This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1148 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1148 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The trophy for which event, presented since 1936, has a bas-relief sculpture of the likeness of each winning driver, along with the driver's name, date of victory and average speed? A) Mille Miglia. B) Le Mans 24 Hours. C) 24 Hours of Sebring. D) The Indianapolis 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Indianapolis 500. 2. What does the biennial Award established in 2011 in the name of Kenneth Tynan recognise and honour? A) Campaigns to oppose censorship in UK writing for media, for the theatre and for film and television. B) Theatre critics. C) Theatre professionals who have made an outstanding contribution to dramaturgy in the UK. D) Writing for theatre and screen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theatre professionals who have made an outstanding contribution to dramaturgy in the UK. 3. Where are skeuomorphs often used? A) In product cataloguing. B) Designs inspired by seabird wing structure. C) In abstract sculpture. D) For graphics or sounds in user interface. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For graphics or sounds in user interface. 4. What does the "R" stand for in the acronym LASER? A) Radium. B) Radio waves. C) Radiation. D) Return. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radiation. 5. What was the setting for the 1998 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah, "Sliding Doors" ? A) Copenhagen. B) Paris. C) London. D) Perth, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London. 6. Which of these men have not walked on the moon? A) Neil Armstrong. B) Alan Shepard. C) Michael Collins. D) Buzz Aldrin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michael Collins. 7. In music, what does the term "Allegro" mean? A) Moderately slow. B) At a slow pace. C) At a quick pace. D) Moderately quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At a quick pace. 8. Who did Cleopatra VII, often known now simply as Cleopatra, succeed as Pharaoh of Egypt in 51 BCE? A) Her grandfather Ptolemy XI. B) Her sister Berenice IV. C) Her sister Arsinoë IV. D) Her father Ptolemy XII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her father Ptolemy XII. 9. The cities of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading, Scranton, Bethlehem, Altoona and Harrisburg are in which US state? A) Pennsylvania. B) Wisconsin. C) Wyoming. D) Massachusetts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pennsylvania. 10. Which of these is an animal? A) Tansy. B) Tamarisk. C) Tamarind. D) Tamarin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamarin. 11. What was the first Asian country to hold a Formula 1 Grand Prix? A) South Korea. B) Indonesia. C) China. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Japan. 12. Lladro porcelain comes from what country? A) Sweden. B) Belgium. C) Norway. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spain. 13. A hypodermic needle is called that because of its capacity to do what? A) Be extra sharp. B) Enter a muscle, vein or artery. C) Transfer the contents of its syringe to a living organism. D) Penetrate to under the skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penetrate to under the skin. 14. Which writer is said to have thought "The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it" ? A) Dylan Thomas (1914-1953). B) Thomas Mann (1875-1955). C) Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). D) Thomas Wolfe (1900-38). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Wolfe (1900-38). 15. Where does the water which goes over the narrow, tumbling Murchison Falls, also known as Kabalega Falls, flow from? A) Lake Albert. B) Lake Kyoga, Uganda. C) Lake Victoria. D) Lake Tanganyika. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake Kyoga, Uganda. 16. What is the literal translation of the French phrase "cul de sac" ? A) The neck of the sack. B) The end of the road. C) The bottom of the bag. D) Dead end. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bottom of the bag. 17. Which country or countries border(s) the White Sea? A) Russia. B) Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. C) Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. D) Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 18. Before 1991, Slovenia was part of which country? A) Iraq. B) Greece. C) Turkey. D) Yugoslavia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yugoslavia. 19. The phrase "Crossing the Rubicon" is associated with which historical figure? A) George Washington. B) Julius Caesar. C) Alexander the Great. D) Napoleon Bonaparte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Julius Caesar. 20. Which nation established the first settlement in what is now South Africa at Table Bay in 1652? A) Spain. B) Portugal. C) England. D) The Dutch Republic. 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