This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1141 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1141 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kingdom did the possibly mythical Agamemnon of the Trojan War rule? A) Sparta. B) Mycenae, or Argos. C) Troy. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mycenae, or Argos. 2. In music, what does "pp" mean? A) Plucked pizzicato. B) Play on piano. C) Pretty part. D) Very soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very soft. 3. Eamon de Valera led 9 governments of which country between 1932 and 1959? A) Ireland. B) Romania. C) France. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ireland. 4. Who was "the fourth man" in the Cambridge spy ring, whose name was not publicly known until 1979? A) Guy Burgess. B) Kim Philby. C) Anthony Blunt. D) Donald Maclean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthony Blunt. 5. What will be affected by a HALO operation? A) Glaucoma. B) Hair growth on the crown of the head. C) Varicose veins in the lower legs. D) Piles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Piles. 6. What was or Is the Lycian League? A) An international trading group. B) A system of government. C) An occult group in Germany in World War II. D) A fictional organisation in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A system of government. 7. Which Commedia dell'arte character was servant to the Inamorata, and the daughter of Pantaloon and courted by Harlequin? A) Punchinello. B) Columbine. C) Pedrolino. D) Pinocchio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Columbine. 8. The names of how many US states begin with the capital letter "I" ? A) 2. B) 1. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 9. The English agronomist, agriculturist, barrister and writer, Jethro Tull, was known for what inventions in the early 18th century? A) Telephone. B) Movable lead type printing press. C) Horse-drawn seed-drill and hoe. D) A rock music flute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horse-drawn seed-drill and hoe. 10. Where did the followers of the Christian Saint Maron migrate in the 8th century CE from what is now north-western Syria, and settle forming a long-lasting community? A) Greece. B) Turkey. C) Lebanon. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lebanon. 11. Gotye, an Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter famous for award winning singles 2011 to 2013, including Grammy awards and Record of the Year, was born where? A) Belgium. B) Australia. C) Netherlands. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belgium. 12. In what discipline is the term "saros" used to denote a length of time? A) Astronomy. B) Shoemaking. C) Information Technology. D) Medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomy. 13. During World War I, Turkey was on the same side as which of these countries? A) Germany. B) Britain. C) France. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Germany. 14. The elements needed to make human insulin are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and which other? A) Potassium. B) Sulphur. C) Silicon. D) Selenium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulphur. 15. Which of these words means "a bicycle built for two" ? A) Panda. B) Random. C) Tandem. D) Bi-bicycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tandem. 16. How are potatoes harvested? A) Cut. B) Plucked. C) Pulled. D) Dug. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dug. 17. Andy Green, driving Thrust SSC, did what in 1997? A) Won the Indianapolis 500 race. B) Jumped Niagara Falls. C) Drove across the USA in less than 5 days. D) Broke the land speed record. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broke the land speed record. 18. Who did Jon Venables and Robert Thompson kidnap from a shopping centre in Bootle, Liverpool on 12 February 1993? A) Jim Bolger. B) James Bulger. C) Rhys Jones. D) Tom Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Bulger. 19. Chester Arthur Burnett, whose blues classics include "Spoonful" and "Smokestack Lightnin'", is better known by what stage name? A) Grandmaster Flash. B) Little Walter. C) N.W.A. D) Howlin' Wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Howlin' Wolf. 20. In which novel does Michael Henchard sell his wife and child for 5 guineas? A) Pickwick Papers. B) The Mayor of Casterbridge. C) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. D) Goldfinger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Mayor of Casterbridge. ← 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