This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1126 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1126 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the name of the temporary harbours that were towed to the French coast to facilitate D Day landings on 5 and 6 June 1944? A) Bailey. B) Mulberry. C) Sherman. D) Lancaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mulberry. 2. In German games what are acorns, leaves, hearts and bells? A) Different styles of stroke in hockey. B) Awards for first, second, third and highly commended. C) Traditional names of teams. D) Suits in a deck of cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suits in a deck of cards. 3. What was a major change in cricket in the 1760s, some 2 to 300 or more years after it was first played in the UK? A) Cricketing whites became required wear. B) Balls were bowled instead of rolled along the ground. C) Women were admitted as players. D) International championships were established. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balls were bowled instead of rolled along the ground. 4. Which TV series starred Richard Dean Anderson as a secret agent for the fictional Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles, who is able to solve a wide range of problems with his Swiss army knife? A) Steve Austin. B) MacGyver. C) Knight Rider. D) Car 54, Where Are You?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MacGyver. 5. Who had 2 hit records in his short career, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" & "Time in a Bottle" ? A) Jim Croce. B) Jose Feliciano. C) Cat Stevens. D) Barry McGuire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jim Croce. 6. The film, "The Girl in the Spider's Web", is based on a book by which author? A) Fede Álvarez, Steven Knight, and Jay Basu. B) Stieg Larsson. C) Peter Høeg. D) David Lagercrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) David Lagercrantz. 7. Which Irish born British admiral and hydrographer created a standard scale in 1805 by which naval officers could report wind speed? A) Sir Francis Beaufort. B) Lord Nelson. C) Sir Walter Raleigh. D) Sir Francis Drake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Francis Beaufort. 8. Who was the first British monarch to be named "Empress of India" ? A) Elizabeth I. B) Elizabeth II. C) Anne. D) Victoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Victoria. 9. Which two countries each claim to have invented the egg-white dessert known as a pavlova? A) England and France. B) New Zealand and Australia. C) Germany and Austria. D) Russia and New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand and Australia. 10. What is the name for a geometric figure with 3 sides? A) Square. B) Line. C) Triangle. D) Rhomboid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Triangle. 11. The 11th, 12th and 13th holes of which golf course are referred to as "Amen Corner" ? A) Augusta National Golf Course, Georgia, USA. B) The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. C) The Australian Golf Club, NSW, Australia. D) La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Augusta National Golf Course, Georgia, USA. 12. Who studies fish? A) Philatelist. B) Ichthyologist. C) Numismatist. D) Hypnotist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ichthyologist. 13. Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen worked for which newspaper? A) The Bugle. B) Metropolis. C) The Herald. D) Daily Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daily Planet. 14. The Jungfrau mountain is in which country? A) Netherlands. B) Switzerland. C) Gibraltar. D) Nigeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Switzerland. 15. Who launched a career with the book "Kitchen Confidential:Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" ? A) Anthony Bourdain. B) Jamie Oliver. C) Gordon Ramsay. D) Nigella Lawson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthony Bourdain. 16. Who was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the decisions around holding the 2020 Summer Olympics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic? A) Thomas Bach. B) Christophe De Kepper. C) Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs. D) Anita DeFrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Bach. 17. The navy from which country destroyed the Russian fleet at Port Arthur after a number of attacks in 1904 and 1905? A) Canada. B) Great Britain. C) USA. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Japan. 18. What disease reached epidemic proportions in Haiti late in 2010? A) AIDS. B) Typhoid. C) Cholera. D) Influenza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cholera. 19. Why was Chauvet Cave, discovered in the South of France in 1994, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2014? A) It contains some of the oldest known prehistoric paintings. B) It is an exceptionally long series of spaces containing some of the largest known caverns. C) It is the best preserved example of a Mithras temple in France. D) For the unique nature, variety and size of its stalactites and stalagmites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It contains some of the oldest known prehistoric paintings. 20. Which of these words is used on a menu to mean a thin slice of meat? A) Elope. B) Escargot. C) Escalope. D) Ennui. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Escalope. ← 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