This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1146 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1146 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The last element to be discovered in nature, rather than synthesised, was discovered In 1939 by Marguerite Perey. What was it? A) Caesium. B) Francium. C) Rutherfordium. D) Actinides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Francium. 2. Where is the large 600 m (2, 000 ft) high mesa known as the Jugurtha Tableland? A) New Zealand. B) Australia. C) Tunisia. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tunisia. 3. Whose theme song was "Thanks For The Memory" ? A) Dean Martin. B) Frank Sinatra. C) Bob Hope. D) Bing Crosby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bob Hope. 4. Who are the brothers one of whom co-founded the band Split Enz and the other of whom co-founded The Mullanes; at times both were members of the other brother's band? A) Ray and Dave Davies. B) Jez and Andy Williams. C) Tim and Neil Finn. D) Ben and James Johnston. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tim and Neil Finn. 5. Which of these countries is on the Horn of Africa? A) Kenya. B) Sudan. C) Eritrea. D) Syria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eritrea. 6. The Beach Soccer World Championship began in 1995 and became the Beach Soccer World Cup in 2005. Which country won the contest most often in the first 15 years? A) Portugal. B) France. C) Brazil. D) Uruguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brazil. 7. What date was the US Transcontinental Railroad completed? A) May 10, 1869. B) June 22, 1899. C) December 25, 1910. D) July 4, 1850. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May 10, 1869. 8. In 1959, the Soviet space probe "Luna Two" became the first man-made object to do what? A) Orbit the earth like a moon. B) Reach the moon. C) Explode on the launch pad. D) Carry animals into space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reach the moon. 9. In October 2009 it was reported that what were being burnt as fuel at a 'bioenergy' plant in Karlskoga, in the central Sweden to provide heat for the VΓ€rmland region? A) Roses. B) Rabbits. C) Reindeer. D) Secret government files. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabbits. 10. What would a beautician use an emery board for? A) Plucking eyebrows. B) Filing nails. C) Colouring hair. D) Lengthening eyelashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filing nails. 11. Which of these was a TV series starring Dylan Moran? A) Black Night. B) Black Bottom. C) Black Books. D) Black and Tan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Books. 12. Which of these are N, S, E and W examples of? A) Breaking points. B) Flashpoints. C) Compass points. D) Points of balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compass points. 13. Which of these writers was the last to publish their first work? A) Agatha Christie. B) Daniel Defoe. C) Charles Dickens. D) Salman Rushdie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salman Rushdie. 14. What was the first public library in Europe? A) The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. B) Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy. C) The Library at La Sorbonne University, Paris. D) Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. 15. Which race, the first of which was in 1829, held annually since 1856 (with the exception of the two world wars), is rowed each spring on the Thames in London? A) Head of the River Fours. B) Henley Regatta. C) The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. D) Goldthwait Cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. 16. The record for the most nations represented in a single event (79) was in 1996. What was the event? A) Beach volleyball. B) Men's marathon. C) Golf. D) Basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Men's marathon. 17. Which of these is a condition in which the eye's cornea becomes inflamed, often marked by moderate to intense pain, and usually involving impaired eyesight? A) Cataract. B) Keratitis. C) Optic neuritis. D) Astigmatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keratitis. 18. What is a "cowslip" ? A) A flowering plant of the genus Primula. B) Clothing for cattle. C) Soup made from cows' heads. D) A type of milking shed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A flowering plant of the genus Primula. 19. What is most usually cited as the baroque pitch for the note A? A) A-415. B) A-440. C) A-403. D) A-444. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A-415. 20. Which of the following is not a recognisable symbol in the written Greek alphabet? A) N. B) K. C) M. D) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books