This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1124 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the traditional design on a convict's uniform? A) Rabbits. B) Arrows. C) Squares. D) Circles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrows. 2. Who was the first and only British Prime Minister to be assassinated in office? A) William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. B) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. C) Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. D) Spencer Perceval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spencer Perceval. 3. Which Strait lies between Malaysia and Indonesia? A) Strait of Malacca. B) Strait of Hormuz. C) Strait of Magellan. D) Strait of Dover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strait of Malacca. 4. What professional world sporting promotion was run in Australia from 1964-78? A) World Sheep-Shearing Championships. B) World Sand Boat Racing. C) World Camel Racing Championships. D) World Championship Wrestling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World Championship Wrestling. 5. In NFL American football how far, as at 2021, is the longest ever successful field kick in yards? A) 76. B) 52. C) 45. D) 66. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 66. 6. Who was the last English king from the House of Normandy, succeeded by Henry II in 1154, the first of the Plantagenets? A) Stephen. B) Henry I. C) Ethelred. D) Edward I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stephen. 7. Which song was sung by Aretha Franklin just before Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the USA in 2009? A) The Star Spangled Banner. B) My Country 'Tis Of Thee. C) Hail To The Chief. D) This Land Is Your Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My Country 'Tis Of Thee. 8. Which of these is a spirit distilled from cane sugar molasses, fermented with yeast? A) Gin. B) Whisky. C) Rum. D) Brandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rum. 9. In 1963 Canadian Jacques Ferron started what, the guiding principle of which was "a promise to keep none of our promises" ? A) Commedia del Strada. B) The McGillicuddy Serious Party. C) The Rhinoceros Party. D) Jesters Unite!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Rhinoceros Party. 10. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of World War I, against a fleet from which country? A) Austria. B) Italy. C) Japan. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germany. 11. The Triple Entente in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century was an understanding between which three countries? A) France, Spain and the UK. B) Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. C) France, Germany and Austria-Hungary. D) Russia, France and the UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia, France and the UK. 12. In December 1981 an estimated 35 million watched a live satellite transmission of a Rod Stewart concert at the Los Angeles Forum; this was the first broadcast of its kind for how many years? A) 14. B) None, it was the first. C) 6. D) Nearly 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nearly 9. 13. Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Williams, Zoë Chao, Wesley Kimmel, Griffin Matthews, Rachel Bloom, Shiri Appleby, Vella Lovell, with Tig Notaro and Steve Zahn starred in which Netflix series in 2023? A) We Have a Ghost. B) The Magician's Elephant. C) Your Place or Mine. D) Extraction 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your Place or Mine. 14. What is the word for the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates? A) Epicentre. B) Elocution. C) Epiphone. D) Epicure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicentre. 15. What is oud (or oudh), or an oud? A) A short-neck pear-shaped stringed instrument similar to a lute. B) Any of these. C) A highly prized aromatic wood. D) A princely state until 1856 in what is now northern India and Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any of these. 16. When did Henry the Young King reign in England? A) From 1190 to 1191. B) From 1170 to 1183. C) Never. D) From 1150 to 1154. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never. 17. What is an angiosperm? A) A stamen with a single pollen sac. B) A seedpod. C) A type of heather. D) A fruiting and flowering plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fruiting and flowering plant. 18. For what activity is Sir Anthony Caro famous? A) Ballet. B) Photography. C) Fashion design. D) Sculpture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sculpture. 19. What was the preoccupation of John Nash Jr, the subject of the 2001 film "A Beautiful Mind" starring Russell Crowe? A) Socks. B) Economics. C) Soccer and other beautiful games. D) The best shape for a carrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economics. 20. Where is the British TV series "Doc Martin" set? A) Portwen. B) Portmeirion. C) Port o' Prince. D) Portsmouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portwen. ← 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