This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1111 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1111 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What name is given to lung-breathing aquatic mammals such as whales, porpoises and dolphins? A) Cetacea. B) Corpuscle. C) Carnivore. D) CanapΓ©. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cetacea. 2. The 2006 Grammy Award for the Best Musical Theatre recording were John Du Prez & Eric Idle (producers & composers) and Eric Idle (lyricist) for which show? A) Carousel. B) Monty Python's Spamalot. C) My Fair Lady. D) Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monty Python's Spamalot. 3. What is the name of the Jamaican netball team? A) The Proteas. B) The Partridge Family. C) The Moonlighters. D) The Sunshine Girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sunshine Girls. 4. What game, created in 1904 by a quaker, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Phillips, when revised by Charles Darrow and others became one of the world's most played commercial board games? A) Cluedo. B) Trivial Pursuit. C) Scrabble. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monopoly. 5. The lyrics for which of these shows were not written by Stephen Sondheim? A) Jesus Christ Superstar. B) A Little Night Music. C) West Side Story. D) Sweeney Todd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jesus Christ Superstar. 6. What is the name of the hall in which meetings of the Salvation Army are held? A) Bastion. B) Castle. C) Tower. D) Citadel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Citadel. 7. What is the currency of Bolivia? A) Dollar. B) Bolivar. C) Boliviano. D) Peso. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boliviano. 8. In a 1967 film Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway portrayed which famous couple? A) Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. B) Thomas Crown and Vicki Anderson. C) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. D) Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. 9. When hair rises in reaction to cold or shock, the appearance of the skin is sometimes described as what? A) Hedgehog hackles. B) Duck skin. C) Goose flesh. D) Alligator acne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goose flesh. 10. What was organised by Catherine de Medici, Queen Mother, France, to crush the Huguenots in August 1572 at the wedding of Henry of Navarre to Marguerite, sister of Charles IX, that resulted in the death of around 30, 000 people? A) The Guns of Navarone. B) St Valentine's Day Massacre. C) Massacre of St Bartholomew. D) The Crush of the Huguenots. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Massacre of St Bartholomew. 11. General Stanley Allen McChrystal, who had led all forces in Afghanistan since 15 June 2009, was relieved of his command on 23 June 2010 after he made unflattering remarks about US presidential administration officials in an article in which magazine? A) GQ. B) Rolling Stone. C) Vanity Fair. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rolling Stone. 12. "Yabba dabba doo" was a catch-phrase in which cartoon series? A) The Teletubbies. B) The Flintstones. C) The Wombles. D) Bob The Builder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Flintstones. 13. Broadly, what is the setting for Samuel Beckett's play "Happy Days" ? A) Three large pots. B) An old man's desk. C) A tree. D) A pile of sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A pile of sand. 14. Martha Graham is known as a pioneer of what? A) Modern dance. B) American viticulture. C) Athletics coaching. D) Shoe design. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modern dance. 15. Which regatta is a challenge-driven series of match races between two yachts? A) Russia's Shield. B) England's Trophy. C) Somalia's Plate. D) America's Cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) America's Cup. 16. Who does the character Sancho Panza accompany? A) Don Quixote. B) The Lone Ranger. C) Calamity Jane. D) James Bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don Quixote. 17. Which large, non-venomous snake found in South America and on Trinidad grows to around 23 feet (7.0 m) long, and is olive green with black blotches with orange-yellow striping on either side of the head? A) Sidewinder. B) Mamba. C) Anaconda. D) Cobra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaconda. 18. In various English-speaking countries, a flag is flown at what is said to be half mast as a mark of respect or mourning; in the U.S. (on land) the gesture is known as half what? A) Trunk. B) Pole. C) Pile. D) Staff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Staff. 19. Billy Bowden is an official in what sport? A) Soccer. B) Cricket. C) American football. D) Basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cricket. 20. Which of these is the name for a textbook of magic spells? A) Omnibus. B) Almanac. C) Lexicon. D) Grimoire. 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