This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1114 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1114 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Britain in World War II, where did "land girls" work? A) Museums. B) Factories. C) Farms. D) Hospitals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farms. 2. In 2020 the International Olympics Committee approved what sport, which had been included in the 2018 Youth Olympics, for inclusion also in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris? A) Breakdancing, or breaking. B) E-Sports. C) Korfball. D) Wushu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breakdancing, or breaking. 3. In which country did Juan Domingo Peron seize power in 1943, become president, and resign in 1955? A) Brazil. B) Chile. C) Argentina. D) Paraguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argentina. 4. An annual rodeo, exhibition and festival first held in 1912 and named the Stampede, is now held every July, where? A) Mareeba, Cairns, Australia. B) Douglas County, Colorado, USA. C) Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. D) Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 5. Which musical term means "Slow" ? A) Lento. B) Sostenuto. C) Fugato. D) Dolce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lento. 6. Which is a trait common to a platypus, slow loris, and shrew? A) They produce venom. B) They are monogamous. C) They have one fewer vertebra in their necks. D) They are known to seek out fermented fruit as a food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They produce venom. 7. After his retirement from athletics in 2017 sprinter Usain Bolt trained in and played a new sport with a club based where? A) Australia. B) UK. C) Norway. D) Malta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norway. 8. What activity became legal in The Republic of Ireland when the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1995? A) Membership of the IRA. B) Divorce. C) Abortion. D) Contraception. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divorce. 9. On what or whom was the 1983 Australian film "Phar Lap" based? A) A mathematician. B) An illegal immigrant. C) An opal prospector. D) A racehorse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A racehorse. 10. When were The Yeomen of the Guard (Beefeaters) established in England? A) Birth of Queen Elizabeth II (1926). B) Death of Queen Victoria (1901). C) Coronation of Henry VII (1485). D) Norman invasion of England (1066). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coronation of Henry VII (1485). 11. By what name is David Evans better known? A) Bono. B) Edge. C) Prince. D) Slash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edge. 12. When the golfer Bryson DeChambeau won the PGA Tour's US Open 2024 he was also which of these? A) Captain of the LIV Tour's Crushers team. B) No 11 tennis player in the world. C) US men's swimming champion. D) 2024 winner of the Children's Book International Book of the Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Captain of the LIV Tour's Crushers team. 13. Where is the Serra da Capivara National Park, notable for multiplicity of plant formations, landscapes of breathtaking beauty, and one of the most important archaeological sites in the Americas, established in 1979? A) Southern Chile. B) Mexico. C) Northeast Brazil. D) French Guiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northeast Brazil. 14. According to the children's tale, what was the name of the Three Billy Goats? A) Hoarse. B) Gruff. C) Husky. D) Croaky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gruff. 15. What is Spartacus famous for doing? A) Drinking the senate under the table. B) Building the coliseum. C) Winning a chariot race. D) Leading a slave rebellion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leading a slave rebellion. 16. When was the bridge celebrated in the French nursery song new? A) 1234. B) 1060. C) 1185. D) 1087. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1185. 17. What kind of animation was used for the pilot episode, though not for the subsequent series, in the US TV series "South Park" ? A) Vector-based. B) Claymation. C) Hand drawn. D) Cutout. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cutout. 18. What defines a species? A) There is no hard and fast definition yet. B) The ability for individuals to interbreed naturally. C) Organisms which share at least 10 common physical characteristics. D) Distinct mating habits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is no hard and fast definition yet. 19. What did Christian Huygens devise in 1657? A) Spinning jenny. B) Pendulum clock. C) Chronometer. D) Stethoscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pendulum clock. 20. Capri is an island near which city? A) Bari. B) Naples. C) Turin. D) Florence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naples. ← 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