This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1103 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1103 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the east coast of Nicaragua, fronting the Caribbean Sea, called? A) Costa del Sol. B) Riviera. C) Gold Coast. D) Mosquito Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mosquito Coast. 2. Which 2004 film, directed by Mike Nicholls and starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Natalie Portman concerns two obsessive couples whose intimacy pushes them further apart? A) The Breakfast Club. B) Carnal Knowledge. C) Stranger Than Fiction. D) Closer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closer. 3. In the late 18th century what was the term "dephlogisticated" applied to? A) Metal. B) Overblown rhetoric. C) Duck feathers. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air. 4. Up to the first half of 2013 who won the most men's major golf championships, also known as majors (Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open) and US PGA Championship)? A) Tiger Woods. B) Jack Nicklaus. C) Walter Hagen. D) Gary Player. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jack Nicklaus. 5. Which film starring The Beatles concerned the theft of a ring from Ringo Starr by a religious organisation? A) The Ring. B) Help. C) The Game. D) Stagecoach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help. 6. Which French novelist, critic and essayist is best known for his monumental "À la recherche du temps perdu" ("In Search of Lost Time"; or "Remembrance of Things Past" that was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927? A) Pierre Corneille. B) Marcel Proust. C) Alexandre Dumas. D) Jean Racine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marcel Proust. 7. Woody Guthrie's life story is told in which of these books? A) This Land:It Is My Land. B) Bound For Glory. C) Is That It?. D) I'm Not There. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bound For Glory. 8. Lake Chad, the second largest wetland in Africa, is shared by the Republic of Chad, the Republic of Cameroon, Nigeria and which other country? A) The Republic of the Congo. B) The Central African Republic. C) The Republic of Niger. D) The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Republic of Niger. 9. A QR, or quick response, barcode is a machine-readable label, and encodes virtually any type of data including the standardised modes of alphanumeric, binary, numeric and what other kind? A) Colour. B) Graphics. C) Kanji. D) Ashuri alphabet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanji. 10. Broadly speaking what do geologists study? A) The nature and distribution of major and trace elements in Earth's ground water and materials. B) Earth's landforms in relation to their geologic, climatic processes and human activities. C) Rocks. D) Earth's properties, products and processes, structure and evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth's properties, products and processes, structure and evolution. 11. Chocolate is the main flavour in which of these dishes? A) Devil's food cake. B) Pigs in a blanket. C) Pavlova. D) Guacamole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devil's food cake. 12. From which country do the professional boxers, the Klitschko brothers originate? A) Belarus. B) Moldova. C) Ukraine. D) Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ukraine. 13. Which American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994? A) Cheers. B) Friends. C) Frasier. D) The Bill Cosby Show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friends. 14. How many Popes were there in 1410? A) 4. B) 2. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 15. A tour by a sporting group caused major unrest in their host country, 1971 in Australia and 1981 in New Zealand, leading to a state of emergency being declared during the tour. Which was the group? A) West Indies national cricket team. B) Citroen World Rally Team. C) Chinese national athletics team. D) South African rugby union national team. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South African rugby union national team. 16. Which of these types of music did not originate in the Caribbean? A) Calypso. B) Flamenco. C) Ska. D) Reggae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flamenco. 17. Which is the only country outside Europe or Russia to have reached the semi-finals in the biennial World Men's Handball Championship? A) Brazil. B) Algeria. C) Japan. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt. 18. Which of these describes food that originates from the Mississippi delta? A) Jazz. B) Creole. C) Hip hop. D) Rap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creole. 19. Where are the headquarters of the World Backgammon Association, founded in 2001? A) Malta. B) Monaco. C) USA. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malta. 20. Which of these is the name of the thread or string used to tie blood vessels at an operation? A) Ligature. B) Damper. C) Cereal. D) Carcinoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligature. ← 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