This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1127 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1127 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An American singer-songwriter, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, was nicknamed what (which was also the name of their last album, in 1971)? A) The Killer. B) The Tennessee Plowboy. C) Jelly Roll. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pearl. 2. Which British actor debuted on the West End stage in 1956 in "Look Back in Anger", a role he had originated at the Royal Court which made him a star, and made his film debut in 1960 in "The Entertainer" opposite Laurence Olivier? A) Albert Finney. B) Peter O'Toole. C) Sean Connery. D) Alan Bates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alan Bates. 3. What country was Ben Johnson representing when he was stripped of his gold medal at the 1988 Olympics for taking banned steroids? A) Canada. B) Russia. C) Germany. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canada. 4. What were T S Eliot's first names? A) Thomas Stearns. B) Terence Samuel. C) Timothy Spears. D) Tipton Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Stearns. 5. What is "lutein" ? A) The yellow colouring in the yolk of an egg. B) The tuning peg on a lute string. C) An airtight stopper. D) Woods from which lutes are usually made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The yellow colouring in the yolk of an egg. 6. What is semolina made from? A) Sago. B) Rice. C) Wheat. D) Cassava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat. 7. The pas de deux "Urlicht" was the first dance choreographed by which later internationally influential person in the performance world? A) Martha Graham. B) George Balanchine. C) William Forsythe. D) Pina Bausch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Forsythe. 8. The British TV channel launched in April 2022 was called what? A) TalkTV. B) W. C) CITV. D) Alibi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TalkTV. 9. What was a "sawyer" ? A) A guard. B) Someone who sawed wood. C) An itinerant sharpener of tools. D) A horse wrangler at an inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who sawed wood. 10. What form of singing involves an extended note which rapidly repeatedly changes in pitch from the chest register to falsetto, making a high-low-high-low sound? A) Sirening. B) Yodeling. C) Be bop. D) Scat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yodeling. 11. What was the Congress of Berlin 1878 intended to achieve? A) Putting Constantinople under German rule. B) Stability of the Balkan states after years of war. C) Stripping Jews of civil rights in the Balkans. D) Elimination of the Ottoman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stability of the Balkan states after years of war. 12. How many overs are played in Twenty20 cricket match? A) 50. B) 20. C) 400. D) 40 (20 per side). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40 (20 per side). 13. The expressions "Richard of York gave battle, in vain", "Please excuse my dear aunt Sally" , "FANBOYS" , "soh cah toa" are what? A) Tags. B) Mnemonics. C) Idioms. D) Epigrams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mnemonics. 14. Elias James Corey was awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for what? A) Development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis. B) Discovery of catalytic properties of RNA. C) Studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. D) Work on sugar and purine syntheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis. 15. What was unusual about the speech by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch at the closing ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games, when he said "Well done Atlanta" and called the games "most exceptional" ? A) The Games were not held at Atlanta. B) He gave the speech by satellite link. C) He had previously always said that each had been "The best Olympics ever". D) He delivered the speech in French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had previously always said that each had been "The best Olympics ever". 16. Which of these is NOT released when wood burns? A) Carbon. B) Hydrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 17. A pair of angles is complementary if the sum of their measures is how many degrees? A) 90. B) 180. C) 360. D) 720. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90. 18. Which band was about to perform on the Chateau Royal stage at the annual music festival Pukkelpop in Belgium on 18 August 2011, when a hurricane hit which killed 5 and injured several more? A) Thirty Seconds to Mars. B) Eminem. C) Foo Fighters. D) Smith Westerns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smith Westerns. 19. According to the song, where did Molly Malone "wheel her wheelbarrow" ? A) London. B) Belfast. C) Limerick. D) Dublin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dublin. 20. What sport is featured in the film "The Water Boy", starring Adam Sandler? A) Basketball. B) American football. C) Chess. D) Soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American football. ← 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