This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1151 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1151 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the Gospel of Nicodemus, what were the names of the two people were crucified alongside Jesus? A) Jacob and Esau. B) David and Goliath. C) Moses and Aaron. D) Dismas and Gestas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dismas and Gestas. 2. What were the titles of Sharon Osbourne's autobiographies, published in October 2005 & October 2007? A) "Ozzie Paradise" & "Still Me". B) "Extreme" & "Survivor". C) "I Shouldn't Be Alive" & "My Way". D) "The Best Is Yet To Come" & "Is That It?". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Extreme" & "Survivor". 3. Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo became famous in Australian history for his role in campaigning for what? A) Prohibition. B) Land rights. C) Votes for indigenous people. D) Fishing rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land rights. 4. Which of these terms comes from baseball? A) Wipeout. B) Strike out. C) Bowl out. D) Flame out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strike out. 5. How did dancer Isadora Duncan die in 1927? A) She fell from theatre flies. B) From influenza. C) She was strangled by her scarf. D) She was stabbed by a rival. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was strangled by her scarf. 6. In which country, on June 1, 2001, was there a massacre in the royal palace when King Birendra, Queen Aiswarya, Crown Prince Dipendra and 7 other members of the royal family were killed? A) Nepal. B) China. C) Belgium. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nepal. 7. A clapperboard is used in which industry? A) Film. B) Steel-making. C) Automotive. D) Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Film. 8. Who were the stars of the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" ? A) Cary Grant & Jean Simmons. B) Trevor Howard & Celia Johnson. C) Laurence Olivier & Deborah Kerr. D) Peter Sellers & Katharine Hepburn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trevor Howard & Celia Johnson. 9. What part of speech is the subject of the sentence "John carried some parcels for Mary" ? A) Common noun. B) Pronoun. C) Proper noun. D) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proper noun. 10. Which of these is a small cultivated mushroom? A) Truffle. B) Zip. C) Field. D) Button. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Button. 11. Which early 20th century artist gained a reputation for the beauty and novelty of his staging of operas, plays and ballets, especially in Paris, London, Berlin and New York? A) Salvador Dali. B) Sergei Diaghileff. C) Pablo Picasso. D) John Constable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sergei Diaghileff. 12. The fruit whose pip is used to make an almost universally drunk beverage is known as what? A) Cherry. B) Plum. C) Pomegranate. D) Mulberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cherry. 13. Where in the human body is the cochlea? A) Ear. B) Eye. C) Nose. D) Throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear. 14. Which 2022 film was produced by Marvel Studios for Disney+, part of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe starring Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly and Harriet Sansom Harris? A) Hocus Pocus 2. B) Werewolf by Night. C) The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. D) Hollywood Stargirl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Werewolf by Night. 15. Who, in 2016, scored his first Oscar for Best Actor in a Lead Role for his part in the film "The Revenant" ? A) Leonardo DiCaprio. B) Tom Hardy. C) Matt Damon. D) Eddie Redmayne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leonardo DiCaprio. 16. Which book, written in Guernsey and published in 1866, dealt with events in the early 19th century and the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island? A) Les Misérables. B) The Tale of Two Cities. C) Vanity Fair. D) Toilers of the Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toilers of the Sea. 17. Wainwrights were craftsmen who made what? A) Wheels. B) Barrels. C) Wagons. D) Equestrian equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wagons. 18. Which of these is on Cyprus? A) Parmesan. B) Manana. C) Lasagne. D) Larnaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Larnaca. 19. Which suit is the most powerful, i.e. apart from no trumps, in Contract Bridge? A) Spuds. B) Spode. C) Spades. D) Shovels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spades. 20. Which one of these is not a main difference between the rings specified for a netball court and the hoops specified for basketball? A) Unlike basketball hoops, netball rings have no backboards. B) Netball rings are a pastel shade. Basketball rings are always black. C) The height of the rings on a netball court is smaller than basketball hoops. D) The diameter of the rings on a netball court is smaller than basketball hoops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Netball rings are a pastel shade. 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