This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1106 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1106 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was an action by the USA immediately after acquiring the Philippines from Spain in 1898? A) Resurrect the Filipino native language as an official language. B) Quash the budding First Philippine Republic and suppress Filipino independence fighters. C) Establish universities in the islands. D) Set up treaties with the Sultanate of Sulu and the Republic of Zamboanga in Mindanao. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quash the budding First Philippine Republic and suppress Filipino independence fighters. 2. Why did NFL player Colin Kaepernick sit through the singing of the national anthem before some games in 2016? A) He was temporarily deaf and did not realise the anthem had begun. B) He was ill. C) As a protest. D) He was not playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a protest. 3. A chemist uses titration to do what? A) Shield themselves from a violent reaction. B) To colour a toxic substance so that it will not be used accidentally. C) Calibrate a test tube or pipette. D) Determine the concentration of a solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determine the concentration of a solution. 4. What science features in "The Man In The White Suit", a 1951 film starring Alec Guinness? A) Archaeology. B) Chemistry. C) Physiotherapy. D) Atomic physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemistry. 5. What quality does a person described as sedulous have? A) Inventive. B) Inclined to be lazy. C) Studious. D) Diligent and attentive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diligent and attentive. 6. Which body of water adjoins the Republic of the Niger? A) Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Guinea). B) Lake Chad. C) Indian Ocean. D) Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake Chad. 7. In which century was the Hindu temple complex of Angkor Wat built? A) 8th. B) 15th. C) 12th. D) 2nd. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12th. 8. Which novelist is best known for his short stories, many of which were written as a result of his experiences in the Franco-Prussian War? A) Guy de Maupassant. B) Cyrano de Bergerac. C) Somerset Maughan. D) Graham Greene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guy de Maupassant. 9. Which of these can be found in a kind of British architecture? A) Ashland. B) Wyvern. C) Wychert. D) Coppe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wychert. 10. "Overwhelm" is a word met reasonably often; what can "whelm" mean? A) Turn upside down, or downwards. B) Nothing, it isn't a word. C) Place a stone horizontally. D) Guide, or steer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turn upside down, or downwards. 11. Guinness Book of Records claimed that which of these was the most watched TV series of all time? A) Star Trek. B) Dallas. C) Baywatch. D) Charlie's Angels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baywatch. 12. Which German mathematician and scientist, sometimes called the "Prince of Mathematicians", completed "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae", in 1798 at the age of 21? A) Carl Friedrich Gauss. B) Gottfried Leibniz. C) Georg Simon Klügel. D) Alfred Kempe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carl Friedrich Gauss. 13. What is not true to say of the bog myrtle? A) It typically grows in acidic peat bogs. B) It is a myrtle. C) It is used in Denmark and Sweden to prepare home-flavoured schnapps. D) It is traditionally used in Royal Wedding bouquets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a myrtle. 14. What are Omo I and Omo II, discovered by Richard Leakey in southern Ethiopia? A) Homo sapiens fossils. B) Pyramids. C) Meteor craters. D) Previously unknown species of hyena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homo sapiens fossils. 15. Which are the first two African countries to have sites declared as World Heritage Sites? A) Egypt and Syria. B) Ethiopia and Senegal. C) Tunisia and Tanzania. D) Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethiopia and Senegal. 16. Which of these was a world heavyweight boxing champion? A) Dick Chairman. B) Henry Manager. C) Tom Supervisor. D) George Foreman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George Foreman. 17. T S Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" (1939) formed the basis for which long-running musical show? A) Rats. B) Cats. C) Possums. D) Practical Guide to Cat Shows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cats. 18. What relationship were the Myers and Briggs who developed the personality tests known as Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)? A) Mother and daughter. B) Research colleagues. C) Brother and sister. D) Cousins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother and daughter. 19. What is the next in this series:Millie, Ranger, Buddy, Spot "Spotty" Fletcher, Barney, Miss Beazley ..... ? A) Ofelia. B) India "Willie". C) Bo. D) Socks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bo. 20. Where did the cartoon character "Casper" first appear? A) All Star Comics. B) A film, "The Friendly Ghost". C) The New Yorker. D) San Francisco Chronicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A film, "The Friendly Ghost". ← 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