This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1119 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1119 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ronald Ross won a Nobel prize in medicine for his work on what subject? A) Malaria. B) Cancer. C) Sleeping sickness. D) Rabies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malaria. 2. What is an unusual aspect of Jacquemart Island, part of the Campbell Islands? A) It is the only known breeding place for the critically endangered Vaquita. B) It is periodically covered by sea water. C) It has erupted every two years since volcanic activities have been recorded in the area. D) There are no mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are no mammals. 3. Which of these is a type of melon? A) Piccolo. B) Canterbury. C) Cantaloupe. D) Francois. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cantaloupe. 4. Which of these people has never been a US Open Golf champion? A) Ángel Cabrera. B) Ernie Els. C) Lee Trevino. D) Luciano Pavarotti. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Luciano Pavarotti. 5. The fifth longest river in Africa, the Rhumel (or Ampsaga) River, runs through which country? A) Morocco. B) Algeria. C) Libya. D) Mauritania. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algeria. 6. What is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% of the total protein content? A) Collagen. B) Estrogen. C) Cold collation. D) Carthogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collagen. 7. Which cricketer captained England to a record 54 test matches in 2001? A) Mike Atherton. B) Graham Gooch. C) David Gower. D) Alec Stewart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mike Atherton. 8. A fogou is what? A) A county in Henan Province in China. B) A poisonous fish. C) A graphical frontend for the text-based Secure File Transfer Protocol. D) An underground constructed dry-stone cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An underground constructed dry-stone cave. 9. Who was "Sports Illustrated" magazine's first "Sportsman of the Year" ? A) Ken Rosewall. B) Joe DiMaggio. C) Roger Bannister. D) George Mikan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roger Bannister. 10. The "Saucy Jacky" postcard, received by Scotland Yard in 1888, was claimed to have been written by whom? A) Jack the Ripper. B) Jackie Chan. C) Little Jack Horner. D) Jack Nicholson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack the Ripper. 11. A statute passed by the General Court of Connecticut in the USA in 1783, under the title "An Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius" was the first in the USA to legislate for what? A) Required public display of the Constitution in the centre of every city in the state. B) The establishment of private colleges. C) Found a faculty of Classic Science and Literature research. D) Copyright protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Copyright protection. 12. What was the official mascot for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea? A) Hodori, an Amur Tiger. B) Soohorang, a white tiger. C) Vučko, a wolf. D) An abstract figure known as Izzy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hodori, an Amur Tiger. 13. Which is one of the peaks of the Mahālangūr Himāl? A) Nanda Devi. B) Annapurna I. C) Gangkhar Puensum. D) Mount Everest / Sagarmatha / Chomolungma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mount Everest / Sagarmatha / Chomolungma. 14. Which sport, played by 2 teams of 8 who use a rope, is marked with a "centre line" and two markings four metres either side of the centre line? A) Dominoes. B) Skittles. C) Rounders. D) Tug-of-War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tug-of-War. 15. In Major League Baseball how many players are there on a team's roster? A) 17. B) 25. C) 15. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25. 16. A "shar pei" is a type of what? A) Building material. B) Boat. C) Knife. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dog. 17. For the four disciplines contested at the first FINA World Championships in Aquatics, in Yugoslavia, how many countries competed? A) 5. B) 47. C) 20. D) 107. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 47. 18. The US television serials "The Good Wife", "Canterbury's Law" and "ER" all have or have had which actor as one of the leads? A) Archie Panjabi. B) Aidan Quinn. C) Julianna Margulies. D) Makenzie Vega. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Julianna Margulies. 19. With what sport is Magic Johnson associated? A) Baseball. B) Basketball. C) Ice hockey. D) Pétanque. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basketball. 20. The father of Charlemagne, who was later to become a major force in Europe and Holy Roman Emperor, seized the Frankish throne from what dynasty in 751 CE? A) Carolingian. B) Merovingian. C) Desiderius. D) Umayyad. 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