert. D) Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rainforest. 8. According to the Brothers Grimm, what was the name of the dwarfish creature who appeared to a young woman shut in a tower to spin straw into gold? A) Quetzalcoatl. B) Balthazar. C) Methuselah. D) Rumpelstiltskin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rumpelstiltskin. 9. How many leaders are recognised in 2014 as absolute monarchs? A) 6. B) 4. C) 3. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 10. Empress Matilda ruled England in which century? A) 11th. B) 10th. C) 12th. D) 13th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12th. 11. The world's first publicly subscribed passenger railway, the Stockton and Darlington, opened in England with steam engines when? A) 1865. B) 1825. C) 1767. D) 1725. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1825. 12. Ernest Lawrence of the University of California, Berkeley, is credited with the development in 1929 of what type of particle accelerator that accelerates charged particles using a high-frequency, alternating voltage in a perpendicular magnetic field, causing them to spiral and encounter the accelerating voltage many times? A) Centrifuge. B) Cyclotron. C) Gravimeter. D) Accelerometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cyclotron. 13. In which situation does REM rebound not happen? A) After sleep deprivation. B) Following prolonged deep sleep. C) When sleeping aids are taken. D) Following alcohol intake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Following prolonged deep sleep. 14. What is the name for the longest side of a right angled triangle? A) Hypotenuse. B) Hypothesis. C) Hypocrite. D) Hypnosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypotenuse. 15. Bangladesh declared independence from which country on 26 March 1971? A) France. B) Ceylon. C) United Kingdom. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pakistan. 16. From 752 BCE to 664 BCE the Kings of Kush in Nubia, ruled over what other area as well? A) Kenya. B) Ethiopia. C) Libya. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt. 17. Who has hosted the US series "Power of 10", "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and "The Price Is Right" ? A) Larry King. B) David Letterman. C) Regis Philbin. D) Drew Carey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drew Carey. 18. Who played Mr Big in the TV series "Sex and the City" which first ran from 1998 to 2004, and the films "Sex and the City" (2008) and "Sex and the City 2" (2010)? A) Clive Owen. B) Jason Lewis. C) David Eigenberg. D) Chris Noth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chris Noth. 19. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at a stage performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre on Good Friday, 14 April 1865? A) John H. Surratt. B) John Wilkes Booth. C) David E. Herold. D) Lewis Powell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Wilkes Booth. 20. Which are the official languages of the Republic of Djibouti? A) Arabic and English. B) Arabic and French. C) Somali and German. D) English, French and Affar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arabic and French. ← 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