This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 1149 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1149 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which city did Rosa Parks refuse to obey a bus driver's order to give up her seat for a white passenger on December 1, 1955, becoming an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement? A) Birmingham, Alabama. B) Montgomery, Alabama. C) New Orleans, Louisiana. D) Memphis, Tennessee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montgomery, Alabama. 2. Tejate, a traditional non-alcoholic Mexican drink, is made mainly from cocoa and what? A) Maize. B) Coffee. C) Honey. D) Dates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maize. 3. What is the name for the range of limestone hills south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England which run east to west between Weston-super-Mare and Frome, and overlook the Somerset Levels to the south and the Avon valley to the north? A) The Mendip Hills. B) The Cotswolds. C) The Malvern Hills. D) The Allegheny Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Mendip Hills. 4. What was the occupation of the character called Ross Geller in the TV series "Friends" ? A) Guitarist. B) Actor. C) Advertising executive. D) Palaeontologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palaeontologist. 5. Where did the name of the 1986 tile matching computer game "Tetris" come from? A) The tiles are tetrahedron-shaped. B) A Georgian monetary unit. C) The number 4 and the game of tennis. D) From the designer's imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number 4 and the game of tennis. 6. In 1896 French engineer and scientist Henri Becquerel identified radioactivity while observing what? A) Phosphorescence in uranium salts. B) Electrical conductivity in the air round uranium. C) Fluorescence on a screen during discharge of electricity through a vacuum tube. D) The effects of thorium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phosphorescence in uranium salts. 7. Which of these is a type of butterfly? A) Lettuce green. B) Cabbage white. C) Broccoli blue. D) Turnip brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cabbage white. 8. Which of these is a bowed string musical instrument with three strings, played on the arm or under the chin that was particularly popular in the 15th and 16th centuries? A) Rebec. B) Sackbut. C) Clarion. D) Crumhorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebec. 9. The 2011 US crime drama TV series "The Killing" was based on a work created by whom? A) Henning Mankell. B) Veena Sud. C) Sรธren Sveistrup. D) Stieg Larsson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sรธren Sveistrup. 10. Susan, Lucy, Edmund and Peter Pevensie are children who appear in what 2005 film, based on the novel by C. S. Lewis? A) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. B) Peter Pan. C) Treasure Island. D) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 11. Which of these cities is on Chesapeake Bay? A) Washington. B) Philadelphia. C) Baltimore. D) Allentown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baltimore. 12. What did Chuck Yeager accomplish in a Bell XI in October 1947? A) Flew faster than sound. B) Made the first commercial helicopter flight. C) Set the first land speed record for a jet propelled car. D) Flew across the continental United States in under 6 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew faster than sound. 13. The 2019 horror film "Midsommar" is set in Sweden and shot where? A) Salem, USA. B) Talinn, Finland. C) Carlisle, UK. D) Budapest, Hungary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Budapest, Hungary. 14. Which of these is a fragrant climbing shrub? A) Honeysuckle. B) Jamnibble. C) Marmaladechomp. D) Treaclemunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Honeysuckle. 15. Which of these was an ex-pop star responsible for creating and directing a TV series called "Metal Mickey" ? A) Micky Dolenz. B) Cat Stevens. C) Engelbert Humperdinck. D) George Michael. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Micky Dolenz. 16. The photosphere, chromosphere and corona are terms used for aspects of what? A) The sun. B) The moon. C) An atom. D) A good cigar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun. 17. Who moved to New York City in 1977 where she worked as a waitress in Dunkin' Donuts, performed as a dancer for French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on a world tour, formed the band "The Breakfast Club" with Dan Gilroy, and the band "Emmy" with Stephen Bray, and has been described as "a woman who pulled herself up by her bra straps?" A) Christina Aguilera. B) Cรฉline Dion. C) Madonna. D) Lady Gaga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madonna. 18. What 2002 novel was made into a film starring Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah 6 years later? A) Ya Ya Sisterhood. B) Steel Magnolias. C) The Secret Life of Bees. D) The Commitments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Secret Life of Bees. 19. According to a 2009 adventure family film starring Ashley Tisdale, Carter Jenkins, Robert Hoffman, Henri Young, Regan Young and Austin Butler, "The aliens are" where? A) In The Attic. B) Under the bed. C) In the refrigerator. D) In the basement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In The Attic. 20. Where are the Indy 500 races held? A) Indianapolis, USA. B) India. C) Indonesia. D) West Indies. 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